Financials
Half the Sky is proud of what we are able to accomplish for China’s orphaned children within a tight budget. Despite limited resources, we employ close to 1000 local workers around the country!
We have taken great care to ensure our administrative costs are minimized by maintaining all of our non-fundraising operations in China where costs are still relatively low.
We work to use every dollar you contribute as efficiently as possible. If you'd like to read what independent charity monitoring organizations say about Half the Sky’s financial management, just follow the links below.
Half the Sky Foundation was incorporated in California in 1998 as a nonprofit, tax exempt corporation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our tax ID is 95-4714047. You can download our US-IRS 990 forms as well as audited financial statements here. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

On Chinese New Year’s Eve, Ren CuiHua, a foster mother in Half the Sky’s Family Village in Nanjing, sat around the dinner table with her family like so many other moms all across China. But why wasn’t the seated family enjoying the fancy cuisine? What were they waiting for? All eyes were turned toward the doorway where CuiHua’s daughter stood and then started to make her way to the table. As little YanMeng took step after painstaking step toward her family, everyone at the table cheered her on. And when lYanMeng arrived at her seat and sat down, they each raised two fingers in a victory sign and cheered again. Everyone at the table knew that YanMeng’s walk from the doorway to the table was the culmination of a journey that started in 2006