Forgotten Children Worldwide

The information on this page was last updated 8/10/2023. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]


Summary

Making a difference by transforming the lives of forgotten children.


Contact information

Mailing address:
Forgotten Children Worldwide
650 N Main St
Bluffton, IN 46714

Website: forgottenchildren.org

Phone: 260-353-1580

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 260609769

CEO/President: Matt Hartsell

Chairman: Matt Bertsch

Board size: 8

Founder: Matt Hartsell

Ruling year: 2008

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 12/31

Member of ECFA: No

Member of ECFA since:


Purpose

To safeguard orphans and vulnerable, forgotten children from poverty, abandonment, and the evils of human trafficking, as clearly directed in the Bible. We believe that every child deserves to know their Heavenly Father is crazy about them.


Mission statement

To provide a loving and nurturing environment for orphans and vulnerable children by protecting them from becoming victims of extreme poverty and child trafficking so they can grow to fully understand the love of Jesus Christ. We strive to empower forgotten children.


Statement of faith

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Transparency grade

C

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Relief and Development

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating537 of 110144 of 87
Fund acquisition rating702 of 110253 of 87
Resource allocation rating417 of 110233 of 87
Asset utilization rating513 of 110147 of 87

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20222021202020192018
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
6%8%5%7%6%7%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
6%8%5%7%5%6%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
99%98%99%99%98%99%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
6%7%7%8%6%7%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
1%2%1%1%2%1%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20222021202020192018
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
86%88%87%84%89%86%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
97%112%74%83%94%96%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
82%98%65%70%84%83%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
3%-12%26%17%6%4%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
6%-16%38%22%12%8%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
6%5%5%8%5%7%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20222021202020192018
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
1.511.431.071.051.941.89
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.241.241.211.371.611.64
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
1.901.771.301.443.123.10
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20222021202020192018
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
17.0356.1761.0139.5828.5816.69
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.060.020.020.030.030.06
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
5.816.669.078.123.713.63
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20222021202020192018
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
8%1%1%4%2%4%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%0%0%0%0%0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
60%69%92%91%50%51%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20222021202020192018
Cash$1,475,417$1,763,194$933,735$546,709$617,509
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$428,676$531,237$251,934$195,888$171,754
Short-term investments$166,130$164,156$214,099$162,265$0
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$2,070,223$2,458,587$1,399,768$904,862$789,263
Long-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Fixed assets$485,951$519,779$513,853$546,110$501,675
Other long-term assets$1,926$2,407$2,888$3,369$3,850
Total long-term assets$487,877$522,186$516,741$549,479$505,525
Total assets$2,558,100$2,980,773$1,916,509$1,454,341$1,294,788
 
Liabilities20222021202020192018
Payables and accrued expenses$36,854$40,296$35,369$31,662$47,276
Other current liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total current liabilities$36,854$40,296$35,369$31,662$47,276
Debt$0$0$0$0$0
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$0$0$46,800$0$0
Total long-term liabilities$0$0$46,800$0$0
Total liabilities$36,854$40,296$82,169$31,662$47,276
 
Net assets20222021202020192018
Without donor restrictions$1,527,730$1,524,915$1,224,495$1,061,520$1,012,907
With donor restrictions$993,516$1,415,562$609,845$361,159$234,605
Net assets$2,521,246$2,940,477$1,834,340$1,422,679$1,247,512
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20222021202020192018
Total contributions$3,205,704$4,244,969$2,394,046$2,944,597$2,510,567
Program service revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$15,906$18,367$15,752$14,394$3,723
Other revenue$47,691$40,590$19,451$41,222$33,739
Total other revenue$63,597$58,957$35,203$55,616$37,462
Total revenue$3,269,301$4,303,926$2,429,249$3,000,213$2,548,029
 
Expenses20222021202020192018
Program services$3,206,852$2,792,694$1,690,284$2,509,026$2,108,833
Management and general$201,218$175,331$156,767$152,032$175,816
Fundraising$254,012$229,764$170,537$163,988$165,020
Total expenses$3,662,082$3,197,789$2,017,588$2,825,046$2,449,669
 
Change in net assets20222021202020192018
Surplus (deficit)($392,781)$1,106,137$411,661$175,167$98,360
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets($392,781)$1,106,137$411,661$175,167$98,360

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Matt HartsellCEO$73,500
Janee NussbaumCFO$46,571

Compensation data as of: 12/31/2022


Response from ministry

No response has been provided by this ministry.


The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 8/10/2023. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]


History

A middle-of-the-night awakening for Matt Hartsell initiated the concept of an orphan care ministry while he and his wife Barb were adopting their daughter Allyson in Novorossiysk, Russia in June of 1999. The adoption of another daughter, Tiffani from China, and multiple missions trips to Romania to work with street children further enhanced the unquenchable yearning to assist those who were truly forgotten and marginalized by society.

While Matt & Barb were on a boat on the Moscow River, a stranger from Washington State initiated a casual conversation with the two of them. Matt shared his embryonic vision for assisting orphans with his new acquaintance, named Rodger Johnson. Rodger asked for Matt's address and six weeks later the Hartsells received the confirmation they needed: A $500 check in the mail as seed money for this ministry!

The ministry was initially named "God Will Make A Way Ministries" and consisted of sending multiple boxes of precious clothing to orphans in Russia. Packing originally took place in a 9 x 16-foot closet in the basement of Hope Missionary Church. In 2007 the ministry changed its name to Forgotten Children International and became an official interdenominational nonprofit organization that partners with individuals, organizations, businesses, and churches of all denominations. Further, in 2007 FCW became an official member of the Christian Alliance for Orphans and in 2009 became a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). . Further, in late 2011 FCW moved its official headquarters to 650 N. Main in Bluffton, Indiana as a result of answered prayer for a new headquarters. In 2012 the nonprofit trademarked its name as Forgotten Children Worldwide. The facility was 100% donated.

Today FCW's box truck is driven by faithful FCW volunteers on a weekly basis to multiple clothing collection sites around NE Indiana. Tens of thousands of pounds of clothing are collected, sorted and packed by volunteers. The boxes are then placed into a 40-foot container and shipped to assist street children, orphans and vulnerable children in India and the Ukraine. Over 40,000 children are assisted by this branch of the ministry alone.

A major focus for the ministry is prevention of child trafficking which is so prevalent in the world today.

Orphan home construction, via FCW, has benefited forgotten children on three continents in multiple countries: India, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Ukraine, Thailand, and South Africa.

Ongoing partnerships in Nepal, India, Malawi and Uganda are creating genuine hope for hundreds of children. FCW provides self-sustainability projects to help desperate families become self-supporting in such a way that they can, in turn, care for orphans in their homes.

Currently, well over 500 children are sponsored on a monthly basis by charitable American supporters who, by giving $38 per month, provide food, shelter, education and medical care. Caring house parents demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ for each child.


Program accomplishments

295,852 Number of children clothed through our clothing distribution program

46 Number trade and university scholarships provided this year

490 Number of children currently sponsored

11 Number of countries served


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