We offer hope to orphaned and vulnerable children by nurturing and caring for them as if they were our own. We focus our work in zambia, africa where we partner with local organizations to bring hope to the most vulnerable women and children in these communities. We believe in creating locally led, love inspired programs focused on long-term, sustainable outcomes. We value local wisdom and recognize the importance of identifying the needs of our zambian community by seeking input and direction from our lusaka staff. We provide food, housing, and education for children while also offering adult caregivers literacy and business skills training. We believe that love is at the center of all that we DO and is essential to providing sustainable, individualized care.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$160K 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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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $242K a year · 15% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
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Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$160K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
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Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
12
named funders · $430K
Looks good: 12 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$57K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
+25% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2023▲ +25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$879K
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$1.8M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2023▼ -12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$607K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.6M
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2023▲ +19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.3M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2000.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $1.3M Management & general 9% · $141K Fundraising 13% · $208K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $160K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$64,000Pt VII · Sec A
$50,000Pt VII · Sec A
$40,261Pt VII · Sec A
$6,021Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jackie Skinner’s $150K as CEO is at the 53rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 733 $1–10M diseases & disorders 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kathy Headlee—$64,000$154,807$92,490$97,587
Jackie Skinner$150,000$50,000———
Tanner Crandall—$40,261$98,535$76,110—
Melissa Gardner—$6,021$35,750$11,000—
Shelly Noftle——$11,645$9,000—

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Nurturing orphaned children and empowering vulnerable women in Zambia with food, housing, education, and skills.

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3 programs · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Orphan Care

The Children's Resource Center is a residential center where children live until we can find them a safe home with relatives or until they turn 18 years old. Starting as a small program with 14 children who were rescued off the streets, the Center has since grown to support more than 340 children over the 20 years of its operation who…

$810Kprogram expense
02

Education

On our Lusaka West property, we operate a primary school for over 800 children from the surrounding community. Our school is proud to have a 100% pass rate on the seventh grade national exam, where the national average is 65%.

$359Kprogram expense
03

Food Relief

In 2023, we further developed our food relief program, which provided more than 577,153 meals to our program beneficiaries in Zambia. Core to our food relief program are our agriculture projects, which includes fruit orchards, crops, and animal cultivation (including goat, chicken, and duck projects).

$93Kprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$146K
Investment incomeLn 3$22K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$141K
Fundraisingcol D$208K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$674K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$57K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$116K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$146K
Investment incomeLn 3$22K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Gains on assetsLn 7$618
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$236K
SavingsLn 2$438K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$674K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$103K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$57K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 6160
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$723K$674K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$103K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$175K$57K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$2.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$160K$139K$11K$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$364K$194K$75K$96K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$7K$4K$1K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4K$2K$699$854
Payroll taxesLn 10$45K$27K$8K$10K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Investment management feesLn 11f$725$725
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$82K$65K$17K$297
Advertising and promotionLn 12$37K$500$37K
Office expensesLn 13$45K$33K$3K$9K
OccupancyLn 16$32K$10K$12K$10K
TravelLn 17$142K$134K$1K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$131$131
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$80K$80K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$606K$573K$7K$26K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.3M$141K$208K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.8M$1.6M$266K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $2.0M$1.6M$348K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$1.8M−$263K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$1.2M$584K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $879K$607K$272K$1.0M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,958,988 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,081,286$1,788,083
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $249,749$146,380
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,904$22,012
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $234,214$2,513
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,572,153$1,958,988
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $844,688$581,160
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $990,585$1,030,107
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,835,273$1,611,267
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$263,120$347,721
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,958,988 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,788,083
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$116,452
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,788,083
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Excluded from tax $146,380$146,380
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $21,394$21,394
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $618$618
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $2,513$2,513
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $170,905$1,958,988
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,611,267 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $138,830 · Management $10,726 · Fundraising $10,726$160,282
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $193,781 · Management $74,990 · Fundraising $95,541$364,312
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,420 · Management $1,326 · Fundraising $1,621$7,367
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,330 · Management $699 · Fundraising $854$3,883
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,189 · Management $8,157 · Fundraising $9,970$45,316
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,278$1,278
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $725$725
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $64,775 · Management $16,739 · Fundraising $297$81,811
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $500 · Fundraising $36,600$37,100
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $32,852 · Management $2,671 · Fundraising $9,076$44,599
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,412 · Management $11,777 · Fundraising $10,106$32,295
IX-17 TravelPrograms $134,196 · Management $1,033 · Fundraising $6,896$142,125
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $131$131
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $79,785$79,785
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $4,685$4,685
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $572,852 · Management $6,585 · Fundraising $26,136$605,573
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,262,053 · Management $141,391 · Fundraising $207,823$1,611,267
Part X · Balance sheet $2,093,923 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $549,524$236,160
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $173,439$438,321
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,156,107$1,316,803
X-11 Publicly traded securities$102,639
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,884,570$2,093,923
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $174,572$57,280
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $174,572$57,280
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,462,318$1,594,056
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $247,680$442,587
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,709,998$2,036,643
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,884,570$2,093,923
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,036,643 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,958,988
XI-2 Total expenses$1,611,267
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$347,721
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,709,998
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,746
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$23,822
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,036,643

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