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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: December 2023 Expires: December 2025

Holt International Children's Services

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
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(888) 355-4658
250 Country Club Road
Eugene, OR, 97401
https://holtinternational.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Holt International Children's Services meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Child Sponsorship


HICS reports that for $43 per month, a child is sponsored and matched, one-to-one, with an advocate who regularly meets with the child and their family or caregivers to create a long-term plan for stability and ensure their needs are met. Sposnorship funds help the sponsored child's whole family by providing job skills training, microloans to start small businesses, livestock, and other resources to generate income. Education, family reunification, nutrition, healthcare, and foster care are other areas that are addressed by the sponsorship program.

Stated Purpose:
"to express God's compassion for children through adoption."

Year, State Incorporated:
1971, OR

Holt International Children's Services (Holt) is a Christian organization that provides care and support to many of the world’s most vulnerable children — those who are orphaned, abandoned or at serious risk of separation from their family. The organization works in local communities around the world, and strives to keep children in their families of birth by providing the care and support they need to grow and thrive as a family. For children who do not remain with their birth families, Holt help find loving families through adoption, foster and kinship care. Some ($1,036,125 or 5%) of Holt's programs are conducted in conjunction with informational materials that include fundraising appeals.

For the year ended September 30, 2022, Holt International Children's Services's program expenses were:

Program and support $22,302,233
Total Program Expenses $22,302,233

Chief Executive
Dan Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$166,721

Chair of the Board
Derek Parker

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Business Owner

Board Size
11

Paid Staff Size
125

*2021 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Note: Mr. Smith was recently promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer. The former President and Chief Executive Officer, Phillip Littleton, was the highest compensated employee in 2021, making $227,913.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Membership appeals, Planned giving arrangements, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Telephone appeals, Radio

HICS incurred joint costs of $3,125,198 for informational materials and activities that included fundraising materials. Of those costs, $2,089,073 was allocated to fundraising expenses and $1,036,125 was allocated to program expenses.

Fundraising costs were 24% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $21,964,385, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Holt International Children's Services's audited financial statements - consolidated for the year ended September 30, 2022.

Source of Funds
Sponsorships $16,522,400
Adoption fees, net $5,595,514
Other contributions $5,012,025
Grants $429,960
Gain on sales of property and equipment $160,830
Investment income, net $143,558
Other revenue $140,787
Unrealized and realized loss on investments, net $-2,046,470
Total Income $25,958,604

Programs: 74% Fundraising: 17% Administrative: 8%

Total Income $25,958,604
Total expenses: $30,081,569
  Program expenses $22,302,233
  Fundraising expenses $5,233,599
  Administrative expenses $2,545,737
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-4,122,965
Beginning Net Assets $18,868,166
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $14,745,201
Total Liabilities $3,964,405
Total Assets $18,709,606

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance