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CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS

EIN 91-1702551 SILVERDALE, WA

Revenue 2025
$8,569,305
Expenses 2025
$8,063,894

Program services were 85.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 3970

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE HOLISTIC, CHRIST-CENTERED CARE FOR ORPHANED AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN, ENABLING THEM TO CREATE POSITIVE AND LASTING CHANGE IN THEIR NATIONS.

  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TODAY COTN IS ACTIVE IN THE POOREST VILLAGES OF THE BARAHONA DISTRICT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THROUGH OUR VILLAGE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS, OUR STAFF ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF SHORT-TERM VOLUNTEERS HAVE STEPPED IN, BUILDING SCHOOLS AND FEEDING CENTERS THAT PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH THE NEEDED EDUCATION AND NUTRITION THAT MANY FAMILIES ARE DESPERATELY STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE. MEDICAL ATTENTION, EDUCATIONAL TUTORING, YOUTH SPORTS EVENTS, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND BIBLICAL TRAINING FOR CHILDREN ARE ALL AMONG THE SERVICES THAT COTN HAS INCORPORATED INTO THEIR COMMITTED EFFORTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN.

    Expenses $1,249,662 · Grants $1,234,257 · Revenue $853,778

  • MALAWI: TAKING INTO THEIR CARE THE WORST OF THE WORST CASES, COTN RAISES CHILDREN OUT OF THE DUST OF POWERLESSNESS AND GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE, LEARN, LAUGH, AND WE HOPE, SOMEDAY, TO LEAD. IN MALAWI WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE OUR VISION COME TO FRUITION. THROUGH VILLAGE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS AND CHILDRENS HOMES, COTN HAS ESTABLISHED A DAILY PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE MINISTER TO, PROVIDING RESOURCES (INCLUDING SCHOOLS, MEDICAL CLINICS, FEEDING CENTERS, HEALTH INITIATIVES, ETC.) THAT EMPOWER MALAWIAN NATIONALS TO RAISE THEIR OWN CHILDREN. COTN IS COMMITTED TO SEEING ALL OF OUR CHILDREN IN MALAWI SUCCEED. OUR GOAL IS TO EMPOWER CHILDREN TO BECOME ALL THEIR POTENTIAL WILL ALLOW.

    Expenses $1,027,025 · Grants $1,022,641 · Revenue $1,077,730

  • IN UGANDA, ORPHANS AND WIDOWS ARE AMONG THE HARDEST HIT FROM THE COUNTRYS TURMOIL AS THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVESEITHER ON THE STREETS OR IN THE REMAINS OF DISMANTLED IDP CAMPS. HEALTHCARE IS A GREAT CONCERN FOR FAMILIES. ACCESS TO MEDICAL FACILITIES IS LIMITED AND COSTLY. WITHOUT ACCESS TO EVEN THE MOST BASIC NECESSITIES OR SERVICES, ACUTE CONDITIONS SUCH AS MALNUTRITION ARE RAMPANT. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL STRESSES AFFECT ALL AGES. UNRESOLVED TRAUMA RESULTING FROM HORRIFIC WAR-TIME EXPERIENCES HAUNTS ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE. CHILDREN ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THEM ESCAPE THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND OPEN UP A BRIGHTER FUTURE. TODAY, COTN CARES FOR HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN IN UGANDA, PROVIDING FOOD, MEDICAL CARE, SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, CLEAN WATER, CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP, A UNIVERSITY/VOCATIONAL PROGRAM, AND MUCH MORE.

    Expenses $921,536 · Grants $939,134 · Revenue $513,888

  • MISCELLANEOUS INTERNATIONAL: PART 1

    Expenses $3,009,662 · Grants $452,111 · Revenue $199,961

  • SIERRA LEONE: CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS FACING THE POPULATION OF SIERRA LEONE. IT IS A VISION THAT ACTS NOW TO AFFECT THE FUTURE. CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS RECOGNIZES THE FUTURE OF ANY COUNTRY IS IN THE HANDS, MINDS, AND SOULS OF ITS CHILDREN. THROUGH VILLAGE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS AND CHILDRENS HOMES, CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS HAS ESTABLISHED A DAILY PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE MINISTER TO, PROVIDING RESOURCES (INCLUDING SCHOOLS, MEDICAL CLINICS, FEEDING CENTERS, HEALTH INITIATIVES, ETC.) THAT EMPOWER SIERRA LEONEAN NATIONALS TO RAISE THEIR OWN CHILDREN. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE OF SIERRA LEONE, CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS VISION IS TO DEVELOP A GENERATION OF FUTURE LEADERS AND SECURE FOR SIERRA LEONE A FUTURE AND A HOPE.

    Expenses $710,760 · Grants $698,636 · Revenue $548,182

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • CHRISTOPHER CLARK

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $117,758
    From this org
    $66,691
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,067
    Hours/week
    40

  • DEBRA CLARK

    NON-VOTING MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $76,145
    From this org
    $70,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,067
    Hours/week
    40

  • JAMES BLESSING

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JACQUELINE LANG

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GREG DESAUTEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIKE JONES

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRUCE DONOHO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIKE JUNGKEIT

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRANDON BEARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SCOTT LAFRAMBOISE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $8,569,305
    Expenses
    $8,063,894
    Contributions
    $8,603,778
    Grants paid
    $3,470,185
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,403,288
    Expenses
    $8,878,259
    Contributions
    $8,436,558
    Grants paid
    $3,500,863
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,511,366
    Expenses
    $9,513,468
    Contributions
    $8,588,470
    Grants paid
    $4,315,771

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,198,236
    Expenses
    $7,771,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,479,782

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,102,518
    Expenses
    $8,230,444
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,968,633

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,344,948
    Expenses
    $9,317,174
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,115,036

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,161,732
    Expenses
    $8,505,321
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,087,324

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,501,321
    Expenses
    $8,130,373
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,405,813

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,477,283
    Expenses
    $9,056,110
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,062,035

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,287,804
    Expenses
    $8,915,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,763,258

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,823,599
    Expenses
    $8,333,965
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,415,454

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,651,531
    Expenses
    $8,024,988
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,281,847

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,505,793
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,675,753

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • THRIVING CHILDREN ADVOCATES LLC

    $81,695 raised

    2024 Commercial Fundraiser

    $59,645 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.