Kids Alive International, Inc. 
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Summary
Kids Alive International is a Christ-centered mission dedicated to rescuing orphans and vulnerable children - meeting their spiritual, physical, educational, and emotional needs.
All of the children in our care were orphaned, abandoned, or abused, living on the streets, and victims of poverty, disease, or war. Kids Alive rescues these children - one at a time - and enrolls them into one of our Children's Homes, a Care Center, or School program that is best suited to the care they need.
We are currently reaching children in 12 countries with the redeeming love of Christ.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Kids Alive International, Inc.
2507 Cumberland Dr.
Valparaiso, IN 46383-2503
Website: www.kidsalive.org
Phone: (219) 464-9035
Email: kidsalive@kidsalive.org
Organization details
EIN: 311140515
CEO/President: Corbey Dukes
Chairman: Sheri McCurley
Board size: 10
Founder: Rev. and Mrs. Leslie Anglin
Ruling year: 1985
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1984
Purpose
Kids Alive International is a Christ-centered organization that believes every child deserves to live free from the bondage of hunger, abuse, and exploitation.
Our commitment to this Biblical truth compels us to deliver life's essentials and with the same compassion and excellence that we would want for the children in our lives.
We rescue and provide for orphaned and forgotten children one at a time, but we accomplish so much more.
Together, we empower families and communities by developing partnerships and sharing the faith, knowledge, and infrastructure that creates self-sustaining legacies of transformation.
Mission statement
For over 100 years, our mission has not changed: to rescue and redeem orphans and at-risk children. We believe in families, so we work to strengthen them; but when a child's own home is no longer a safe option, we care for them in loving, family-style homes.
Statement of faith
Kids Alive International uses the following to communicate its values:
I. We believe in the one infinite God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
II. We believe in Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity, and that, as the Son of God, He became incarnate by the Holy Spirit, being born of the Virgin Mary; that He truly rose from the dead, ascended into heaven and is now there engaged in intercession for us at the right hand of the Father.
III. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead, and that He is ever present and active in and with every true born child of God, and that He is present to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment.
IV. We believe that the Scripture of the Old and the New Testaments are given by Divine inspiration; that they are the infallible, supreme, and final authority in faith and life.
V. We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death or separation from God; that all human beings are born with a sinful nature.
VI. We believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures; that He, as the representative and substitutionary sacrifice for sin, obtained redemption by the shedding of His blood for all who believe in Him.
VII. We believe in "that blessed hope," the personal and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
VIII. We believe that all who repent of their sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ are freely justified by the Father, born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby become children of God.
IX. We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the just and the unjust; the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting, conscious punishment of the lost.
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Foreign Missions
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 991 of 1022 | 117 of 121 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 943 of 1024 | 110 of 121 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 828 of 1024 | 97 of 121 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 879 of 1022 | 103 of 121 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 5% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 7% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 7% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 98% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 99% | 99% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 8% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 83% | 77% | 86% | 86% | 85% | 85% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 95% | 107% | 97% | 93% | 89% | 90% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 78% | 82% | 83% | 80% | 76% | 76% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 5% | -7% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 10% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 9% | -7% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 10% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 10% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.21 | 1.06 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.85 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.29 | 4.96 | 3.90 | 3.99 | 4.26 | 5.02 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.77 | 5.26 | 3.51 | 3.44 | 3.58 | 4.25 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 20.97 | 7.98 | 11.06 | 8.47 | 10.51 | 15.34 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 6.11 | 1.99 | 3.11 | 3.07 | 3.03 | 2.64 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 9% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 75% | 91% | 107% | 111% | 114% | 114% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Cash | $2,207,055 | $3,291,737 | $3,082,999 | $2,631,813 | $2,051,522 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $140,201 | $109,115 | $125,687 | $106,484 | $63,857 |
