Global Orphan Relief

Parker, COUnknown exempt organizationEIN 02-0746614

We are a faith-based movement providing shelter, food, clothing, healthcare, education, and vocational preparation for the most vulnerable orphan children. Building, equipping, staffing, operating and funding orphanage.

94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $850 a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
4
named funders · $79K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$317K
-6% vs prior year
Spent
$301K
To programs
94%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$317K
FY2025▼ -6%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$282K
FY2021$324K
FY2022$309K
FY2023$344K
FY2024$336K
FY2025$317K
Expenses
$301K
FY2025▼ -15%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$214K
FY2021$344K
FY2022$342K
FY2023$350K
FY2024$355K
FY2025$301K
Net assets
$0
FY2025▼ -100%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$141K
FY2021$122K
FY2022$90K
FY2023$83K
FY2024$63K
FY2025$0

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $282K Management & general 6% · $19K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Scott Nordstrom———$40,774$36,000
Scott a Nordstrom$29,925$27,563$37,800——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides vulnerable orphan children shelter, food, clothing, healthcare, education, and job training.

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3 program services account for $213K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01

Nutrition Initiative

In 2025, we provided an estimated 447,770 meals at schools and extended families to benefit orphan children in Ethiopia, Kenya, Pakistan, and South Sudan. During the year, we were able to provide food aid to as many as 1,978 orphan children.

$106Kprogram expense
02

Home-Based Care Initiative

We finished the year providing care for 199 orphan children. We served 45 children at the House of Faith, House of Hope and our Kalomo Home in Zambia, 50 children in widow-led households in Homabay and Meru Kenya, we served 39 orphaned children via our Orphans and Widows partnership with Bethel Church of Pakistan, and lastly, we served…

$85Kprogram expense
03

Education Scholarship

We partner with local area schools in Kenya and Zambia that empower orphan children to attend school and continue their education. We partnered with sixteen schools in 2025 that provided education to 485 orphan children in Kenya and Zambia. Most of these children would not attend school if not for our scholarships.

$22Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$317K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$108K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$106K
Other incomeLn 4–11$102K
Money outPt IX
$301K
Ln 25
Programscol B$282K
Managementcol C$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$106K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$150K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$108K
Other incomeLn 4–11$102K
Total revenueLn 12$317K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Total assetsLn 16$63K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$63K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$555$555
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$8K$8K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$282K$282K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$301K$282K$19K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $317K$301K$15K$0 990 PDF
FY2024 $336K$355K−$20K$63K 990 PDF
FY2023 $344K$350K−$7K$83K 990 PDF
FY2022 $309K$342K−$33K$90K 990 PDF
FY2021 $324K$344K−$19K$122K 990 PDF
FY2020 $282K$214K$68K$141K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $316,594 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$150,498
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$106,286
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$106,286
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)$107,960
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$102,348
VIII-12 Total revenue$316,594
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $301,207 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $555$555
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $4,898$4,898
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $8,261$8,261
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,192$2,192
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $282,383$282,383
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $2,918$2,918
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $282,383 · Management $18,824 · Fundraising $0$301,207
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 4 lines filed
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $63,388$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $63,388$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $63,388$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$316,594
XI-2 Total expenses$301,207
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$15,387
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$63,388
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$78,775
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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