ORPHANETWORK
Breaking Cycles of Poverty through the Local Nicaraguan Church
Mission
ORPHANetwork partners with the local Nicaraguan church to break cycles of poverty. Together, we… •RESCUE vulnerable, impoverished and at-risk children •PREVENT children from becoming social orphans •CREATE opportunities for new life •SHARE Christ with everyone
Ruling year
2002
Chief Executive Officer
Bob Cleary
Main address
2624 Southern Blvd Suite 202
Virginia Beach, VA 23452 USA
EIN
54-1983817
NTEE code
Christian (X20)
International Development, Relief Services (Q30)
Youth Development Programs (O50)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
ORPHANetwork is a nonprofit organization focused on child transformation. We believe that Jesus Christ can and will redeem anyone who chooses His invitation to follow Him, and in so doing, experience a path toward whole transformation: physical, cognitive, relational, emotional, and spiritual.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
General Giving
This program designates ORPHANetwork's general program budget in Nicaragua. This can include programmatic work with any of ORPHANetwork's 350+ partner Local Church Initiatives across the country.
Life-Changing Local Church Initiatives
The LCI model empowers the local church to reach its community for Christ through holistic tools targeted to wipeout malnourishment, improve educational opportunities and break cycles of generational poverty. We are currently partnered with 53 Phase 2 Local Church Initiatives preventing approximately 5,600 vulnerable children from becoming social orphans.
Why the Local Church?
Believing the local church, with Jesus in the center, is the Hope of the World and realizing we could prevent children from ever becoming “orphans,” we began our first feeding programs in the community of Nueva Vida in 2005. By feeding the children we are able to share the good news of Jesus Christ with them, and make it possible for families living in extreme poverty to stretch their resources a little further, thus keeping families intact.
After School Education Program
ORPHANetwork’s After School Education Program (ASEP), operated in 43 Life-Changing Local Church Initiatives (LCIs), provides 2,000 children foundational educational skills to foster economic self-reliance
Life-Saving Local Church Initiatives
We partner with Life-Saving Local Church Initiatives serving 27,000 children; empowering the local church to reach it's community for Christ through these life saving holistic tools and Core Services:
Food & Nutrition: Vitamin & Soy Fortified Rice and Secure Storage & Protection of Food | Health: Deworming Treatments and Vitamin A | Hygiene: Toothbrushes | Leadership Development: Monthly Meetings and Global Leadership Summit | Spiritual Development tools
Where we work
Awards
Youth Award 2013
HILLIER ignite
Hunger Champion - Dick Anderson, CEO 2018
Rise Against Hunger
Hunger Champion - Eddy Morales, Country Director 2019
Rise Against Hunger
Affiliations & memberships
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Accredited since 2004 2021
External reviews
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of participants who gain employment
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Young adults
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Jobs obtained by young adults served through ORPHANetwork's Local Church Initiative and Transition Programs
Number of children who have access to education
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
After School Education Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Children served in 44 After School Education Program locations through 76 classes(2022)
Number of people within the organization's service area accessing food aid
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
General Giving
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
ORPHANetwork feeds children through Life- Saving & Life-Changing Local Church Initiatives with dehydrated eggs and Gift-in-Kind meals from Rise Against Hunger and Feed My Starving Children.
Number of nonprofit leaders coached
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
General Giving
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Through monthly & quarterly trainings, and the Willow Creek Global Leadership Network Annual conferences we are able to raise up our Nicaragua Leaders, partners and outside businesses and non profits.
Number of people reached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Related Program
General Giving
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Our Nicaraguan partners are empowered to break cycles of poverty within their communities and raise every child to live a new life in Christ. Our key metric is the number of annual salvations.
Number of children receiving medical services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers
Related Program
Life-Changing Local Church Initiatives
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Infants and children during first 1,000 days of life
Number of parents/guardians engaged in student activities
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Adults, Caregivers, Families, Parents
Related Program
After School Education Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of pregnant women receiving early and adequate prenatal care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, People of Central American descent, Families, Pregnant people
Related Program
Life-Changing Local Church Initiatives
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
The Healthy Beginnings program is a comprehensive program for women and teens of child-bearing age. The program focuses on Women's and children's health and well-being.
Rate of student attendance during the reporting period
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People of Central American descent, Children, Preteens
Related Program
After School Education Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
98% of children in our target group (enrolled in the program for at least one year) had regular attendance
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The mission of ORPHANetwork is to partner with the local church to break cycles of poverty amongst highly vulnerable children. Together, we join with Jesus Christ in His transformative work to: Build up healthy minds, bodies, and self-worth, create thriving Christ followers, and equip for self-sufficiency and sound judgment.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1. We work in partnership with the local church believing that, with Jesus in the center, the local church is the "Hope of the World."
2. We identify successful national leaders who share our values and mission and partner with them to transform lives.
3. We believe Nicaraguans must solve the problem of Nicaragua.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Through 320 local Nicaraguan church partners and more than 100 Nicaraguan staff, we deploy food, education and job skills to communities of abject poverty to transform children's lives. Our model is community based and many of our staff live within the communities we serve, providing an incredible opportunity to address barriers and foster change from within. We also build relationships and equip our local church partners to solve problems in their community through regular training and development.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
2022 Results
Salvations - 3,550 people came to Christ
Meeting World Health Organization's standards for community health:
- 31 communities have maintained the goal of 2 or fewer malnourished children for 3 consecutive years.
Successful health outcomes that are wiping out malnourishment:
- 30% of chronically malnourished children improved
- 82% of acutely malnourished children improved
- 92% of children received at least one dental visit
- 98% of infants were born at a healthy birthweight
- 100% of mothers breastfed their infants
- 91% of women were cured of anemia
After School Education Program:
44 locations with 76 classes, serving 2,200 children
- 96% of children in ORPHANetwork target groups comprehend what they read
- 92% of children in ORPHANetwork target groups read with fluency
- 97% of children in ORPHANetwork target groups met basic math proficiency
- 1,200 parents were successfully engaged in their child’s education
Job Skills Training:
148 of 175 students trained in garment manufacturing skills gained employment
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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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
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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 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 tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Financials
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Operations
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ORPHANETWORK
Board of directorsas of 07/19/2023
Lane Moyer
Vedder Price
Term: 2023 -
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Board leadership practices
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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 ? Not applicable -
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? Yes -
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
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- 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 seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
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