Father's Heart Foundation International

What Father's Heart Foundation International does

Father's Heart Foundation International, operating as Royal Kids, is a US-registered 501(c)-style faith-based nonprofit (Federal Tax ID 86-1111104, Cupertino, CA mailing address) that has delivered child-welfare, education, and community-transformation programs since 1992. Its model is cradle-to-grave and tri-generational: orphaned, abandoned, or exploited children are rescued into 12 residential care homes across 12 countries (India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, South Africa, Cambodia, Egypt, Angola, Mozambique, Haiti, Myanmar, Brazil, Taiwan), supported through education from primary school through master's programs, and reintegrated with their families and communities via Job Creation and Community Awareness programs.

The organization's portfolio comprises six core programs — Children's Care Homes (Father's Heart Program), Rescue and Rehabilitate, Job Creation, Leadership Training, General Education Track, and Community Awareness — operationalized through 12 orphanages, 287 India tuition centers, 50 South Africa tuition centers, 5 built schools, and feeding and rehabilitation facilities. There is no proprietary technology platform; service delivery is human-staffed, faith-led, and locally executed across the country footprint.

Revenue is generated entirely through charitable donations, with a formalized tiered partner program (Blessing Partners $100 birthday gifts, Royal Partners $1/day or $365/year, Transformation Partners $2,000+/year) supplemented by donor-advised funds, IRA distributions, stock gifts, planned legacy giving, and regional giving offices in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Go-to-market is community-led and faith-driven, anchored by an Ambassador Partner volunteer program, sermon and testimony video content, and social channels. The organization is led by founder Father Anton Cruz, Executive Director Amazing Grace Cruz, and Co-Director Amaze Cruz, with no equity, VC, or PE ownership.

Name

Father's Heart Foundation International

Legal name

Father's Heart Foundation

Website

https://royalkids.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Father's Heart Foundation International (Royal Kids) is a faith-based US-registered nonprofit founded in 1992 that runs 12 orphanages and education programs across 12 countries, serving over 10,000 orphaned and fatherless children annually through donations and tiered partner giving.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Child Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

Keywords

• Orphan care services
• Child welfare programs
• Humanitarian aid services
• Educational sponsorship programs
• Community development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Cupertino

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Royal Kids generates revenue entirely through donations from individual supporters, corporate partners, and faith-based donors. They offer tiered giving programs including Blessing Partners ($100 birthday gifts), Royal Partners ($1/day or $365/year), and Transformation Partners ($2,000+/year). Additional revenue streams include asset-based giving, donor-advised funds, IRA distributions, and planned legacy giving. Federal Tax ID 86-1111104 is provided for tax-deductible donations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Father's Heart Foundation International, doing business as Royal Kids, delivers holistic child welfare, orphan care, rescue/rehabilitation, education (primary through master's degree), family restoration, and community development services for fatherless, abandoned, sick, or exploited children across 12 countries. Its offering centers on a cradle-to-grave care model combining residential care in 12 orphan care homes, 287 India and 50 South Africa tuition centers, rescue operations from trafficking and forced labor, job creation for families, leadership scholarships, and community awareness programs, all funded through donations.

Product overview

Royal Kids operates as a charitable organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs for orphaned and fatherless children. The core programs include Children's Care Homes (Father's Heart Program), Rescue and Rehabilitate, Job Creation, Leadership Training, General Education Track, and Community Awareness. Supporting these programs are three giving tiers: Ambassador Partners (volunteer champions), Blessing Partners ($100 birthday gifts), Royal Partners ($1/day sustained support), and Transformation Partners ($2,000+/year major donors). The organization serves over 10,000 children annually across 12 countries through a holistic cradle-to-grave care model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Children's Care Homes – Father's Heart Program Communal residential care homes where orphaned, abandoned, and fatherless children are raised holistically with physical care, faith values, character building, and family environment; currently supporting 400+ children annually across 12 homes in 12 countries.
• Rescue and Rehabilitate Trauma-informed intervention and therapy program for outcast and abandoned children, including rescue operations from forced child labor and prostitution, Father's House homes, transit schools, and family/living support; rescues 15+ girls monthly from exploitation.
• Job Creation Income-generation program that breaks generational cycles of poverty by providing secure jobs for families of orphaned children; includes computer training, tailoring centers, and handicraft centers employing hundreds of people across multiple locations in South India.
• Leadership Training The Royal Kids School of Transformation, which trains underprivileged children to become societal leaders through scholarships for higher education, media training, civil service preparation, and competitive national sports programs; supports 1,000+ children through college with the top 10% entering specialized master's degree programs.
• General Education Track Comprehensive educational support program from primary through master's degree levels, including school fee payments, study materials, school building programs, and tuition centers serving over 50,000 children across multiple countries via 287 India and 50 South Africa tuition centers.
• Community Awareness Mindset shift initiative that raises awareness of the long-term benefits of keeping children in school rather than sending them to work; includes distribution of backpacks, supplies, uniforms, and provisions in communities with high dropout rates.
• Ambassador Partner Program Volunteer champion and advocacy program enabling individuals to share the Royal Kids vision, ignite others to get involved, and champion the organization's mission within their local communities as ambassadors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of adopted villages have less than 30% dropout rates
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered regional.

• Taiwan OfficeregionalGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional giving office for donors in Taiwan. Contact: [email protected] for tax-deductible receipts.
• Hong Kong OfficeregionalGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional giving office for donors in Hong Kong. Contact: [email protected] for tax-deductible receipts.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Buckner International: Faith-based nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, and family services. Comparable in faith-rooted child welfare posture, residential and family-preservation programs, and donor-supported funding model.
• Food for the Hungry: Christ-centered international relief and development organization focused on child welfare, education, and community transformation. Comparable in faith-based identity, holistic child-and-family model, and multi-country implementation.
• World Vision: One of the largest child-focused humanitarian organizations, operating child sponsorship programs in 100+ countries. Comparable in mission scope (child welfare, education, emergency response) but vastly larger and more diversified in funding and geography.

Direct peers

• Compassion International: Faith-based child sponsorship and holistic development nonprofit operating in 25+ countries. Most directly comparable: similar child-centered model, donor sponsorship tiers, cradle-to-career education support, and evangelical Christian positioning.
• ChildFund International: International child sponsorship and child rights organization active in 20+ countries. Similar sponsorship architecture, education-to-self-sufficiency model, and rural/vulnerable-children focus.
• SOS Children's Villages: International nonprofit running family-style orphan care homes in 130+ countries. Directly comparable to Royal Kids' 12 children's homes model serving fatherless children with long-term residential care and education-to-adulthood support.
• Children's HopeChest: Faith-based child sponsorship organization partnering with local ministries in 12+ countries. Comparable in faith-based fundraising, community-led development model, and sponsorship tiers similar to Royal Partners.
• Holt International: Faith-rooted nonprofit focused on adoption, foster care, and family strengthening for orphaned and vulnerable children globally. Highly comparable in foster-care-style child welfare approach and devotional/spiritual framing.

Emerging players

• International Justice Mission: Global organization that rescues victims of slavery and trafficking and brings criminals to justice. Operates rescue and rehabilitation programs that overlap with Royal Kids' Rescue and Rehabilitate program addressing child trafficking and exploitation.
• Agape International Missions: Faith-based nonprofit focused on rescuing and restoring children from sexual exploitation in Southeast Asia. Directly comparable in the rescue-from-trafficking niche that Royal Kids addresses through its Cambodia, India, and other country operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/royal.kids.100
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/royal-kids-international

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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