Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,020,758

Total expenses

$1,016,923

Contributions and grants received

$933,089

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$23,501

Other revenue

$64,168

Total assets, end of year

$2,821,183

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,534

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,817,649

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$772,976

Management and general expenses

$168,592

Fundraising expenses

$75,355

Program service expenses (Part III)

$772,976

Program services were 76.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• BURKINA FASO - CWO HAS DEVELOPED A VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER FOR YOUNG LADIES CALLED THE VILLAGE OF OPPORTUNITY (VOO). THE GOAL OF THE VOO IS TO PROVIDE CLASSES IN SEWING, COSMETOLOGY, FRENCH, ENGLISH, BUSINESS, AGRICULTURE AND BIBLE SO THE YOUNG LADIES CAN IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THOSE IN THEIR VILLAGES. CWO CURRENTLY HAS 92 STUDENTS AT THE VOO IN ADDITION TO 3 INTERNS. IN 2021 CULINARY CLASSES WERE STARTED, ADDING TO THE VOO CURRICULUM. AGRICULTURE IS TAUGHT USING SHADE STRUCTURES AND SOME NEW DRIP IRRIGATION FARMING WHICH ALSO PROVIDES FOOD FOR THE STUDENTS. THE CHICKEN PROJECT CONTINUES TO BE USED FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES AND HAS BEGUN TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING. CWO HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A MOBILE CLINIC TO OFFER MEDICAL ATTENTION TO THOSE IN REMOTE VILLATE WHERE THERE IS LITTLE OR NO MEDICAL CARE OFFERED. AN INCREASE IN TERRORITST ACTIVITY HAS LET TO THE CLINIC TRAVELING TO DISPLACEMENT CAMPS TO GIVE MEDICAL CARE TO THOSE IN NEED.

  Expenses $310,011

• ZIMBABWE - THE WORK IN ZIMBABWE IS TWO- FOLD. WORK BEGAN BY OFFERING PASTOR AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO THOSE MINISTERING IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES. SEMINARS ARE OFFERED GIVING PRACTICAL BIBLICAL TEACHING THAT ADDRESSES THE EVERYDAY NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF THOSE LEADING THE CHURCHES. EARLY ON ONE OF THOSE ISSUES WAS THE GROWING NUMBER OFORPHAN AND DOUBLE ORPHAN CHILDREN BROUGHT ON BY HIV/AIDS. THE OUR KIDS (OK) PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITIES IN CARING FOR THESE CHILDREN. TODAY THIS MINISTRY HAS EXPANDED TO ALL VULNERABLE CHILDREN. CWO ASSISTED WITH SCHOOL FEES, FOOD, OFFERING COUNSELING, FINDING CARE GIVERS AND TRAINING CAREGIVERS IN DEALING WITH BRINGING CHILDREN INTO THEIR HOMES. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 200 CHILDREN IN THE OK PROGRAM. CWO HAS BEGUN TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THE PASTORS AND CHILDREN LIVE THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS.

  Expenses $235,865

• HAITI - IN 1978, CWO BEGAN WORKING IN HAITI. CWO CURRENTLY PARTNERS WITH EITHER CHURCHES, OPERATES THREE FEMININE TRAINING CENTERS (FTC), HAS TWO CHILDRENS FEEDING PROGRAMS, AND RUNS A HEALTH AND NUTRITION CENTER. CWO PARTNERS WITH THE EIGHT CHURCHES OFFERING CHURCH AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SO THEY CAN MINISTER IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. A LEADERSHIP CONFRENCE AND GREAT DISCOVERY CAMPS ARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND EVANGELISM. THE FTC OFFERS VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO WOMEN IN SEWING, COSMETOLOGY, COOKING AND BAKING, AND CRAFTS SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

  Expenses $175,256

• SOUTH AFRICA - CWO BEGAN MINISTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL ISSUE OF SINGLE MOTHERS RAISING SONS. THE MINISTRY BEGAN WITH BIBLE STUDIES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR SINGLE MOTHERS. AS THESE BIBLE STUDIES BEGAN, THE MINISTRY EXPANDED TO MEET NEEDS THAT WERE DISCOVERED WHILE WORKING WITH SINGLE MOTHERS. FACILITATOR TRAINING FOR THE BIBLE STUDIES HAS BEGUN IN PERSON AND VIDEO CONFERENCE CALLS. LADIES ARE BEING TRAINED TO LEAD BIBLE STUDIES IN THEIR CHURCHES AND COMMUNITIES. MEN MOLDING MEN CAMPS FOR BOYS BEING RAISED BY SINGLE MOTHERS BEGAN GIVING THESE BOYS TO BE MENTORED RECEIVING NEEDED GUIDANCE FROM MEN WHO COULD SPEAK INTO THEIR LIVES.

  Expenses $30,705

• SRI LANKA - CWO ESTABLISHED WORK IN THE VILLAGE OF ANAIVILUNTHAN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SRI LANKA. THE MINISTRY HAS NOW BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. MUCH NEEDED TUTORING FOR 40 CHILDREN IS NOW BEING GIVEN WHERE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS LACKING. WIDOWS AND ELDERLY ALSO RECEIVE FOOD PACKETS BI-MONTHLY AS WELL AS OTHER ASSISTANCE OF PHYSICAL NEEDS WHEN NEEDED. DURING THE YEAR 20 WIDOWS AND ELDERLY RECEIVED CARE. ALSO, 28 LADIES RECEIVED PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL CARE RECEIVING FOOD PACKETS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR INFANTS. DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING HAS NOW BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND COUPLES. DAYAND WEEKEND RETREATS HAVE BEEN HELD FOR THOSE WISHING TO GROW IN THEIR FAITH.

  Expenses $21,139

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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