Lost Orphans International
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Bring forth immediate and eternal hope to orphaned and at-risk children in locations around the world. We advocate for on-the-ground individuals and groups by connecting them with people and resources in support of a strategy of child rescue orphan prevention and community development.
- Income
- $35,606
- Spending
- $78,679
- Reserves
- 2.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 (4)
- $14,855 spent. House of Love in Lagi Vietnam and Lighthouse Evangelical Church in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam: Creation and support for childrens homes in Vietnam to meet immediate needs food clothing shelter health and eternal needs of children and families in these slum communities. Includes missionary support for a field worker located in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam.
- $38,220 spent. Rift Valley Community Kenya: Provide financial support for electricity water and supplies in camp houses and employment opportunity in jewelry making for local women creation of greenhouse and goat and poultry project as well as support for Fountain of Life Boys Home in Rift Valley Community Kenya
- $21,112 spent. Israel: Aid in child rescue by partnering with Bead Chaim. Provide missions and support by partnering with Aviv ministries to provide counseling safe homes food etc for adults caught in the world of drugs and prostitution in Tel Aviv by fundraising and sending teams to help support them through the year.
- Other donations and grants for charity work in the US
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 October 13, 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 December 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 August 2010.
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 October 21, 2026.
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