HAITI ORPHAN FOUNDATION

Name

HAITI ORPHAN FOUNDATION

Legal name

Haiti Orphan Foundation

Website

https://haitiorphanfoundation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Child Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child Care Services (62441), Child and Youth Services (624110), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC), Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Child sponsorship programs
• Orphan care services
• Humanitarian aid
• Nonprofit child welfare
• Residential care home

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Child Sponsorship: Monthly recurring donations from sponsors who support individual children at Grace Children's Home. Sponsors receive updates about their child including birthdate, family history, interests, and personal letters.
2. One-Time Contributions: One-time donations go toward general budget for staff salaries, operational expenses (fuel, cleaning supplies, maintenance), and community outreach projects such as feeding families, medical clinics, and evangelistic outreaches.
3. AmazonSmile: Amazon donates a portion of eligible purchases to HOF when shoppers use smile.amazon.com and select Haiti Orphan Foundation as their charity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Haiti Orphan Foundation operates Grace Children's Home in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, providing residential care, K-12 education, healthcare, nutrition, and spiritual development to orphaned and vulnerable children. The organization's core offering is the child sponsorship program at $35 per month, which funds the comprehensive care of individual children at the home.

Product overview

Haiti Orphan Foundation is a small grassroots nonprofit organization that connects sponsors with orphaned and vulnerable children in Haiti through the GRACE CHILDREN'S HOME orphanage. The organization operates as a federation of programs including the Child Sponsorship Program (connecting donors with individual children), the Grace Children's Home residential program (providing food, water, education, healthcare, and discipleship to 14 boys), Grace Christian School (an accredited school with 157 students), Source de la Grace School (277 students through GOP partnership), Pathways Vocational Training (trade school including GO Threads sewing program), medical clinics, and orphan prevention initiatives. The organization funds staff salaries and operational expenses through child sponsorships and one-time donations, with 100% of sponsorship funds going directly to child-related costs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Child Sponsorship Program Monthly sponsorship program ($35/month) connecting individual donors with a specific orphaned child at Grace Children's Home; sponsors fund the child's care, education, and well-being and receive updates on their sponsored child.
• Grace Children's Home Residential Care

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of sponsorship funds go directly to costs related to meeting food, shelter, medical, education and spiritual growth needs of sponsored children
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Global Orphan ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2015HOF partnered with Global Orphan Project (GOP) in an orphan prevention initiative. GOP operates the Source de la Grace School (277 students, 15 staff) which provides meals and education to keep families together. HOF also explored GOP's Pathways vocational training program including GO Threads sewing training for older children aging out of orphanages.
• Pastor Lesly BertrandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2011Pastor Lesly Bertrand is the founder of Assemblée de la Grâce church and the Grace Assembly Network (GAN), centered in Croix-des-Bouquets near Port-au-Prince. Through GAN, he oversees dozens of churches throughout Haiti and mentors a network of Pastors. He and his wife Bernadette Soufrant care for the children and staff of Grace Children's Home. Haiti Orphan Foundation began official partnership with Pastor Lesly in April 2011, with HOF funding the staff and providing for physical, educational, spiritual, and healthcare needs of GCH children.
• Grace Assembly ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRuns Grace Christian Academy (accredited school with 157 students and 9 teachers) where children from Grace Children's Home attend. The church also hosts the children as active members where they worship and serve. Part of the Grace Assembly Network (GAN) founded by Pastor Lesly Bertrand.
• Double Harvest HospitalmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContracted local doctor who serves as director of Double Harvest Hospital provides medical care for the children at Grace Children's Home. The hospital also provides emergency care and treatment for sickness. Periodic examinations are conducted at the home.
• First Baptist Church, Columbia, SCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe team that would become Haiti Orphan Foundation was assembled from members of Columbia's First Baptist Church following the 2010 earthquake. The church serves as the organizational home for mailing donations (checks made out to First Baptist Church).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• World Vision: One of the largest Christian humanitarian organizations, with a child sponsorship program plus a much broader portfolio of emergency relief, advocacy, and community development. Operates in Haiti and competes for the same donor dollars, but at vastly larger scale.

Regional players

• Haiti Partners: Grassroots nonprofit focused on education and community development in Haiti's Central Plateau. Similar small-scale, faith-based, locally-embedded approach to HOF but emphasizes education and economic development over residential orphan care.
• Real Hope for Haiti: Christian nonprofit operating a children's home, medical clinic, and school in Cazale, Haiti. Most direct geographic and operational comparable to HOF, with a similar small-scale residential care model and donor-funded structure.
• The Haiti Child Alliance: Small Christian nonprofit supporting children's homes and schools in Haiti. Direct comparable in scale, mission, and operating model, with a focus on education sponsorship and residential care for Haitian children.
• Sowers of Hope: Faith-based nonprofit operating a children's home and school in Haiti. Comparable small-scale, sponsor-funded model focused on physical, educational, and spiritual care for orphaned children in similar geographies.

Direct peers

• Food for the Hungry: Christian humanitarian organization focused on child and community development in poverty contexts, including Haiti. Comparable child sponsorship and community development model with integrated physical, spiritual, and educational programming.
• ChildFund International: Child sponsorship nonprofit serving children in 24 countries including Haiti. Direct comparable business model: monthly sponsorships connected to individual children, with similar focus on education, health, and economic development.
• Compassion International: The largest Christian child sponsorship organization globally, running a nearly identical model: monthly recurring sponsorships funding physical, educational, medical, and spiritual care for children in developing countries, including Haiti. Closest direct comparable to HOF's core sponsorship program.
• Global Orphan Project: HOF's actual operating partner in the Source de la Grace School and orphan prevention initiative. Direct peer in orphan prevention, family preservation, and vocational training programs (including GO Threads sewing) operating in Haiti and elsewhere.

Emerging players

• Both Ends Believing: Child sponsorship innovator that connects individual donors with children globally through digital platforms. Adjacent comparable offering a more modern, scalable version of HOF's traditional sponsorship model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/HaitiOrphanFndn
• Facebookfacebook.com/haitiorphanfoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/haitiorphanfoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/haiti-orphan-foundation

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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