Tree of Lives

What it reported doing in 2025

Joy children's village orphanage in 2025, we supported, with housing, food, clothing, medication, and education, 59 children through the joy children's village. We welcomed 6 new children in 2025. The children are cared for by 4 house mothers, 2 aunties, 3 counselors/educational mentors, and 1 groundskeeper. In 2025, jv was able to expand their reliance on solar power, creating further savings in electrical costs for the compound. Beginning in march, they added 24 more panels, 10 modern inverters, 9 heat pumps, each with a capacity of 300 liters, and construction of a battery and heat pump cages and piping works. The upgraded system accommodates more appliances and generates substantially more electricity and hot water directly reducing reliance on kenya power. This leads to immediate, measurable savings on monthly energy bills, freeing up operational budget. The project was completed in october. Many of the houses also received renovations, including construction of additional storage space. Through the jv scholars program, 3 children are enrolled in pre-vocational training. This year jv brought in 4 tutors to help the younger children with their schoolwork and, as a result, academic performance has improved. Medically, one child underwent a successful supratarsal triamcinolone injection. The surgical procedure was primarily to treat a chronic and severe form of eye allergy that has not been responding to conventional topical treatments; another received a new set of hearing AIDS and another received braces. Still another child was treated successfully for a gastric obstruction and continues to improve with treatment and diet modification. HIV + joy village children achieved and maintained a remarkable viral suppression rate of 95% throughout 2025. Of the 22 HIV positive children that we care for, only one of them presented with non-compliancy to treatment. He has been receiving ongoing counseling sessions with the clinic counsellor. Nazareth hospital over 300 patients, both in- and out-patient medical procedures, were supported through the tree of lives charity account enabling the poorest of the poor to obtain treatment for life-threatening illnesses. Pastoral care and counseling were provided by two counselors for around 2,000 people, though the exact number is uncertain because the counselors do not include records of staff, students, and grief counseling for confidentiality reasons. The pastoral counseling program at nazareth is the only program of its kind in kenya. Holy family center the program put on by the youth mentors for world AIDS day on dec. 1, 2025 reached over 14,000 people, through a football event, a community forum with dance team, and a boda boda (motorcycle) ride throughout the community. 15 youth mentors organized the event. 401 people were tested for HIV and, if positive, were enrolled in the holy family center treatment program. The viral suppression rate among youth involved in the holy family center is consistently 90% or higher, surpassing country averages. Hfc's number of patients on antiretroviral therapy (art) is 4,505. The overall viral suppression rate among patients was 96%. In 2025, 7,464 individuals were tested for HIV, with 150 newly identified positives and 145 individuals newly enrolled in the art program. Additionally, 100% of tuberculosis (tb)/HIV co-infected patients are on art and 100% of HIV infected individuals were screened for tb. Tb is the major cause of death in HIV infected patients. For the 11th year in a row, hfc's mother to mother program, designed to prevent the transmission of HIV from HIV+ pregnant women to their children, had a 100% success rate. The program uses counseling, nutrition, and mentorship to prevent transmission. In 2025, there were 172 mothers enrolled in the program and 150 children ages 0-2 on follow up (some of the mothers have yet to deliver). In 2025, holy family center's eric munene was awarded the 'best performance award' by nazareth hospital, in rec

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 93.2%; rating input score 93
• Program expense ratio: 93.5%; rating input score 94
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Pass
  • Conducts field audits: Pass
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Pass
  • Requires grant agreements: Pass
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings