Where Your $38 Monthly Gift Goes

Your sponsorship is more than a donation — it’s an investment in a child’s education, health, and hope for the future.
Here’s exactly how it’s used:

Before It Reaches Uganda

From each $38 monthly gift:

  • 3% → Secure credit-card processing fees

  • 5% → Emergency reserve held by Rockharbor Church to ensure program stability

  • -1.5% → Offsets the cost of the website and sponsorship software platform

  • 1% → Wire-transfer fees to send funds safely to Uganda

After these essentials, about $34 of every $38 is transferred to Uganda.

In Uganda

Of the $34 received by the program:

  • 55% – Education → tuition, school uniforms, books, and supplies

  • 4% – Healthcare → essential medical care and screenings

  • 8% – Spiritual development → discipleship and mentorship for children

  • 33% – Local administration & operations → salaries for teachers and staff, facilities, and accountability systems

The Impact

  • 67% of your total gift goes directly to the child’s well-being — their education, healthcare, and spiritual growth.

  • The remaining portion covers the infrastructure and local staff that make the program possible and sustainable.

Why This Matters

Your gift provides tangible, ongoing support for a child — not just a one-time handout.
By combining direct child services with strong local administration, we ensure your sponsorship has a lasting, life-changing impact.

How do we stack up to our peers?

  • Similar large, trusted child sponsorship organizations report that 80–87% of donations go to program services — a figure that includes their overseas operational costs.
    Because we report those costs separately, our 67% direct-to-child investment is very much in line with what these organizations achieve for children.

  • Our nearly 90% transfer of funds to Uganda (before local allocations) is higher than many large programs.

  • Our 67% direct-to-child figure may sound a bit lower than our peers (although they do not disclose the cost separation like we do). We don’t factor operational costs as a benefit to the child in the same way. Additionally we are newer and smaller-scale — meaning local administrative costs (teachers, staff, facilities) may a larger share than our peers.

  • As our program grows, the fixed costs of local administration will be spread across more children, and our direct-to-child percentage should rise.