International Children's Fund
Legal name: International Children's Fund Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391303430
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Neenah, WI, US
- Phone
- (920) 729-5721
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $118,981,941
- Expenses
- $115,045,589
- Assets
- $16,471,502
- Liabilities
- $34,239
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- DR DAVID BRUENNING (FOUNDER): $78,435 total reported compensation
- FRAN SEIDL (EXECUTIVE DI): $71,138 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Changing the World, One Child at a Time. For over 30 years, Ghansah has overseen two orphanages and a school in Kumasi, Ghana helping thousands of desperately poor children. Our mission is to uplift and transform the lives of these children through comprehensive support in education, nourishment, and faith. We are committed to providing essential resources such as clean water through well installations, vital medical care via our clinic in Tema, and nutritious meals to ensure their well-being. By fostering educational opportunities and spiritual growth, we aim to empower these young lives, offering them a brighter future and a pathway to reach their full potential. Liberia Boakai Paasewe Emmanuel & Ruth Gyamfi Maxwell Ralph & Etta.
What it reported doing in 2024
International children's fund (icf) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization that provides humanitarian aid to desperately poor children and their families throughout the world. For more than 40 years, icf has partnered with a network of highly dedicated indigenous pastors who provide a broad range of humanitarian services including food distribution, orphanages, schools, churches, training facilities, farms and medical clinics in rural communities in africa, india, and pakistan where the need is greatest and where logistics often frustrate traditional relief efforts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 83
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: $673.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Pass
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $114.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.