Rapha International 
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Summary
Rapha International is committed to combating the trafficking and sexual abuse of children through holistic care for survivors, prevention services for vulnerable children, and support for families and communities. Rapha International operates high quality programs in Cambodia, Thailand, Haiti, and the United States.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Rapha International
PO Box 1569
Joplin, MO 64802
Website: rapha.org
Phone: (417) 621-0373
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 272523416
CEO/President: Stephanie Garman Freed
Chairman: Dorothy Perconti
Board size: 9
Founder: Stephanie Garman Freed
Ruling year: 2011
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2016
Purpose
Vision- to see all children living in sustainable freedom within safe communities.
Mission statement
Our mission is to end the trafficking and sexual abuse of children - one child, one family, and one community at a time.
Statement of faith
Articles
| 6/18/2025 | MinistryWatch Guide to Giving to Anti-Trafficking Organizations |
Donor confidence score
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Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Anti-Trafficking
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 847 of 1423 | 13 of 22 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 481 of 1423 | 7 of 22 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 582 of 1423 | 9 of 22 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 1314 of 1424 | 22 of 22 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 7% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 9% | 8% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 7% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 9% | 8% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 97% | 96% | 97% | 98% | 95% | 96% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 8% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 11% | 10% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 3% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 4% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 83% | 83% | 83% | 81% | 80% | 82% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 93% | 108% | 105% | 74% | 81% | 76% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 75% | 90% | 87% | 60% | 65% | 63% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 7% | -8% | -5% | 26% | 19% | 24% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 11% | -5% | -3% | 18% | 12% | 16% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 10% | 12% | 9% | 11% | 9% | 8% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.02 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.47 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.81 | 6.18 | 4.79 | 3.24 | 4.18 | 4.37 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.77 | 3.52 | 2.63 | 1.41 | 2.03 | 2.07 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 16.94 | 14.13 | 19.33 | 88.60 | 49.90 | 39.66 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 6.53 | 3.17 | 4.33 | 8.44 | 5.80 | 5.64 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 7% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 6% | 7% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 6% | 7% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 90% | 142% | 149% | 191% | 193% | 195% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Cash | $1,422,018 | $2,073,823 | $3,188,781 | $1,710,055 | $1,430,366 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $102,907 | $21,779 | $19,353 | $47,003 | $65,110 |
| Short-term investments | $116,317 | $107,033 | $95,955 | $101,146 | $78,331 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $1,641,242 | $2,202,635 | $3,304,089 | $1,858,204 | $1,573,807 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $8,498,347 | $8,348,194 | $7,410,298 | $5,917,428 | $5,306,534 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $910 | $910 |
| Total long-term assets | $8,498,347 | $8,348,194 | $7,410,298 | $5,918,338 | $5,307,444 |
| Total assets | $10,139,589 | $10,550,829 | $10,714,387 | $7,776,542 | $6,881,251 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $116,169 | $113,949 | $37,291 | $37,242 | $39,679 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $116,169 | $113,949 | $37,291 | $37,242 | $39,679 |
| Debt | $1,804,384 | $1,803,277 | $1,787,239 | $460,062 | $472,086 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $1,804,384 | $1,803,277 | $1,787,239 | $460,062 | $472,086 |
| Total liabilities | $1,920,553 | $1,917,226 | $1,824,530 | $497,304 | $511,765 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Without donor restrictions | $7,531,880 | $7,072,388 | $6,405,955 | $5,862,908 | $5,252,077 |
| With donor restrictions | $687,156 | $1,561,215 | $2,483,902 | $1,416,330 | $1,117,409 |
| Net assets | $8,219,036 | $8,633,603 | $8,889,857 | $7,279,238 | $6,369,486 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Total contributions | $5,137,803 | $5,360,227 | $6,152,382 | $4,430,898 | $4,099,532 |
| Program service revenue | $108,510 | $94,509 | $76,806 | $79,364 | $5,787 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $88,260 | $12,881 | $12,881 | $4,025 | $4,497 |
| Other revenue | $19,194 | $48,852 | $30,404 | $156,257 | $177,242 |
| Total other revenue | $215,964 | $156,242 | $120,091 | $239,646 | $187,526 |
| Total revenue | $5,353,767 | $5,516,469 | $6,272,473 | $4,670,544 | $4,287,058 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Program services | $4,800,162 | $4,810,948 | $3,757,233 | $3,018,787 | $2,686,772 |
| Management and general | $704,081 | $535,319 | $497,824 | $345,259 | $248,953 |
| Fundraising | $275,747 | $435,674 | $390,371 | $406,540 | $325,515 |
| Total expenses | $5,779,990 | $5,781,941 | $4,645,428 | $3,770,586 | $3,261,240 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($426,223) | ($265,472) | $1,627,045 | $899,958 | $1,025,818 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($426,223) | ($265,472) | $1,627,045 | $899,958 | $1,025,818 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Stephanie Freed | Vice Chairperson | $103,342 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2024
Response from ministry
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History
In 2003, Rapha International began an aftercare program for underage female survivors who had been rescued from slavery and sexual exploitation in Battambang, Cambodia. Nineteen years later, Rapha is an international organization that has won the favor of the governments in the countries in which it works. The Rapha International model is to recruit and equip local staff who are qualified and passionate about combatting child slavery, sexual exploitation, and abuse in their own countries. Each of Rapha's aftercare programs implement a holistic approach to healing.
Rapha International's model has a proven impact in the fight against human trafficking. Founded in 2003, Rapha began working with child victims of human trafficking in Battambang, Cambodia in that year. In 2009, Rapha began serving trafficking victims in Chiang Mai, Thailand and opened its first prevention program - Kids Club - in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In 2012, another Kids Club location was established in Battambang, Cambodia. Rapha began its work with trafficking survivors in Haiti in 2014, and opened both an aftercare facility in Siem Reap, Cambodia and a Kids Club location in Mae Sot, Thailand in 2016. In 2020, Rapha opened up their Rapha Hope & Healing Center in Joplin, Missouri.
Program accomplishments
Needs
HOW ARE PROGRAM FUNDS USED?
Counseling and Social Services: Child victims of sexual abuse often require extensive counseling and social services to heal from the traumas they have experienced. By supporting the work of Rapha, you are helping us maintain quality counselors and social workers on staff to walk with these children on the path of healing.
Shelter and Security: Trafficked and exploited children may have never lived in a safe and stable environment before. When you give to Rapha, you are helping provide these children with a safe place to heal and rest their head at night.
Basic Necessities: Girls at our aftercare campuses often come with little more than the clothes on their back. Donated funds help provide them with things like quality nutrition, clean clothes, clean bedding, and personal care items.
Education and Training: If the children in our care receive no education or training, they have little hope for a brighter future. That's why, with your help, we provide basic education and vocation training for success in life outside residential care.
Gift acceptance policy: Rapha International strives for excellence in using donations according to each donor's wishes. In cases where specific projects are significantly overfunded or underfunded, funds may be used for another one of Rapha's life-changing programs.