Remember Nhu

The information on this page was last updated 3/23/2023. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]


Summary

We're a nonprofit committed to ending child sex slavery through prevention. With the support of people like you, we currently have 120 homes for children in 16 countries and have prevented over 2,340 children from being sold


Contact information

Mailing address:
Remember Nhu
P.O. Box 27000
Akron, OH 44319-7000

Website: remembernhu.org

Phone: 1.877.435.7648

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 201461313

CEO/President: Carl Ralston

Chairman: Carl Ralston

Board size: 12

Founder: Carl Ralston

Ruling year: 2005

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 06/30

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 2014


Purpose

We are ending child sex slavery through prevention: One child at a time, one family at a time, one village at a time. Find out how prevention is the most effective way to keep children safe and end child sex slavery.


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Transparency grade

A

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Community Development

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating405 of 107742 of 142
Fund acquisition rating651 of 107875 of 142
Resource allocation rating605 of 107880 of 142
Asset utilization rating149 of 107718 of 142

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
7%6%5%7%3%5%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
4%6%5%7%3%5%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
92%100%100%100%103%100%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
6%7%5%7%4%5%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
8%0%0%0%-3%0%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
82%80%86%87%90%92%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
87%85%102%102%99%103%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
69%67%88%88%89%95%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
13%15%-2%-2%1%-3%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
18%33%-6%-5%2%-6%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
12%13%9%7%6%3%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
0.871.772.642.901.641.74
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.601.832.762.533.063.33
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
1.643.237.297.355.035.80
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
14.1812.259.998.4013.3218.66
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.070.080.100.120.080.05
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
6.753.411.481.442.201.96
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
10%4%10%5%2%2%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%0%6%0%0%0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
89%54%34%33%59%57%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20212020201920182017
Cash$663,084$420,384$472,617$688,605$544,335
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$280,454$20,000$9,378$26,027$92,570
Short-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$943,538$440,384$481,995$714,632$636,905
Long-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Fixed assets$782,329$775,339$737,188$1,473,530$1,485,907
Other long-term assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total long-term assets$782,329$775,339$737,188$1,473,530$1,485,907
Total assets$1,725,867$1,215,723$1,219,183$2,188,162$2,122,812
 
Liabilities20212020201920182017
Payables and accrued expenses$77,036$44,096$57,374$53,638$34,131
Other current liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total current liabilities$77,036$44,096$57,374$53,638$34,131
Debt$0$75,100$0$0$0
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total long-term liabilities$0$75,100$0$0$0
Total liabilities$77,036$119,196$57,374$53,638$34,131
 
Net assets20212020201920182017
Without donor restrictions$1,323,339$853,203$769,907$1,824,528$1,644,466
With donor restrictions$325,492$243,324$391,902$309,996$444,215
Net assets$1,648,831$1,096,527$1,161,809$2,134,524$2,088,681
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20212020201920182017
Total contributions$3,603,370$3,143,422$3,481,527$3,744,645$3,575,730
Program service revenue$0$1,230$1,200$1,645$0
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$39($1,462)$84$115$29
Other revenue$0$0$0($103,084)$699
Total other revenue$39($232)$1,284($101,324)$728
Total revenue$3,603,409$3,143,190$3,482,811$3,643,321$3,576,458
 
Expenses20212020201920182017
Program services$2,427,969$2,754,808$3,074,050$3,249,863$3,397,435
Management and general$406,033$283,510$230,748$220,488$120,886
Fundraising$217,103$170,154$235,802$127,127$177,559
Total expenses$3,051,105$3,208,472$3,540,600$3,597,478$3,695,880
 
Change in net assets20212020201920182017
Surplus (deficit)$552,304($65,282)($57,789)$45,843($119,422)
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets$552,304($65,282)($57,789)$45,843($119,422)

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Carl RalstonPresident$32,944
Ian NelsonBoard Member$28,981
Candice GrantBoard Member$17,300

Compensation data as of: 6/30/2019


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History

Carl Ralston has been married to his wife Laurie for over 30 years. He has a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Malone University and a Master of Arts degree in Religion from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. For years prior to Remember Nhu, Carl owned an insurance agency and attended Hope Church (Christian and Missionary Alliance) in Brunswick, Ohio, as well as Living Hope Church in E. Canton, Ohio.

Remember Nhu was conceived in 2003-2004. Carl was attending a conference hosted by the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Thailand when he was made aware of the horrific problem of child sex trafficking. Particularly striking was the story of Chup Ly, a 16 year-old Cambodian who was sold into the sex-slave trade and died three years later of AIDS.

After telling Chup Ly's story, the missionary speaker then told of Nhu, a 12-year-old girl who had committed her life to Jesus Christ, was baptized, grew as a Christian, and began to share publicly her faith. However, a Buddhist family member then sold her virginity, partly as an act of disapproval of Nhu's conversion to Christ. At that time, the missionary did not know what had become of Nhu. It was in that moment that Carl felt inspired by God to "Remember Nhu," and in December of 2003 committed to God that he would do everything in his power to eliminate the use of children in the sex trade industry around the world.

In 2004, Carl finished a master's degree in Religion in which his final project created Remember Nhu: an organization that would prevent children from entering the sex trade by meeting the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of potential victims. Meanwhile, Carl took 6 trips to Cambodia to look for Nhu and try to meet her in person. Finally in July of 2006, when Nhu was 17, Carl met her for the first time. That meeting would forever change the course of Carl and Nhu's lives. Carl & Laurie Ralston welcomed Nhu into their own family, and she was given a father and mother who would always love and support her. Not only that, but Nhu also became Remember Nhu's first official employee.

Today Carl Ralston serves as the Founder and President of Remember Nhu (which was established formally in 2005). Looking back at the day in which Remember Nhu was conceived, Carl recalls: "When I heard Nhu's story of being sold into the sex trade, God impressed upon my heart, 'Remember Nhu!' I immediately broke down, overwhelmed by the thought of this young girl being raped up to 15 times per day. That day Jesus wrecked my life in a great way! Now I have the best career of anyone in the world."

In May of 2016, Carl experienced one of the greatest joys of his life: walking Nhu down the aisle at her wedding. He had the honor of handing Nhu over in marriage to a man of God, as a free woman, by her own choice. Nhu's story of redemption had come full circle. Carl's dream is that this would become the story for thousands of children around the world who would have otherwise been sold into slavery.


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