Childcare Worldwide

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Summary

Childcare Worldwide is committed to removing the barriers that prevent children from succeeding and from being open to the Gospel. Our programs provide for children's basic needs, including food, clothing, water, and medical care.

Since 1981, Childcare Worldwide has been dedicated to sharing the Gospel, providing hope, and developing the unlimited potential of poor children around the world. Through our child sponsorship and other programs we empower impoverished children with the means and tools to transform their lives now and into the future.

By providing food, water and medical care, we ensure they have the means to sustain themselves for today.

By providing education-all the way through trade school or college-we empower them to succeed in the future. And by bringing them the Gospel of Jesus and strong Christian training through our Life Centers and Christian Character Building ministries, we offer them hope for all eternity.

Contact information

Mailing address:
Childcare Worldwide
PO Box 28550
Bellingham, WA 98228

Website: www.childcareworldwide.org

Phone: (360) 647-2283

Email: info@childcareworldwide.org

Organization details

EIN: 953619910

CEO/President: Bill Nienhuis

Chairman: Jeff McSorley

Board size: 7

Founder: Dr. G.M. Lange

Ruling year: 1983

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 09/30

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 1982

Purpose

Childcare Worldwide connects sponsors with children through Christ-based Life Centers. With sponsors and Life Centers removing barriers, children grow spiritually and physically into thriving productive adults.

Mission statement

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

Statement of faith

Childcare Worldwide uses the following to express its 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 for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling, the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe in 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 damnation.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, with equality across racial, gender and class differences.

Transparency grade

A

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Relief and Development

Category	Rating	Overall rank	Sector rank
Overall efficiency rating		898 of 1010	72 of 84
Fund acquisition rating		693 of 1012	59 of 84
Resource allocation rating		722 of 1012	55 of 84
Asset utilization rating		868 of 1010	71 of 84

Financial ratios

Funding ratios	Sector median	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions	6%	9%	7%	8%	9%	8%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue	6%	9%	7%	8%	9%	8%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue	99%	99%	103%	100%	100%	96%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses	6%	9%	7%	9%	9%	9%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue	1%	1%	-3%	0%	0%	4%

Operating ratios	Sector median	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses	86%	82%	86%	88%	88%	89%
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue	97%	102%	97%	90%	102%	90%
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue	83%	83%	84%	79%	89%	80%
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue	3%	-2%	3%	10%	-2%	10%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets	6%	-3%	5%	19%	-4%	21%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses	7%	9%	6%	4%	3%	2%

Investing ratios	Sector median	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets	1.71	1.13	1.10	1.20	1.93	1.77
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets	1.28	2.59	2.57	3.12	1.41	1.30
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets	2.64	2.92	2.82	3.75	2.71	2.31

Liquidity ratios	Sector median	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities	8.01	4.87	3.79	6.90	8.27	14.33
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets	0.11	0.21	0.26	0.14	0.12	0.07
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12)	3.42	3.26	3.13	2.74	3.89	4.84

Solvency ratios	Sector median	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets	14%	35%	36%	33%	9%	5%
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets	0%	27%	26%	28%	0%	0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses	41%	58%	58%	56%	47%	53%

Financials

Balance sheet

Assets	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Cash	$1,393,116	$1,344,779	$1,056,856	$1,367,806	$1,467,500
Receivables, inventories, prepaids	$50,776	$46,404	$6,768	$36,139	$45,422
Short-term investments	$0	$134,939	$134,977	$192,446	$177,735
Other current assets	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total current assets	$1,443,892	$1,526,122	$1,198,601	$1,596,391	$1,690,657
Long-term investments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Fixed assets	$2,293,773	$2,392,553	$2,541,895	$651,537	$509,813
Other long-term assets	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total long-term assets	$2,293,773	$2,392,553	$2,541,895	$651,537	$509,813
Total assets	$3,737,665	$3,918,675	$3,740,496	$2,247,928	$2,200,470

Liabilities	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Payables and accrued expenses	$296,771	$402,326	$173,657	$192,918	$117,961
Other current liabilities	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total current liabilities	$296,771	$402,326	$173,657	$192,918	$117,961
Debt	$1,003,460	$1,027,786	$1,050,793	$0	$0
Due to (from) affiliates	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other long-term liabilities	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total long-term liabilities	$1,003,460	$1,027,786	$1,050,793	$0	$0
Total liabilities	$1,300,231	$1,430,112	$1,224,450	$192,918	$117,961

Net assets	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Without donor restrictions	$1,991,591	$1,869,765	$1,993,131	$1,411,940	$1,271,895
With donor restrictions	$445,843	$618,798	$522,915	$643,070	$810,614
Net assets	$2,437,434	$2,488,563	$2,516,046	$2,055,010	$2,082,509

Revenues and expenses

Revenue	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Total contributions	$4,125,948	$4,553,325	$4,962,772	$4,253,191	$4,185,035
Program service revenue	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Investment income	$0	$5,783	$20,313	$20,334	$8,971
Other revenue	$25,136	($126,495)	($4,565)	($16,414)	$145,800
Total other revenue	$25,136	($120,712)	$15,748	$3,920	$154,771
Total revenue	$4,151,084	$4,432,613	$4,978,520	$4,257,111	$4,339,806

Expenses	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Program services	$3,449,746	$3,712,924	$3,950,800	$3,800,315	$3,456,947
Management and general	$394,617	$272,798	$157,693	$137,640	$95,390
Fundraising	$372,899	$321,995	$385,229	$394,611	$345,969
Total expenses	$4,217,262	$4,307,717	$4,493,722	$4,332,566	$3,898,306

Change in net assets	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Surplus (deficit)	($66,178)	$124,896	$484,798	($75,455)	$441,500
Other changes in net assets	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total change in net assets	($66,178)	$124,896	$484,798	($75,455)	$441,500

Compensation

Name	Title	Compensation
William A Nienhuis	CEO/President	$129,890

Compensation data as of: 12/31/2020

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 5/25/2021. To update the information below, please email: info@ministrywatch.com

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

Needs

Help Childcare Worldwide effectively and efficiently get food and care to children who need it most. With a donation of $50 or even $100, you can have a valuable impact on the lives of children in need.