Ohio · Nonprofit
WORLD OF CHILDREN INC
WORLD OF CHILDREN INC (Ohio) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,236,561 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($223,400). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $49k
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $0
What World of Children Inc does
Mission
The world of children is dedicated to dramatically improving children's lives by identifying and recognizing extraordinary individuals who work on behalf of children in need. We are committed through our awards program to search the united states and the rest of the world for these selfless changemakers. Our awards and funds expand and leverage their vital work, thus creating a unique, worldwide network of child advocates.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
World of children identifies, funds, educates and elevates humanitarians and their programs from around the globe. The world of children imprimatur of excellence supported by its intensive independent investigations is critical to the future success of the programs of organizations identified. In addition to cash, world of children provides significant other resources requested by and integral to the success of these programs such as computers, school supplies, clothing, medical supplies, etc.
$99,454 spentof which $5,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $99,454.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $640k to $122k (−81%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 20 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $171k → $23k.
17 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 WORLD OF CHILDREN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 funders by total. 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
WORLD OF CHILDREN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 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 WORLD OF CHILDREN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 18% · 2019 22% · 2020 27% · 2021 70% · 2022 32% · 2023 47% — 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
11% of WORLD OF CHILDREN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
WORLD OF CHILDREN INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $555k arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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.
Organizations like WORLD OF CHILDREN 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
84%
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 WORLD OF CHILDREN 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 WORLD OF CHILDREN INC?
- WORLD OF CHILDREN INC (Ohio) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,236,561 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($223,400). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD OF CHILDREN INC have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $1,236,561 in grants to WORLD OF CHILDREN INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD OF CHILDREN INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $223,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD OF CHILDREN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 59 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