World's Children

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205276353
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Sisters, OR, USA
Phone
5419040789
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$845,240
Expenses
$789,020
Assets
$1,084,890
Liabilities
$31,667

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRISTA SLOWVIK (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHANNON MILLER (EXECUTIVE DI): $77,167 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide humanitarian aid and assistance to people and communities living in poverty around the world, and especially to those living in the most underdeveloped areas of the poorest developing countries.

What it reported doing in 2025

Child and group/program sponsorship: through the child and group/program sponsorship program, world's children sent monetary aid of 290,655.50 (combined 212,022 child sponsorship, 17,550 of birthday and christmas celebration funds, and 61,083.50 of home/program sponsorship funds) for the care of approximately 2,000 children sponsored in india, ethiopia, kenya, zambia, tanzania, rwanda, mexico and ukraine. This support ensures that children living in the homes we support receive nutritious food, clean & warm clothes, medical care, a good education, and a safe and loving environment. Scholarships: world's children aims for successful outcomes through our scholarship program for disadvantaged young men and women. In 2025, world's children provided scholarships for 191 students for a total amount of 70,180 in aid. This includes children who come up through our sponsorship program and other vulnerable students. In 2025, 55 students graduated with degrees in nursing and other medical fields, business, engineering, banking and accounting, computer technology, teaching and vocational training. Projects: world's children also provided over 54,000 for special projects to improve home infrastructure to increase safety and comfort for over 2,000 children. These projects included: a new boys bathroom for bridge of hope, bunkbeds and mosquito netting for garden of eden, a motorcycle for transportation related to fulfilling children's needs at macecall children's home and rwanda future builders, construction of a dining hall at macecall children's home, a new water tank at nambikkai illam home in india, solar lighting at athipet girls home in india, a new playground at bridge of hope, a new farm and safety gate at balavikasitha orphanage, and many other smaller projects.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd 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: Pass
    • 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: 98.9%; rating input score 99; 51st 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.4% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $713K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $77K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.