PLATINUM2024

Global Orphan Relief

Movement of FAITH | Voice of HOPE | Act of LOVE

PARKER, CO   |  https://globalorphanrelief.org/

Mission

MISSION: to provide loving support for orphans fostering a greater capacity for physical, spiritual, and emotional healing and growth, and deploying the local church to do the same.

Ruling year info

2006

President & Founder

Scott A Nordstrom

Main address

16352 PRAIRIE FARM CIR

PARKER, CO 80134 USA

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EIN

02-0746614

NTEE code info

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (O12)

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (S12)

Children's and Youth Services (P30)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

The orphaned child is an innocent victim that is underserved by society. These children often begin life as young-adults underequipped to be productive members of society without intervention. These children have a higher probability of homelessness, are more likely to lack a basic education, and experience malnutrition at a higher rate. We believe that the earlier that intervention can occur the more prepared the child will be to enter adulthood to live a healthy and happy life as a productive member of society.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Home-Based Care

Children are welcomed into homes and become part of a family, we support extended families caring for orphan children, and we support widow-led households.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Caregivers

We provide scholarships to orphan children or assistance to schools that enroll orphan children, allowing these children to attend school and to progress with their education. Typically, these children would not attend school otherwise.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth

We provide food aid or meals to orphan children. This aid is provisioned by local field partners.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth

Effort to mobilize the Church to serve orphan children by providing one-day workshops in Africa and Asia. This effort includes working with Pastors to teach the why and how of serving orphan children.

Kenya and Zambia launched in 2022, and Asia launched in 2023.

Beyond the financial commitment of the workshops, this effort is to be indigenous, self-propagating, and self-supporting. Our objective is to engage local churches to expand our GO! network, mobilize the church body to serve orphan children, and to advance the Kingdom through demonstrating the Gospel to others.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of meals delivered

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Nutrition

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

These are est. number of meals delivered in Ethiopia, Kenya, Pakistan, & South Sudan, delivered to 2,052 orphan children. In 2024 we are projected to deliver 484,040 meals to 2,042 children.

Number of clients participating in educational programs

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Education

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

These are orphan children who are empowered with supplies to attend school and or granted Scholarships to cover the costs of school attendance.

Number of individuals attending community events or trainings

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

These are Ministry Leaders who attended one of our Great Commandment Workshops, where we outline the biblical mandate to serve orphan children and practical methods in which to do so.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

What Global Orphan Relief (GO!) aims to accomplish is to provide healing and growth for the children we serve; physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We provide for the child what society or the extended family cannot. This gives the child opportunities that would otherwise not be available.

We seek to minimize any negative affect an adult might manifest based on the challenges provided by their upbringing.

To engage like-minded indigenous ministry leaders to provision care to orphan children that will lift the child up physically, emotionally, and spiritually and empower them for their future endeavors. This process is to be needs focused and God-honoring that will develop each child for the future, while maintaining the dignity of the communities in which we serve.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Global Orphan Relief

Board of directors
as of 06/15/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mike Dee

Shane Sullivan

Scott Nordstrom

Mike Dee

Mark Van Iwaarden

Karen Dee

Jay Devereux

Leslie McIntosh

Shanae Klieforth

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 6/15/2024
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Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Decline to state
Sexual orientation
Decline to state
Disability status
Decline to state

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

No data

Transgender Identity

No data

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 07/06/2023

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.