New York · Nonprofit
Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc
Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,861 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($45,249). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $146k
- Net assets
- $14M
What Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc does
Mission
Founded in 1926, the Russian Children's Welfare Society (RCWS) continues to support orphanages, pediatric hospitals, schools and rehabilitation centers in Russia. The Society also helps achieving orphans continue their education by providing college scholarships. RCWS is expanding educational programs in the US, supporting Russian language and culture schools.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAMSDuring 22 years since the inception of the RCWS scholarship program, the number of participants has grown from 3 in the 2003-2004 academic year to 200 in 2021-2022. During 2024, RCWS was supporting 136 students in the Pskov, Yaroslavl, Moscow and the North Caucasus regions, allocating a total of $169,800. Majority of the students are orphans and they cannot rely on parents or relatives for any financial support. The RCWS scholarship recipients receive a monthly stipend for living expenses, enabling better focus on their studies. RCWS requires academic transcripts from each scholarship recipient, as well as reports on the use of the stipend to assure accountability. In summer 2024, 28 RCWS scholarship recipients graduated and received diplomas.Schools and Educational CentersRCWS provided $7,517 to the Educational Center "Kupel" in Moscow assisting children at risk. Thanks to this support, the Center "Kupel" launched 2 additional art classes, 2 English languages classes, 2 developmental classes for preschool children. Also, RCWS grant covered a wood burning workshop equipment and supplies, English textbooks, developmental games, laser printer,…
$178,800 spentof which $178,800 as grants30% of program spendingMEDICAL PROGRAMS "GIVE BEAUTY BACK TO THE CHILDREN"- PEDIATRIC MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY FUNDIn 2010, RCWS launched "Give Beauty Back to the Children," in partnership with Professor Vitaly Roginsky, Head of the Moscow Center for Maxillofacial Surgery (MCMS) and Lev Ambinder, Head of the Rusfond. MCMS is one of the most innovative facilities in Russia providing treatment and rehabilitation for children with facial deformities. In 2024, through our partnership with the MCMS and Rusfond, RCWS assisted 93 children from low income families and orphanages in need of complex maxillofacial surgeries. In 2024, RCWS allocated $100,000 towards this project. Through our partnership with Rusfond an additional $492,593 was provided to MCMS from donors in Russia. The average cost per surgery is in the range of $2,500-$5,000. The hospital has a waiting list of children and relies on RCWS support. OTHER MEDICALRCWS allocated $6,670 to the neonatal intensive care unit at the "Children's Multidisciplinary Clinical Specialized Center for High Medical Technologies" in St. Petersburg. The RCWS grant covered 7 sets of the phototherapeutic lamps/irradiators for treating newborns with high bilirubin levels,…
$121,255 spentof which $121,255 as grants21% of program spendingORPHANAGESRCWS goal is to enable orphanages to meet basic needs, and to promote comprehensive programs that help orphans grow to be healthy and independent adults. RCWS awarded $7,667 to the Shatura Orphanage for children with special needs in Moscow region. In 2023 the Shatura Orphanage was extended and now incorporates the Special Education School in the city of Roshal to accommodate increased number of children with disabilities. Currently, over 300 children with special needs attend the Shatura and Roshal schools. About 45% of children at Roshal School are diagnosed with cerebral palsy and move with the help of wheelchairs. Since the Roshal School building was vacant for many years, the floors and doors needed repairs. RCWS grant covered removal and installation of 15 doors and door-frames, linoleum flooring, and renovation of the sensor room. The Golovenkovski Orphanage in Tula Region received $8,045 to replace kitchen cabinets and living room furniture. The Orphanage continues to serve blind, deaf-blind and children with special needs. Due to the health conditions of children, furniture often breaks and wears out quickly. Special kitchen furniture will allow children to…
$64,605 spentof which $64,605 as grants11% of program spendingREHABILITATION CENTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDSRCWS provided $4,073 to the Rehabilitation Center "Krug" in Moscow to cover summer rehabilitation program and travel for 14 children with special needs and their parents. A vital aspect to children's development, particularly those with autism spectrum disorders, is travel. When children are introduced to new environments and are culturally stimulated, they become noticeably engaged and joyful. During the Krug summer retreat, the teachers are working not only with children, but also with their parents, teaching them coping mechanism, providing support and opportunity to meet other families. The Center's programs are designed to help the participants gradually integrate into society while understanding how to best manage their disabilities. Many of the Center's students have gone on to attend regular schools, college or found employment. The Children's Rehabilitation Center "Inspiration" in Moscow region received $7,460 from RCWS. There are at least 40 children at the Center at any given time. During summer months this number increases to 100. RCWS grant covered food for 40 children for 3 months, utilities, installation of new…
$223,796 spentof which $76,816 as grants38% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $588,456.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $11M to $14M (+27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Igor Holodny
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $136.
3 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 43% · 2019 51% · 2020 69% · 2021 58% · 2022 65% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
20% of Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $56k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc?
- Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,861 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($45,249). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $145,861 in grants to Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $45,249 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing