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Crutches 4 Africa Inc.

Denver, CO   |  www.crutches4africa.org

Mission

Our mission is to find and help those who are disabled physically by war, injury, disease, birth defect, accident, or polio, and provide mobility devices so that they may become respected, and viable individuals with worth in their respective communities.  We have aided 113,000 people directly in 16 African nations and 10 countries outside of Africa.

Ruling year info

1999

founder president

Mr David Talbot

Director

Mrs Candice Talbot

Main address

284 S Franklin St

Denver, CO 80209 USA

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EIN

84-1451840

NTEE code info

Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C. (E99)

Rehabilitative Medical Services (E50)

Services to Promote the Independence of Specific Populations (P80)

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Getting a waiver of taxation, or other fees at the port in Africa.
Getting the items to bonafide recipients in areas away from the city.
Marketing and fundraising, social awareness of the need.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Collection of devices for Crutches 4 Africa

load surplus mobility devices such as canes, walkers, wheelchairs and crutches into a shipping container and ship them to developing nations for distribution to underserved marginalized mobility challenged people for free.

Population(s) Served
People with physical disabilities
Victims and oppressed people
Extremely poor people

Personnel to clear customs and move devices to target community.  Then find locals to ensure the devices remain intact and with the designated recipients.

Population(s) Served
People with physical disabilities
Economically disadvantaged people

Getting items from donors to ports for shipping. Which means having crutch drives and collections locally, picking them up and trucked to a central location for preparing to ship. Many types of transportation are used. Trucks, cars, trains, and boats.

Population(s) Served
People with physical disabilities
Economically disadvantaged people

find a storage facility where we can sort, wrap, and stage donated items for shipment.

Population(s) Served

finding reliable shipping agents and reasonable transportation costs to move items to respective clients worldwide.

Population(s) Served
People with physical disabilities
Victims and oppressed people
People with physical disabilities
Victims and oppressed people

Where we work

Awards

Rotarian of the Year 2009

Mountain Foothills Rotary Club

Service Above Self Award 2011

Mountain Foothills Rotary Club

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

number of recipient individuals directly aided

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults, Children and youth, People with disabilities, Economically disadvantaged people, Victims of conflict and war

Related Program

Collection of devices for Crutches 4 Africa

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

this represents devices delivered directly to users abroad.

Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Distribution oversight

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

community individuals impacted by restoring mobility to their disabled neighbors

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

keeping used or surplus mobility devices out of Americas landfill is a great way to start.
Then gathering them together and shipping them to people who are in dire need is a fantastic thing to do.
We do both.
Our plan is to help disabled people in areas where help is hard to find.People need hope, better job opportunities, increased respect, personal self worth, and access to voting booths, education, jobs and toilets.
We plan to let people all over America know that they can donate their used devices so they can continue to be used for what they were intended, healing.
We need to get through customs without paying taxes or having pre inspection prior to loading.

increasing public awareness about what we are doing.
use internet to promote and raise money for our progress
have more fundraising campaigns to keep momentum
update website often, and email donors and followers with helpful information
procure storage facilities in target rich environments.
encourage corporate involvement to move devices from place to place
encourage others to fund containers for future shipments
Hire a marketing and fundraising professional.
find a willing manager to come alongside to oversee progress if CEO is unable to proceed due to death or impairment
allow donors to use cryptocurrency to help fund our projects.

We have a goal oriented Board who helps recruit help for each area of need.
This is a grass roots organization that is working hard to enlist the help of many volunteers in each area delineated above.
We proceed one day at a time, and look to the future with a positive view to improvement and growth.
steps are being taken to join a cryptocurrency coinblock to enable donations to move smoothly to our bank account.

We have enabled 171,000 people to have more health, respect, joy, access, and hope.
we have enlisted hundreds of volunteers all over the country to come alongside to load containers, collect devices, and transport them to a storage or loading site.
we have 9 states involved on an annual basis to collect, wrap, and ship devices
We have met thousands upon thousands of Rotarians around the world who have pledged their support and many have collections starting in their districts. As of the end of 2021 we have had government and non government support to help fund getting their own containers to the location where they are to be distributed from the port.

We have recruited 4 different teams to go to Africa with us to distribute, and learn first hand what the need is and how it feels to help.
We have no distributions arranged for 2021. New team members are volunteering to go along. We intend to do more online fundraising. And get more donors involved.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Crutches 4 Africa Inc.

Board of directors
as of 06/03/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mr David Talbot

President CEO

Term: 2006 - 2022

David Talbot

Nan Jarvis

Evergreen Director

Dale Smith

Clifford Arthur Bodenweiser

North East US Representative

Richard Mancuso

No Affiliation

Maxwell Marx

Director/Kenya

Candice Talbot

C4A vice president

Warren Rose

Nicholas Ricca

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 11/27/2021

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person with a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

No data

Transgender Identity

No data

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data