New Mexico Christian Children’s Home

What New Mexico Christian Children’s Home does

New Mexico Christian Children's Home (NMCCH) is a private, faith-based nonprofit organization founded in 1954 in Portales, New Mexico, by local churches of Christ on 80 acres of farmland donated by J.W. and Mary Terry. The organization provides residential care, mentorship, counseling, spiritual guidance, and educational and vocational support to approximately 120-150 disadvantaged youth, young adults, new mothers, and single-parent families across four ministry tracks: Youth Homes (K-12), Young Adult Homes (ages 18-22, launched 2021), New Mother Homes (launched 2021), and Single Parent Homes (launched 1983). All residential services — including housing, utilities, food, clothing, medical care, mental health counseling, and spiritual support — are delivered free of charge to qualifying beneficiaries, and the organization is funded entirely through charitable donations, planned giving, in-kind gifts, and corporate matching programs rather than through fees or contracts. The technology stack is minimal and non-proprietary, centered on a marketing website (nmcch.org), a third-party donation processing portal, and standard email and social channels. The business model is classic donor-subsidized residential social services with no revenue from beneficiary fees, no government contracts referenced in the source data, and a wholly-owned licensed adoption agency sub-brand called "A Mother's Choice" (established 1979) that provides a regulated, fee-eligible service line. NMCCH is governed by an 11-member volunteer Board of Directors and operated by a small executive team including an Executive Director (Aaron Goodman, ex-NASA engineering), Director of Finance (Shae Gonzales), HR Administrator (David Van Wettering), and Program Director (Rick Daniell), with houseparents and farm staff delivering direct care. The organization files annual IRS Form 990 returns and is regionally focused exclusively on New Mexico.

Name

New Mexico Christian Children’s Home

Legal name

New Mexico Christian Children's Home

Website

https://nmcch.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

New Mexico Christian Children's Home is a 1954-founded faith-based nonprofit in Portales, New Mexico, providing free residential care, counseling, and spiritual support across four ministries — Youth (K-12), Young Adults, New Mothers, and Single Parent Families — plus licensed adoption services via A Mother's Choice, funded entirely by charitable donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Social Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

Keywords

• Residential youth care
• Single parent support
• Adoption services
• Faith-based ministry
• Children's home services

Headquarters

HQ city

Portales

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring cash gifts from individuals provide immediate support for housing, food, education, counseling, and spiritual care for those served.
2. Monthly Giving Program: Recurring monthly donations provide dependable support for long-term planning, daily operations, and ongoing ministry throughout the year.
3. Planned Giving & Estate Gifts: Legacy gifts through wills, trusts, and beneficiary designations help ensure future generations continue receiving care, guidance, education, and support.
4. Appreciated Assets & Securities: Donating appreciated stocks or securities allows donors to support the ministry while potentially avoiding the need to sell assets directly, providing tax advantages.
5. IRA Charitable Giving: Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) from IRAs for individuals age 70½ and older, and naming NMCCH as beneficiary of retirement accounts.
6. Corporate Matching Gifts: Many employers match employee charitable contributions, multiplying the impact of individual donations.
7. In-Kind Gifts: Physical items donated through Amazon and Walmart wish lists support children, homes, programs, and daily operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

New Mexico Christian Children's Home (NMCCH) provides residential care, mentorship, and professional services to up to 150 disadvantaged youth, young adults, new mothers, and single-parent families across four stages of life. Services are delivered free of charge at the Portales, New Mexico campus and include housing, meals, clothing, medical care, mental health counseling, spiritual guidance, life coaching, adoption services, and educational and vocational support.

Product overview

New Mexico Christian Children's Home operates as a faith-based charitable organization offering four distinct residential care ministries: Youth Homes Ministry (serving K-12 youth), Single Parent Ministry (supporting single parents with children), New Mother Ministry (for pregnant women and new mothers), and Young Adult Ministry (for ages 18-22). Additionally, the organization provides licensed adoption services through its sub-brand 'A Mother's Choice.' All programs offer housing, utilities, food, mental health counseling, spiritual guidance, life coaching, and educational/vocational support in a Christian environment. The organization serves approximately 120-150 people across these four stages of life at their Portales, New Mexico campus.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• A Mother's Choice: A licensed New Mexico adoption agency providing complete range of professional services and confidential, compassionate assistance to birth mothers and fathers while finding loving adoptive parents for their newborn babies. Established in 1979.

Products and services

• Youth Homes Ministry

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves up to 150 people at a time across four ministry programs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MercyFirst: Catholic-affiliated nonprofit on Long Island providing residential care for children, programs for young mothers, and family services. Highly comparable ministry-style residential and wraparound model with similar single-parent and young-mother programming.
• Maryville Academy: Chicago-based nonprofit offering residential care for abused and neglected children, as well as programs for single mothers and pregnant teens. Direct analogue to NMCCH's Youth Homes, New Mother, and Single Parent ministries in an urban Catholic-affiliated setting.
• Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina: Faith-based residential care network for children and families in crisis, including single-parent and young adult programs. Highly comparable ministry-style operating model to NMCCH with a similar church-affiliated funding base.
• Buckner International: Texas-based faith-based nonprofit providing residential care for children, single-parent and family services, and adoption — a near-direct analogue to NMCCH's four-stage ministry model, operating at significantly larger scale.
• Children's Home Society of California: California nonprofit providing adoption, foster care, and family services. Comparable in adoption services sub-brand (A Mother's Choice) and broader child welfare mission, though California-focused and larger in scale.
• Children's Home & Aid: Illinois-based nonprofit providing child welfare, residential, foster care, and family preservation services. Comparable in residential and wraparound support for children and single-parent families, though operating at much larger scale across a different region.
• St. Vincent's Services: Brooklyn-based nonprofit providing residential care, foster care, and youth development programs for vulnerable children and families. Comparable in residential youth services and family wraparound support, though in a faith-affiliated urban context.

Broad incumbents

• Childhelp: National nonprofit addressing child abuse through residential treatment, foster care, advocacy, and education. Overlaps with NMCCH's residential and wraparound support mission but at a national scale and broader programmatic scope.
• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: Large nonprofit operating residential, educational, and behavioral health programs for children and adolescents across multiple states. Comparable in residential youth services and counseling offerings, though more clinically oriented and secular than NMCCH.
• Boys Town (Father Flanagan's): Nationally recognized residential and family-services organization for at-risk youth, originally faith-inspired and now operating a multi-site national footprint. Comparable in residential youth mission and wraparound services, but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach than NMCCH.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/New-Mexico-Christian-Childrens-Home-192244053864

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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