Childcare Worldwide

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Summary

Childcare Worldwide was founded in 1981 by Max and Marlies Lange and has grown to sponsoring children in Africa, Asia, and South America. Our generous sponsors partner with us to connect children in need to Life Centers in their communities, led by in-country teachers and church workers, who lead Bible lessons, teach worship songs, play Scripture memory games, and share the hope of the Gospel.

With our sponsors' help, we provide care and support to impoverished children in Peru, Uganda, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Kenya.

Contact information

Mailing address:
Childcare Worldwide
PO Box 113
Lynden, WA 98264

Website: www.childcareworldwide.org

Phone: 360-647-2283

Email: [email protected]

Organization details

EIN: 953619910

CEO/President: Bill Nienhuis

Chairman: Mark Chestnut

Board size: 7

Founder: Max and Marlies Lange

Ruling year: 1983

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 12/31

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 1982

Purpose

Connecting sponsors with children in poverty through Christ-based Life Centers, which remove barriers so kids can spiritually and physically grow into thriving adults.

Mission statement

Childcare Worldwide transforms children's lives by exposing them to the gospel of Jesus Christ, providing for their physical needs and supporting their long-term education.

Statement of faith

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative word of God.

We believe that there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity and humanity of Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, His present rule as Head of the Church and in His personal return in power and glory.

We believe That all men and women, regardless of age, are lost because of their sin. Salvation is offered by the grace and love of God, because of the atoning death of Christ and it is obtained through faith (apart from works), and regeneration by the Holy Spirit through the preaching of the gospel.

We believe in the n the personhood of the Holy Spirit as the third member of the Godhead, by whose indwelling, the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

We believe n the resurrection of both the saved and the lost. They that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of condemnation.

We believe In the spiritual unity of all true believers, the Church, with Jesus Christ as the Head, and its local representation under the authority of its leadership.

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Transparency grade

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Relief and Development

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating937 of 111786 of 100
Fund acquisition rating1075 of 111898 of 100
Resource allocation rating1076 of 111898 of 100
Asset utilization rating227 of 111727 of 100

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
6%20%20%15%12%9%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
6%20%20%17%12%9%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
99%100%99%119%99%100%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
6%17%17%14%15%9%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
1%0%1%-19%1%0%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
86%70%71%71%70%82%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
100%120%119%122%79%102%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
87%84%84%86%55%84%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
0%-20%-19%-22%21%-2%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
2%-58%-35%-26%27%-5%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
7%13%12%15%15%9%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
1.532.851.891.320.761.30
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.261.061.071.031.812.62
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
2.173.012.031.361.383.42
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
13.115.449.0211.5311.435.27
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.070.180.110.090.090.19
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
4.683.255.268.077.962.85
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
8%19%14%8%28%38%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%0%0%0%23%31%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
53%28%46%69%95%48%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20232022202120202019
Cash$1,295,325$1,915,568$2,532,224$2,355,516$1,232,328
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$18,884$24,267$15,753$0$3,015
Short-term investments$30,879$14,926$78,507$6,872$5,731
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$1,345,088$1,954,761$2,626,484$2,362,388$1,241,074
Long-term investments$0$4,411$0$0$0
Fixed assets$1,287$18,946$26,507$1,889,568$1,977,834
Other long-term assets$74,083$122,743$41,368$25,303$36,236
Total long-term assets$75,370$146,100$67,875$1,914,871$2,014,070
Total assets$1,420,458$2,100,861$2,694,359$4,277,259$3,255,144
 
Liabilities20232022202120202019
Payables and accrued expenses$57,762$65,767$53,727$35,704$47,546
Other current liabilities$189,705$151,000$174,000$171,000$188,000
Total current liabilities$247,467$216,767$227,727$206,704$235,546
Debt$0$0$0$971,420$1,003,460
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$29,451$76,277$0$0$0
Total long-term liabilities$29,451$76,277$0$971,420$1,003,460
Total liabilities$276,918$293,044$227,727$1,178,124$1,239,006
 
Net assets20232022202120202019
Without donor restrictions$760,058$1,127,337$1,597,695$1,787,450$1,570,295
With donor restrictions$383,482$680,480$868,937$1,311,685$445,843
Net assets$1,143,540$1,807,817$2,466,632$3,099,135$2,016,138
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20232022202120202019
Total contributions$3,366,613$3,310,601$3,491,611$4,066,617$4,125,948
Program service revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$15,727$19,760($564,718)$33,385$18,211
Other revenue$0$3,727$0$0$0
Total other revenue$15,727$23,487($564,718)$33,385$18,211
Total revenue$3,382,340$3,334,088$2,926,893$4,100,002$4,144,159
 
Expenses20232022202120202019
Program services$2,844,021$2,811,011$2,528,083$2,262,663$3,471,218
Management and general$524,943$490,965$527,935$502,318$394,618
Fundraising$678,238$662,056$509,176$485,622$374,424
Total expenses$4,047,202$3,964,032$3,565,194$3,250,603$4,240,260
 
Change in net assets20232022202120202019
Surplus (deficit)($664,862)($629,944)($638,301)$849,399($96,101)
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets($664,862)($629,944)($638,301)$849,399($96,101)

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Bill NienhuisPresident & CEO$119,842

Compensation data as of: 12/31/2023

Response from ministry

No response has been provided by this ministry.

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History

History of Childcare Worldwide

April 1981:

  • Incorporated in California as Siloam Christian Mission, Glendale, California.
  • First mission field: Tamil Nadu, India (in cooperation with Siloam Lepers and Blind Mission, Germany)

    July 1981:
  • Production of a one-hour TV special on Leprosy and eye disease in India.

    1982:
  • Start of a food delivery program from a warehouse in San Diego, California to the border towns of Mexico

    1983:
  • Start of an affiliate in Haiti. First ministry included a welding school in Port-au-Prince.

    1983:
  • Start of an affiliate in Langley, B.C. Canada.

    1984:
  • Start of an affiliate in Kenya. Production of a one-hour TV special on the "Drought of the Century."

    1985:
  • Start of the breakfast feeding program in Comas, Peru. The first 500 children were selected from the extremely poor people who fled the guerilla group "Shining Path" in the highlands of Peru.

    1985:
  • Change of name to Siloam International.

    1986:
  • Start of an affiliate in Uganda. The Uganda government assigns the Ssese Islands to Childcare International, Uganda.

    1990:
  • Start of partnership in Sri Lanka with an outreach to families of fishing villages outside Colombo.

    1992:
  • Start of partnership in Belarus to help victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

    1996:
  • Start of partnership in Thailand with the Khon Kaen Christian School.

    1996:
  • Start of Partnership with Faith Tabernacle in Cebu, Philippines.

    1988:
  • Move of office to Bellingham, Washington.

    1988:
  • Change of name to Childcare International.

    2006:
  • Change of name to Childcare Worldwide

    • Program accomplishments

    https://childcareworldwide.org/Files/Article/2022%20Impact%20Report.pdf

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