Heartcry for Change

What it reported doing in 2025

Heartcry for Change is a 501 (c) 3 Organization which seeks to facilitate people through teaching, training and resources to connect with their communities to bring transformation. We seek to equip the Church to bring positive and practical change in their communities and nations. Heartcry for Change seeks to carry a hope filled Christian message alongside practical generous demonstrations of kindness towards the poor and broken in all communities. To this end, the Organization has continued with many speaking and training opportunities both in the USA and other nations throughout 2025. Achievements This year there was a full schedule of travel, speaking and resourcing of conferences, training events, leadership mentoring and social outreach programs. Rachel Hickson, Gordon Hickson and Helen Azer have travelled extensively on behalf of the Organization delivering training and engaging supporters with updates on the Organizations programs including the poverty relief work in Moldova. In-person visits and online mentoring have taken place across the United States. The ministry also served other nations around the world including Canada, Norway, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Slovenia, and Croatia. Heartcry for Change has also continued to offer online teaching and training material for use through the Organizations social media platforms, notably Facebook and YouTube. These resources have been provided free of charge in line with Heartcrys charitable purposes and have attracted donations into the Organization from those who desire to partner with the Organization to further its public benefit at this time. Rachel Hickson and Helen Azer have also continued to offer leadership mentoring, training and seminars via zoom at the request of churches and other organizations. We have also developed new resources this year. Two new books have been published through Amazon including Hungry For More: Discovering the Holy Spirit, a resource with practical activations for use in Bible studies and home groups, and Run Your Race Devotional audiobook. The themes of hope and freedom have been chosen especially to encourage emotional and spiritual wellbeing and train women and men in biblical value systems which encourage wholeness and an attitude of generosity and public service in these challenging times. We have also published, Surprised By God at Cambridge, which is an account of the inspirational stories of 70 elite students and their heart to influence society through philanthropy and bring transformation to their communities.Heartcry for Change also continues to support social action programs in the nations. These programs are structured initiatives designed to connect with communities to provide support, education, and resources, targeting disadvantaged groups to improve social mobility, health, or education. The programs range from school mentoring and career coaching to community health support and poverty relief efforts. Our main area of social action investment has been through a continuation of the work into some of the poorest communities in Eastern Europe, notably our partnerships in Moldova, where we were able to provide practical resources as well as leadership training and mentoring support to workers on the ground there. Over the winter months of 2025, the Organization was able to contribute to the support of around 500 families through the provision of coal and food parcels. The summer childrens camps were also very well attended and resulted in practical support and mentoring of vulnerable families through the local partner churches and organizations. Voluntary financial contributions from the Organization's network of supporters towards this work were allocated to programs including the support of the Girls' Academy for at risk young women. Rachel Hickson was able to personally review each of the social and humanitarian projects and assess the needs on the ground in April 2025. The programs are proving

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -73.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings