The World Orphan Fund Inc

Analysis

The World Orphan Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Randolph, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The World Orphan Fund Inc reported income of $4.0m and spending of $3.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $408k to $4.0m (+878%), an average of +77% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 254%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The World Orphan Fund Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valley Program for Aging Services Inc ($4.0m), Child Protective Services Community Partners Inc ($4.0m) and Kid Net Foundation ($4.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $225k, net assets of $1.0m.