Kidsave

What it reported doing in 2024

International permanency programs ukrainekidsave began working in ukraine in 2016 as part as part of national child welfare reform efforts. Kidsave is also a founding member of the ukraine national mentoring association, which was established in 2018 to implement kidsave's programs in ukraine. Despite the ongoing war, kidsave continue to operate two core kidsave initiatives operate in ukraine in 2024: kidsave's pathway to success program - a corporate and individual mentoring and career-readiness program for older youth aging out of care; and kidsave's family visit program - helping place older orphaned and abandoned children from institutions to family care. In december 2022 kidsave opened a representative office in ukraine as a subdivision of kidsave international. The office is located at the kidsave miracles center in the carpathian mountains in western ukraine. Program implementation is carried out by the ukraine national mentoring association (andm), a ukrainian NGO co-founded by kidsave in 2018. Kidsave provides staff, training, financial resources, and oversight to support andm in delivering its core family placement and mentoring programs. Two hundred seventy-nine (279) teens participated in pathway to success, a corporate and individual mentoring program funded in large part since 2018 by the boeing corporation. In 2024, one hundred forty-five (145) of the youth in the pathway to success program participated in the "taking flight with boeing" project, a year-long mentoring project with aimed to teach youth about aviation, build their self-confidence and relationship skills. One hundred forty-four (144) boeing employees took part on the project. Kidsave's humanitarian initiative, angels of hope, delivered 603 tons of aid in 2024, reaching over 21,000 people. Since the war began, 30,000 individuals, half of them children, were evacuated to safety. Kidsave also supported the children and family support center in mykolaiv, which provided weekly trauma-informed care to more than 500 internally displaced children and their mothers.in 2022 a kidsave ukrainian partner organization received a donation of 4.5 acres of land in the carpathian mountains, where the kidsave miracles center was constructed. The center became partially operational in july 2024, hosting its first group of 43 war-affected children. Of those, 29 received trauma-informed care and 21 were placed in permanent families. During the winter holidays, 21 children from mykolaiv were hosted at the center for their safety, resulting in the successful placement of a sibling group of six. The center is designed as a multi-use facility with housing, training areas, a commercial kitchen, and recreational space. In 2024, nine trainings were held at the kidsave miracles center, and ten additional trainings on kidsave model programs were held across other regions of ukraine.in july 2024 kidsave's ceo and andm representatives met with national and regional ukrainian government officials to introduce kidsave's family placement and mentoring models. This resulted in the signing of a memorandum of cooperation with ukraine's state children's services.colombiakidsave's family visit program supports the colombian government's efforts to prioritize family-based care. In 2018, fundacin apego, a colombian NGO supported by kidsave, became independent from kidsave and has continued to lead kidsave's family visit/super amigos and mama mentora programs. Fundacin apego specializes in protecting children's rights and supporting vulnerable families to prevent child abandonment. Kidsave continues to collaborate by offering training and support, reinforcing a shared commitment to securing permanent families, mentorship, and life skills for older orphaned and abandoned youth. Africain sierra leone, kidsave partners with integrated development initiatives (idi) to transition children out of orphanages, with a focus on reunification with kin or placement with new families when kinship care is

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 90.7%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: $28.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: -15.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 19.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings