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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: June 2025 Expires: June 2027

Helping Children Worldwide

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

14101 Parke Long Court, Suite N
Chantilly, VA, 20151

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

Helping Children Worldwide meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to help children worldwide by strengthening and empowering families and communities."

Year, State Incorporated:
2003, VA

Also Known As:
Connections for Hope

Helping Children Worldwide (HCW) ministers in Sierra Leone, West Africa, through support of programs that protect children, and strengthen and empower families and communities. The organization reports that it is the primary financial supporter of the Child Reintegration Centre (CRC), Mercy Hospital, and Missionary Training Centre in Sierra Leone. The collaboration between HCW and the CRC offers direct services to children and families in Sierra Leone, and provides training, coaching, and mentoring services to child welfare agencies to change their service model to family support work. CRC offers clients educational scholarships, access to medical care, and family strengthening services through counseling, parenting education, economic supports, community education, and training. Mercy Hospital is a 50-bed facility with medical staff including a full-time doctor, medical laboratory, research laboratory, pharmacy on-site, an HIV/AIDS clinic, and a surgical wing. Mercy Hospital's outreach into surrounding villages includes nutrition clinics and treatment provided for malnourished infants, prenatal care and education, malaria testing and treatment, diarrhetic disease diagnosis and treatment, HIV/AIDS testing and counseling, and support for basic health needs in clean water and sanitation.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, Helping Children Worldwide's program expenses were:

Child welfare / Child Reintegration Centre $389,121
Global health / Mercy Hospital $261,736
Empowerment programs $239,466
Economic strengthening $44,089
Total Program Expenses $934,412

Chief Executive
Melody Curtiss, Executive Director

Compensation*
$112,215

Chair of the Board
Rick Auman

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Executive Vice President, Consulting Services, Healthy Companies International

Board Size
7

Paid Staff Size
4

*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

Fundraising costs were 13% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $935,785, 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 Helping Children Worldwide's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Investment and interest income $15,682
UMVIM volunteer funds $61,253
Special events, net $174,846
Contributions and foundation grants $699,686
Total Income $951,467

Programs: 78% Fundraising: 10% Administrative: 11%

Total Income $951,467
Total expenses: $1,194,865
  Program expenses $934,412
  Fundraising expenses $124,683
  Administrative expenses $135,770
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-243,398
Beginning Net Assets $503,395
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $259,997
Total Liabilities $62,511
Total Assets $322,508

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance