Bringing the benefits of family and God's hope to Russian orphans when they are most alone.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$177K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $126K a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$177K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $53K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$13K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$937K
Spent
$742K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$799K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$937K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$937K
FY2021$849K
FY2022$899K
FY2023$831K
FY2024$812K
FY2025$857K
Expenses
$742K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$742K
FY2021$705K
FY2022$778K
FY2023$735K
FY2024$688K
FY2025$784K
Net assets
$799K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$799K
FY2021$931K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.4M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2009.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $593K Management & general 14% · $105K Fundraising 6% · $45K

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $177K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$111,723Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$65,421Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson (part-Year)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

George Steiner’s $125K as President is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $100K–1M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
George Steiner$124,784$120,100$115,500$112,050$111,773$111,723
Jenya Haps$80,725$77,000$72,000$67,850$65,471$65,421
Katya Smyslova$2,184—————

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

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  • 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 Russian orphans with family and God's hope during their loneliest times.

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3 programs · $478K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Life Skills

One of our primary objectives is to lead orphans to successful transition from orphanage life to independent living. Through multiple life skills training, we instill leadership and volunteering traits in young adult orphans.

$209Kprogram expense
02

Other Program services includes Dacha program, medical and dental assistance, residential care, and foster care.

$151Kprogram expense
03

Family Care

In this fiscal year, we served 12 young families and 20 single mothers along with 56 of their children in the Vladimir, Kostroma and Ivanovo regions totaling 100 participants. Professional counseling and individual support and encouragement are key components of the Young Families program.

$118Kprogram expense

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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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$53K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$937K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$936K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$742K
Ln 25
Programscol B$593K
Managementcol C$105K
Fundraisingcol D$45K
Owns and owesPt X
$799K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$440K
Total assetsLn 16$812K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$936K
Government grantsLn 1e$53K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Total revenueLn 12$937K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$151K
SavingsLn 2$289K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$440K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$78K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$280K
Total assetsLn 16$812K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K
Net assetsLn 32$799K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 6125
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$351K$440K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$78K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$305K$280K
Total assetsLn 16$661K$812K
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K$13K
Net assetsLn 32$646K$799K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$98K$98K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$182K$155K$9K$18K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$35K$21K$2K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$108K$53K$54K$1K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1K$51$968
Payroll taxesLn 10$64K$52K$8K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$32K$31K$310
Office expensesLn 13$24K$15K$3K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$7K$6K$163
TravelLn 17$108K$104K$2K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$983$2K$453
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$18K$17K$599$556
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$38K$37K$10$425
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$911$4K$903
Total functional expensesLn 25$742K$593K$105K$45K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $857K$784K$73K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $812K$688K$124K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $831K$735K$96K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $899K$778K$121K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $849K$705K$144K$931K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $937K$742K$195K$799K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $937,000 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $854,420$935,590
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $198$1,410
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $854,618$937,000
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $87,052$98,136
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $352,732$389,924
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $397,245$253,805
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $837,029$741,865
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $17,589$195,135
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $937,000 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$53,300
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$882,290
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$935,590
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,410$1,410
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,410$937,000
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $741,865 across 16 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $98,136$98,136
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $155,090 · Management $9,123 · Fundraising $18,246$182,459
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $21,184 · Management $1,765 · Fundraising $12,357$35,306
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $52,728 · Management $53,689 · Fundraising $1,110$107,527
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $51 · Management $968$1,019
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $52,113 · Management $8,190 · Fundraising $3,310$63,613
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,670$14,670
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $31,375 · Management $310$31,685
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,939 · Management $2,652 · Fundraising $6,114$23,705
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,399 · Management $163$6,562
IX-17 TravelPrograms $104,367 · Management $2,068 · Fundraising $1,204$107,639
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $983 · Management $2,277 · Fundraising $453$3,713
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $17,121 · Management $599 · Fundraising $556$18,276
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $4,360$4,360
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $37,265 · Management $10 · Fundraising $425$37,700
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $911 · Management $3,681 · Fundraising $903$5,495
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $592,662 · Management $104,525 · Fundraising $44,678$741,865
Part X · Balance sheet $811,859 assets, 12 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $11,375; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $350,521$151,222
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$289,051
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,408$1,591
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $304,550$280,275
X-11 Publicly traded securities$78,345
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $661,479$811,859
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $15,220$12,823
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $15,220$12,823
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $595,825$770,470
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $50,434$28,566
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $646,259$799,036
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $661,479$811,859
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $799,036 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$937,000
XI-2 Total expenses$741,865
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$195,135
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$646,259
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$42,358
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$799,036

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