International Children’s Care

What International Children’s Care does

International Children's Care (ICC) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1978 and headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, that operates a network of family-style Children's Villages for orphaned and vulnerable children across at least six countries: the Dominican Republic (Las Palmas), Mexico (El Oasis), Guatemala (Los Pinos, co-located with the ICAP secondary school), the Democratic Republic of Congo (Patmos), India (DEWS Sweet Home), and Romania. Each village delivers a stable household model of care, providing shelter, nutrition, education, healthcare, and spiritual development within a Seventh-day Adventist Christian framework, with documented long-term outcomes including university degrees, employment, and pastoral ordination among alumni.

ICC's operating model is donation-funded rather than commercial. Revenue streams center on individual donor contributions through the forhiskids.org website (one-time gifts via PayPal and recurring monthly sponsorships tied to specific children), supplemented by a Planned Giving program that structures bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other legacy instruments. Donor stewardship is delivered through a multi-channel content stack: a monthly printed PDF newsletter (Que Pasa), a Mailchimp-distributed email newsletter (The Informateur), a Vimeo-hosted 'Que Pasa Moments' video series, and active posts on Facebook, Twitter/X, and Instagram. Operational credibility is reinforced by a Charity Navigator 4-star rating, a GuideStar Platinum Transparency Seal, and a network of named supporting organizations including Versacare, JEA Senior Living, Farrow Family Foundation, PCLI, and Northwest.

The organization's headcount is listed at 11-50, consistent with a lean U.S. headquarters overseeing distributed country-level teams that staff six villages and partner schools. Recent activity centers on sustaining donor engagement through annual campaigns such as the 2026 Summer of Care Matching Challenge, ongoing milestone communications (e.g., DEWS Sweet Home's 29th anniversary in 2025, ICAP's 50th anniversary in 2022), and incremental product extensions like the Teaching Compassion Teacher's Curriculum downloadable resource. No acquisitions, funding rounds, equity events, or leadership transitions are disclosed in the source material.

Name

International Children’s Care

Legal name

International Children's Care

Website

https://forhiskids.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

International Children's Care is a Vancouver, Washington-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded in 1978, that operates six family-style Children's Villages across the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, DR Congo, India, and Romania to provide orphaned children with shelter, education, healthcare, and spiritual development, funded through individual donations, child sponsorships, and planned giving.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Orphan Care and Child Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Residential Care Facilities (6239)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Orphan care services
• Child sponsorship programs
• Nonprofit charity
• Family-style residential care
• International humanitarian aid

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Sponsorships: Individual donors contribute through the website via one-time gifts or recurring child sponsorships. Sponsors provide ongoing financial support to specific children in ICC villages. The organization also receives donations for specific projects such as perimeter wall construction and facility improvements.
2. Planned Giving: Legacy giving programs including bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other estate planning vehicles that allow donors to create long-term giving commitments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

International Children's Care is a Christian-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates a global network of Children's Villages providing family-style residential care for orphaned and vulnerable children. Services include shelter, nutrition, education, healthcare, and spiritual development within stable family environments staffed by house mothers across the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, and Romania. Donor-facing offerings include a Child Sponsorship Program, one-time donations, Planned Giving/legacy gifts, and educational curricula.

Product overview

International Children's Care (ICC) is a Christian-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates a network of Children's Villages providing family-style care for orphaned children. The core offering consists of Children's Villages located across multiple countries (including Dominican Republic, Mexico, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, and India), where orphaned children receive shelter, meals, healthcare, education, and spiritual development within family environments. ICC's product portfolio includes a Child Sponsorship Program allowing donors to support individual children, the Que Pasa Newsletter and Informateur E-Newsletter for communicating impact updates, a Planned Giving program for legacy donations, and the Teaching Compassion Teacher's Curriculum as an educational resource. The organization conducts periodic fundraising campaigns such as the Summer Matching Challenge to amplify donor contributions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Children's Villages

Quantifiable outcome

• Documented health transformations - children arriving malnourished and sick are restored to health with proper care
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ICAPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICAP secondary school established on adjoining land to Los Pinos Children's Village in Guatemala, celebrating 50 years of providing quality Christian education in May 2022. The school serves ICC children from the village as well as students from the surrounding community. ICC provides children while ICAP provides education, creating a mutually beneficial partnership for comprehensive child development.
• VersacareminorOthersPartner organization listed in footer supporting ICC's mission
• JEA Senior LivingminorOthersPartner organization listed in footer supporting ICC's mission
• PCLIminorOthersPartner organization listed in footer supporting ICC's mission
• NorthwestminorOthersPartner organization listed in footer supporting ICC's mission

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Compassion International: Large faith-based child sponsorship organization operating child development programs in dozens of developing countries. Closely comparable business model (sponsorship, recurring donations, child welfare outcomes) but at substantially larger scale than ICC.
• ChildFund International: International child sponsorship and community development NGO serving children and families across Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Direct peer in terms of child sponsorship model, donor base, and residential/community program mix.
• Kids Alive International: Christian nonprofit operating residential care homes for at-risk children in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East, funded via child sponsorship and donations. Directly comparable faith-based, village-style model operating in similar geographies to ICC.
• Bethany Christian Services: Faith-based child welfare agency with international foster care, adoption, and family services. Comparable in faith-affiliated identity, residential and kinship care for orphans, and multi-state/multi-country footprint.
• SOS Children's Villages: SOS Children's Villages operates the most directly comparable model to ICC: family-style residential villages for orphaned and abandoned children across multiple countries, with child sponsorship fundraising. Most relevant direct peer given shared village concept, multi-country residential care, and sponsorship-driven revenue.
• Holt International: Faith-rooted child welfare organization specializing in international adoption, family preservation, and residential care. Comparable in values orientation, residential care model, and target beneficiary group (orphaned/vulnerable children internationally).
• Children's HopeChest: Christian child sponsorship organization partnering with in-country care providers to serve orphaned and vulnerable children. Closely comparable faith-aligned identity, sponsorship model, and partnership-based delivery.

Others

• Mercy Ships: Faith-based international NGO (though focused on medical care rather than residential childcare) with comparable fundraising mechanics (recurring donors, planned giving) and Christian identity, useful for benchmarking donor retention and brand strength.

Broad incumbents

• World Vision: One of the largest Christian humanitarian organizations, operating child sponsorship alongside broad development, emergency relief, and advocacy programming. Much broader portfolio but directly comparable child sponsorship value proposition.
• Catholic Relief Services: Large faith-based humanitarian agency operating child welfare, education, and family support programs globally. Overlapping mission space with ICC but at significantly greater scale and broader program scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ICC_ForHisKids
• YouTubevimeo.com/iccmedia
• Facebookfacebook.com/forhiskids
• Instagraminstagram.com/icc_forhiskids

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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