Fabretto Children's Foundation Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

At fabretto, we believe in the power of education to enable children and youth, our future leaders, to break the cycle of poverty. We strive to bring meaningful opportunities for growth, development, and learning to children, youth, and families. By partnering with organizations and funders who serve children and youth in countries across central america, we can amplify our impact, serving those who serve. Fabretto supports child and youth development in central america through four key programs: education, nutrition, child sponsorship, and youth empowerment.education programfabretto's education program focuses on improving the quality of education during the critical first years of a child's education particularly preschool and 1st to 3rd grade. We do this through: teacher development: we train preschool and early grade primary school teachers in our "fabrettito" model of education. Our model provides coaching and accompaniment to teachers in the medium to long term to ensure sustainability. Strengthening schools: in parallel to teacher development, we build, remodel, and equip preschools, primary schools, and community education centers with key resources and improvements that enable them to better serve children in the hardest-to-reach communities in central america. Nutrition programthrough the nutrition program, fabretto works with our partners to improve access to nutritious school meals and strengthen holistic child development and school attendance. We do this through: school meals: we connect high-need schools with fortified foods that improve nutritional value of the meals they serve. We also support nutrition education, inlcuding training school cooks in culturally-adapted recipes. Local production of food: we support partners in developing sustainable approaches to producing healthy foods locally. Child sponsorship programchange a life through child sponsorship! As a fabretto child sponsor, you can fight poverty in central american communities while creating a lasting connection with a child. For just over $1 a day ($40/month), child sponsors provide an underprivileged child with quality education, nutrition, and a supportive community. Child sponsors provide access to essential life resources that make an enormous difference for children in impoverished communities. With your help, your sponsored child will have access to quality education and nutrition programs and a supportive school community. Our holisitic approach means that fabretto works closely with grassroots, on-the-ground NGO partners to deliver programming, as well as working together with children's teachers and parents to create lasting change. Youth empowerment programfabretto's youth empowerment program seeks to prepare central american youth to thrive through courses that combine academic and technical skills, personal development, and community service. We do this through: technology integration: we share our field-tested approach to leveraging digital resources to strengthen learning, particularly in stem fields, with organizations serving rural low-to no-connectivity communities. We train teachers and staff, equip schools, and develop and share digital content. Youth training (satec model): we train rural youth in agricultural skills through our satec training program while contributing to personal and community development. We train local facilitators, share curricula and materials, and provide technical assistance throughout course implementation. Fabretto educa: fabretto offers blended learning courses to central american youth through our online training platform, fabretto educa, in topics such as entrepreneurship and job readiness. Rural secondary education: we work alongside local partners to advocate for and strengthen high quality, alternative secondary education models that expand access in rural communities of central america, with a particular focus on the sistema de apprendizaje tutorial (sat) model.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
• Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $15.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings