Stand By Me

Name

Stand By Me

Legal name

Stand By Me USA

Website

https://www.standby.me/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Welfare Non-Profit Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child Care Services (6244)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Early Childhood Education & Childcare Nonprofits (BPAGADAA), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Child sponsorship programs
• Orphan care services
• Nonprofit humanitarian aid
• Children's home operations
• Family support programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Brentwood

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Child Sponsorship: Recurring monthly donations of $30 per child sponsorship, providing food, education, healthcare, and family support. Sponsors receive updates, photos, and correspondence from their sponsored child.
2. Regular Donations: Monthly giving programs including 'Feed a Child' ($13/month), 'Support a Family' ($37/month), 'Support a Student' ($66/month), and 'Support a Class' ($106/month).
3. One-time Donations: Single donations for general support, specific country programs, or special appeals like holiday campaigns.
4. Treat Donations: Monetary gifts of $15-$30 for sponsors to buy birthday or holiday gifts for their sponsored child.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Stand By Me rescues vulnerable, orphaned, abandoned, and at-risk children in six countries and provides them with long-term care through family-style children's homes, schools, day care centers, and family preservation programs. The organization funds this work primarily through a monthly child sponsorship program ($30 per child) and a portfolio of targeted recurring and one-time donation options. Sponsors receive personal correspondence, photos, and progress updates from the specific child they support.

Product overview

Stand By Me is a child sponsorship and care charity offering a unified portfolio of programs to rescue and support vulnerable children. The core offerings include Children's Homes providing 24-hour family-style care, Schools (Open Arms Academy, Bethany School, Abdi Academy, and others) offering kindergarten through high school education with meals and healthcare, Care Centers providing day support with tutoring and counseling, and Family Support programs helping families stay together through food, rent, and medical assistance. The primary engagement mechanism is the Child Sponsorship program at $30/month, supplemented by targeted giving options (Feed a Child at $13/month, Support a Family at $37/month, Support a Student at $66/month, Support a Class at $106/month) and Treat Donations ($15-$30) for gift-giving.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Child Sponsorship Program Monthly sponsorship program allowing donors to support individual children in Kenya, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, and Romania at $30 per month. Sponsors receive communications, photos, and updates from their sponsored child and provide food, education, healthcare, and family support.
• Children's Homes Family-style residential homes where orphaned, abandoned, or at-risk children live with house parents and receive 24-hour care, food, education, and medical support. Includes Open Arms Village in Kenya (10 purpose-built family homes serving over 150 children), Bethany Children's Village and House of Hope in Romania, Agape Children's Home in India, and Bethel/Alin/Mesha villages in Myanmar.
• Schools Quality education programs from kindergarten through high school providing academic instruction, meals, healthcare, and in some locations IT training and vocational programs. Includes Open Arms Academy, Bethany School (450 students), Abdi Academy (240 children), Lois School (500 children), Grace School (300 children), and Sophia Academy (200 children).
• Care Centers Day programs providing children with tutoring, meals, clothes, medical care, counseling, and safe spaces for children who have families but need extra support. Includes the Denisa Day Care Center in Romania and the Emmanuel Care Center in the Banana Zone of Colombia.
• Family Support Program Family preservation assistance including food packs, rent help, medical care, and small business grants to help families remain together and achieve self-sufficiency, including the 'Keeping Families Together' holiday appeal that provides food packs and rent assistance for vulnerable families.
• Feed a Child $13 per month recurring donation program providing vital, nutritious food for children in care across all countries where Stand By Me operates.
• Support a Family $37 per month recurring donation program providing food, rent assistance, and self-sufficiency training to keep families together and prevent children from entering orphanages.
• Support a Student $66 per month recurring donation program supporting students in further education to help them achieve their potential, covering school fees and supplies.
• Support a Class $106 per month recurring donation program enabling a class to receive a fantastic education by providing a teacher's salary, supporting the salary of teachers across Stand By Me's school network.
• Treat Donation $15-$30 one-time monetary gift allowing sponsors to buy birthday or holiday gifts for their sponsored child through Stand By Me's gift-giving program.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of donations spent directly on caring for children
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Compassion International: Largest child sponsorship charity in the world, operating a near-identical model: $30–$40 monthly sponsorships funding food, education, healthcare, and Christian-based child development programs across multiple developing countries.
• World Vision: Major Christian child sponsorship and community development NGO with monthly sponsor-child programs, schools, and emergency relief — directly comparable mission, model, and donor base to Stand By Me.
• ChildFund International: Child-focused international development organization running sponsorship programs, schools, and family strengthening initiatives in developing countries — same beneficiary profile and recurring-giving model.
• SOS Children's Villages: Operates family-style children's villages for orphaned and abandoned children across more than 130 countries — the closest direct comparator to Stand By Me's residential children's village model.
• Holt International: Christian child welfare and adoption-focused organization running residential care, family strengthening, and education programs in multiple developing countries — strong model and mission overlap.
• Kids Alive International: Christian child-care organization operating residential homes, schools, and family-style care programs for at-risk children — same faith-based sponsorship model, and the historical predecessor entity to Stand By Me (Kids Alive UK).

Broad incumbents

• Plan International: Large global NGO focused on children's rights, education, and equality — broader portfolio than Stand By Me but overlapping beneficiary focus, geographic footprint, and institutional donor relationships.
• Save the Children: One of the largest global children's charities, with education, child protection, and emergency response programs in similar geographies — broader scope but directly overlapping on child welfare and education.
• Bethany Christian Services: Faith-based child welfare organization with adoption, foster care, and family support services — broader domestic focus but aligned mission around vulnerable children's care and Christian values.

Others

• Pact: International development NGO working on family strengthening, education, and child welfare in similar low-income geographies — comparable operating context and family-support programming, though not a sponsorship charity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@StandByMeUS
• Facebookfacebook.com/StandbyMeUS
• Instagraminstagram.com/standbymeus
• Xx.com/StandbyMe_HQ

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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