Over the next couple of weeks we are going to point the lens in different directions and take a look at other AIDS Service Organizations around the country that are similar in size (budget, client base, etc.) to AIDS Network.
Today we highlight the ALASKAN AIDS ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION
This ASO has an annual operating budgeting of 1.65 million dollars, slightly less than AIDS Network. They have recently posted their 2008 outcomes based annual report.
Comparing several benchmarks of this organization to AIDS Network we see:
Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association:
- Income $1,650,745
- Expenses $1,592,469
- Program Services $1,358,712
- Net Assets $1,614,866
AIDS Network
- Income $1,657,120
- Expenses $1,613.326
- Program Services $1,255,636
- Net Assets $ 263,329
(Financial income from 2007 IRS Form 990 for both AIDS Network and Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association)
Particularly interesting is this quote for the annual report:
Over the past year, the Four A’s has realigned and has started the process to use a new measuring stick for success called “Results Based Accountability” (RBA). RBA model is based on outcome measurements. It looks at what we would do differently if outcome really mattered versus focusing only on statistics that tell us how much we did. Outcome based measurements answers two essential questions, (1) How well have we done it? And (2)Is anyone better off ? Just because we served 300 individuals living with HIV/AIDS annually, does not mean we did it well nor has anyone been truly impacted.
Additionally, their website contains information regarding the services they provide—-impressive indeed.
