Worldwide Orphans Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133968225
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
6466048826
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,559,706
Expenses
$2,136,085
Assets
$1,878,383
Liabilities
$130,454

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CLAUDIA FLEMING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARA LEE DURRELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARA LEE DURRELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $182,576 total reported compensation
  • AMY TOBIAS (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $139,006 total reported compensation
  • KRISTY AICHROTH (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $105,646 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create safe and nurturing environments where every child can play, learn and thrive.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, worldwide orphans foundation began the process of an organizational name change to rise alliance for children, reflecting its broadened mission to ensure that every child can play, learn, and thrive when educational environments are safe and nurturing. Rise alliance partners with schools, community organizations, and government agencies to co-create trauma-informed, play-based learning spaces that strengthen early childhood development and resilience. During the year, the organization expanded programming to include partners in israel and support for gazan refugee children living in egypt. Across bulgaria, egypt, ethiopia, haiti, israel, ukraine, the united states, and vietnam, rise alliance reached more than 40,640 children and the adults around themnearly doubling its global impact. Program assessments conducted by trained evaluators show that students participating in rise programs are three times more likely to demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in first grade, with the greatest gains in early numeracy, early literacy, and social-emotional learning. The organization continues to operate with a strong commitment to evidence-based practice, local leadership, and responsible stewardship of donor resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.4%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • 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: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 15th 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: 16.5%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.4% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $183K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.