Help a Child Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232592143
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Oregon, WI, USA
Phone
6086164900
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$147,935
Expenses
$149,580
Assets
$11,085
Liabilities
$1,728

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH WACHIRA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ELIZABETH WACHIRA (PRESIDENT)
  • TINY BIEWENGA (TREASURER)
  • ANDRIES SCHUTTINGA (OFFICER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Distribution of aid to needy children and to families in developing countries in asia and africa. The aid takes the form of food, clothing, medical care, education, job training and emergency relief.

What it reported doing in 2025

Child and family care programs: financial support for independent dutch charitable organization (stichting red een kind) which distributes aid to needy children and their families via partner organizations in various developing countries in africa and asia . This aid is used to provide food, clothing, medical care, education, and job training for the recipients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 60.6%; rating input score 61

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.3% of revenue deployed · 60.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.