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Love a Child reported $26.5 million in revenue and $24.7 million in expenses for calendar year 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $84.21 went to program services, $6.30 to management and general costs and $9.49 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 97.6% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $229,092 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR). 3 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue fell 53% between 2019 and 2025. Source: Form 990, 2025.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $25MFor context, the median across 469 covered international, foreign affairs & national security charities: $89.04 programs, $8.28 management, $2.68 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $27MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 84.2% | 86.1% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 6.3% | 8.0% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 9.5% | 2.6% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.09 | $0.03 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 97.6% | 96.6% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $229,092 | $341,362 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.93% | 1.06% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 22.4 | 7.5 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 8 of 12 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseLove a child (lac) conducted humanitarian outreaches in disaster and hunger relief and health care, including children's development outreach, community medical outreach, food distribution to the hungry, and the development of sustainability programs in haiti and the dominican republic.community medical outreach: the medical programs include our primary regional medical clinic, occasional remote medical clinics, a malnutrition center, and a birthing center. Collectively, these clinics served more than 27,000 patients during 2025. Diagnostic lab services were provided in conjunction with the…
Hunger and disaster relief: lac conducted community food distribution programs, cooking hot meals for villages and distributing more than 12 million fortified rice meal packages in bulk. Following hurricane melissa, lac was on the ground providing disaster relief and emergency feeding programs to affected communities. A grant was awarded to build a new food distribution center in southern haiti, which facilitates feeding nearly 900 prisoners daily. In december 2025, lac also launched a campaign to construct gabion houses to provide safer, more resilient housing for vulnerable families in the…
Community development: in our "development for sustainability" outreach, lac operated an agriculture training center with demonstration gardens and a tilapia farm. We conducted sustainable agriculture training courses with a focus on long-term sustainability. Lac also emphasized job creation by helping establish small businesses. Water wells were built for communities in southern haiti that lac began supporting after hurricane disaster relief efforts
Highest reported compensation
2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Key employee, 70.00 hrs/week | $208,826 | $0 | $20,266 | $229,092 |
| VICE PRESIDENT Director/trustee, officer, 70.00 hrs/week | $181,099 | $0 | $16,365 | $197,464 |
| PRESIDENT Director/trustee, officer, 70.00 hrs/week | $181,099 | $0 | $16,251 | $197,350 |
| TREASURER Director/trustee, officer, 50.00 hrs/week | $60,000 | $0 | $0 | $60,000 |
3 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Love a Child (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $684K (Part IX, line 5).
7 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b12 · 8 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2Yes
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
- Employees Part I, line 531
- Volunteers Part I, line 610
Largest outside contractors
2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only| LIGHTQUEST MEDIA Tv broadcast | $1,739,908 |
| NEROVO Security | $875,667 |
| SPECIAL LOGISTICS GROUP Shipping | $254,362 |
| MAP INTERNATIONAL Handling fees | $170,000 |
| IS SERVICES LTD Shipping | $164,657 |
Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 7 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.
Private foundation grants it received
2 private foundations reported grants to Love a Child totaling $1,250 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Questions people ask
How much of Love a Child's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2025, Love a Child reported that 84.2% of its $24.7 million in expenses went to program services, 6.3% to management and general and 9.5% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Love a Child pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Love a Child reported for one person in calendar year 2025 was $229,092, for the role of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Love a Child get its money?
Of $26.5 million in revenue in calendar year 2025, 97.6% came from contributions and grants and 0.1% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Love a Child a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 59-2672303 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2025: Form 990 for calendar year 2025, object 202632249349301928 · read the filing
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202511989349301131 · read the filing
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202402009349300810 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202341999349300709 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202232089349300548 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202131939349301313 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202041829349300124 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 59-2672303: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.