Helping Children Worldwide
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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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
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
| Contributions and foundation grants | $699,686 |
| Special events, net | $174,846 |
| UMVIM volunteer funds | $61,253 |
| Investment and interest income | $15,682 |
| 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