| Short-term investments | $317,721 | $285,242 | $308,472 | $371,287 | $229,429 |
| Other current assets | $119,996 | $100,643 | $110,356 | $96,210 | $87,535 |
| Total current assets | $2,784,973 | $3,786,737 | $3,627,514 | $3,205,794 | $2,432,343 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $11,036,659 | $10,973,109 | $10,849,608 | $10,442,745 | $9,766,295 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $11,036,659 | $10,973,109 | $10,849,608 | $10,442,745 | $9,766,295 |
| Total assets | $13,821,632 | $14,759,846 | $14,477,122 | $13,648,539 | $12,198,638 |
| Liabilities | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $280,558 | $272,015 | $348,604 | $220,923 | $117,311 |
| Other current liabilities | $68,636 | $70,322 | $79,498 | $84,238 | $41,207 |
| Total current liabilities | $349,194 | $342,337 | $428,102 | $305,161 | $158,518 |
| Debt | $130,348 | $169,299 | $209,879 | $249,164 | $284,889 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $130,348 | $169,299 | $209,879 | $249,164 | $284,889 |
| Total liabilities | $479,542 | $511,636 | $637,981 | $554,325 | $443,407 |
| Net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Without donor restrictions | $11,381,141 | $11,845,771 | $11,252,808 | $10,737,606 | $9,536,028 |
| With donor restrictions | $2,960,949 | $2,402,439 | $2,586,333 | $2,356,608 | $2,219,203 |
| Net assets | $13,342,090 | $14,248,210 | $13,839,141 | $13,094,214 | $11,755,231 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Total contributions | $13,578,191 | $13,521,228 | $13,206,253 | $12,772,117 | $11,432,183 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $61,400 | ($17,637) | $52,448 | $34,698 | ($9,524) |
| Other revenue | $106,761 | $206,208 | $155,405 | $113,675 | $79,041 |
| Total other revenue | $168,161 | $188,571 | $207,853 | $148,373 | $69,517 |
| Total revenue | $13,746,352 | $13,709,799 | $13,414,106 | $12,920,490 | $11,501,700 |
| Expenses | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Program services | $11,289,217 | $11,430,418 | $10,726,153 | $9,785,964 | $8,757,794 |
| Management and general | $1,611,793 | $966,991 | $882,760 | $891,043 | $808,888 |
| Fundraising | $1,751,462 | $903,321 | $885,266 | $804,500 | $781,819 |
| Total expenses | $14,652,472 | $13,300,730 | $12,494,179 | $11,481,507 | $10,348,501 |
| Change in net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($906,120) | $409,069 | $919,927 | $1,438,983 | $1,153,199 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | ($175,000) | ($100,000) | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($906,120) | $409,069 | $744,927 | $1,338,983 | $1,153,199 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Parker Matthew | President | $166,889 |
| Murphy Lyric | Vice President of Fund Develop | $123,588 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2019
Response from ministry
PRESIDENTIAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD
President George W. Bush awarded Mr. Chuck Hinken the Presidential Volunteer Service Award this past April 2007.
Chuck and his wife, Mary, volunteered this year for a couple of months at our Kids Alive Peru Children's Home in Lima. Besides being "Grandpa and Grandma" to the kids, they assumed total maintenance of the Home making lots of much-needed repairs.
The President's Volunteer Service Award recognizes individuals, families, and groups that have achieved a certain standard measured by the number of volunteer hours served over a 12-month period or cumulative hours earned over the course of a lifetime.
MICHAEL AND SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION
For three consecutive years, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation have awarded a grand to Kids Alive International for their work in Kenya and most recently Sudan. Funds have helped build children's homes, care centers, and an infirmary, bore wells, provide high school tuition in Kenya and expand our new ministry to refugee children in Sudan.
The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 10/27/2021. To update the information below, please email: info@ministrywatch.com
History
Kids Alive International began in 1916 in Shantung Province, China, when missionaries Leslie and Ava Anglin began taking in homeless Chinese children.
From those humble beginnings, Kids Alive today has expanded worldwide, helping care for thousands of children through Residential Homes, Care Centers, and Schools.
And we reach even more children through medical clinics, community outreach programs, and - in special cases - disaster relief response. Through these various ministry efforts, orphans and abandoned children are being given education, clothing, healthy food, medical care, and - most importantly - the opportunity to know and serve Christ.
To reach children globally, Kids Alive has affiliate offices in the United Kingdom and Taiwan.