Wide Horizons for Children Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Wide Horizons For Children advances the lifelong well-being of the most vulnerable children worldwide. To accomplish its mission, it: strengthens families to improve their ability to care for their children; improves outcomes for children living outside of parental care; places children with loving, adoptive families; and supports birth parents, adoptive parents and children throughout their lives.
- Income
- $4.0 million
- Spending
- $3.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 73%
- Reserves
- 15.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 75%
- Employees
- 23
- Volunteers
- 8
- Highest pay
- $185,553, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 91 out of 100. Higher than 80% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 15.3 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 17% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 13% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1573% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 26 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 48% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 13 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $1.6 million spent. During the reporting year, WHFC continued programming focused on Orphan Care and Family Preservation. In terms of Orphan Care, our operational funding of two orphanages in Guatemala benefitted over 200 children, providing them with a holistic array of services including proper nutrition, stable and trained caregivers, and educational, medical and psychological services. WHFC also supported the orphanages efforts to reunify 25 Guatemalan parents with their children, by funding court mandated educational and support services. Additionally, WHFC supplied much sought after baby formula to 122 infants and sick children with a low likelihood of family care solutions in 10 orphanages in Burundi. Family Preservation programming continued to focus on stabilizing the family by promoting physical health and mental wellbeing, nutrition, education and financial empowerment initiatives. An overarching emphasis on gender equality ran through all WHFCs work, prioritizing a majority of female beneficiaries across programs. Approximately 2,670 individuals in Ethiopia, Burundi and Guatemala received services that ensure families remain intact, so their children dont fall into orphanage care. This reporting year, WHFC added 60 new families to our programming and expanded our Financial Savings groups, or Self-Help Groups, to 26, with over 300 participants. These Self Help Groups offer families emotional support as well as microloans to support business development, which has proven critical in lifting families forever out of poverty. Additionally, WHFC deepened and expanded its holistic wrap around medical, nutritional and educational services in Ethiopia, Guatemala and Burundi, providing impactful services to over 1,000 families as well as the broader communities. In Burundi, WHFC constructed three classrooms at the Community Center and started a tutoring program for over 300 students. WHFC also began renovating a local medical clinic that will provide the first health care access to this community once it opens in 2026. In Guatemala, a dental clinic, daycare and organic garden were established on the Community Center site providing additional wrap around services to the community. In Ethiopia, WHFC re-engaged with two medical facilities we previously built, sending a medical mission to Leku Hospital that offered three different trainings and surgeries; and renovating and replenishing supplies and medicines at the medical clinic in the northern town of Adwa that had been destroyed by war. WHFC also enhanced these facilities by funding operations for two mental health clinics, offering some of the first mental health support services in the country. The catchment area that our medical infrastructure serves in Ethiopia alone is well over 1 million. As such WHFC can claim over 115,000 beneficiaries due solely to our medical programming. In total, WHFC and our programming touched over 120,000 individuals around the world.
- $903,290 spent. WHFC provides a range of adoption related serices to clients throughout the United States. Expectant parents considering an adoptive placement of their unborn child receive counseling to support them in making the best decision for themselves and their child. Adoptive parents receive counseling and support from home study through post placement services. WHFC provides adoption placement services from six countries including the United States. During the year ended June 30, 2025, 48 children came home to their adoptive families. Five child-focused adoption subsidies were provided to assist families with the costs of adopting older and hard to place children who have serious medical conditions.
- $55,183 spent. Wide Horizons continues its support of birth families, adoptive children and their families after placement through post-adopt services. Post adopt services range from letter delivery to birth families, referral services, and support for travel back to a childs birth country. During the reporting year, the organization supported hundreds of families through these service offerings.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1980.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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