Every Child Ministries
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Every Child Ministries meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Child Sponsorship
ECM operates a child sponsorship program for $42 per month to help needy children. The organization reports that sponsorship helps ensure that a child stays in school, gets medical help when needed, learns valuable life skills, receives encouragement, and hears the gospel. Sponsors are allowed to directly communicate with sponsored children via letters and gifts, and visits can be arranged through ECM. The financial gift for a sponsored child goes directly to their respective Hope Center, where it is used to meet their physical, educational, and spiritual needs.
Stated Purpose:
"to transform lives in Jesus' name by offering hope, help, and dignity to children, families, and communities."
Year, State Incorporated:
1985, IN
Every Child Ministries (ECM) operates programs in Africa geared toward helping needy children. The Street Children Ministries program serves homeless children in Ghana, through contact three to five times a week. Children are offered counsel, food, clothing, medical assistance, and literacy opportunities. The Leadership program sponsors training programs to develop teacher trainers in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ECM also reports training teachers directly through periodic seminars in DRC. The organization also operates Haven of Hope Children's Home and Academy that sponsors a residential home and school for children rescued from the streets. ECM also operates orphan/vulnerable child assistance programs through sponsorship in DRC, Ghana, and Uganda, aid to displaced children in Uganda, and aid and public awareness/education programs to help children with albinism and disabilities in Ghana.
For the year ended September 30, 2023, Every Child Ministries's program expenses were:
Education, evangelism, training, relief and rehabilitation: $1,673,311
Ministry constituency: $10,705
Total Program Expenses: $1,684,016
Chief Executive
Mark Luckey, International Executive Director
Compensation*
$103,466
Chair of the Board
Stephen Green
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
President, Havensight Consulting
Board Size
7
Paid Staff Size
110
*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Special events, Foundation grants, Print advertisements
Fundraising costs were 5% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,971,288, 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 Every Child Ministries's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2023.
Source of Funds
| Contributions | $1,897,806 |
| Special events | $73,482 |
| Other support | $62,580 |
| Interest and investment income | $15,542 |
| Total Income | $2,049,410 |
Programs: 84% Fundraising: 5% Administrative: 12%
| Total Income | $2,049,410 |
| Total expenses: | $2,015,992 |
| Program expenses | $1,684,016 |
| Fundraising expenses | $96,437 |
| Administrative expenses | $235,539 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $33,418 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $723,368 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $756,786 |
| Total Liabilities | $23,054 |
| Total Assets | $779,840 |
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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance