Planting Hope Together: Your 2024–2025 Annual Impact Report
See how your generosity grew seeds of faith, shelter, and opportunity into life-changing impact in Northern Mexico and Parishes in the United States.
A Message From Our Executive Director
“God’s Image Gives Life” — Fr. Nicholas Andruchow
A powerful reflection on how faith—even as small as a mustard seed—has transformed our ministry from its humble beginnings in 1987 into the largest Orthodox young adult mission organization in the world.
From the safety of our children to the faith of young volunteers, Fr. Nicholas shares the miracles unfolding daily at St. Innocent Orphanage.
Your Donations at Work
A Small Seed, A Great Harvest
Your generosity provided:
Food, shelter, and education for orphaned and abandoned children
Completion of Casa Cuna, our infant orphanage
Missionary housing & volunteer facility upgrades
Farmland cultivation to help feed both children and volunteers
This year’s harvest—squash, corn, watermelons—is a living sign of God’s abundance when we labor together.
Financial Summary
2024–2025 Revenues & Expenses At-a-Glance
Total Revenue: $2,049,688
Functional Expense Allocation:
56% – St. Innocent Orphanage
16% – Project Mexico / Homebuilding
19% – General Administration
9% – Fundraising
Net Assets:
2023: $3.48M
2024: $3.15M
2025: $3.56M
Changing Lives Through Education
Blossoming Young Students
Our boys arrive with limited education, emotional hardship, and instability. This year, we celebrated:
4 major graduation milestones
Students advancing to middle school, high school, and primary school
Daily academic, emotional, and personal growth supported by dedicated staff
School Buddy sponsors making education possible
Highlight Story: Brandon’s Journey from Fear to Faith
A moving testimony of healing, belonging, spiritual growth, and newfound purpose.
Homebuilding Mission Impact
Faith in Action: 27 Homes Built
Despite immense challenges, volunteers lived out Christ’s call to serve:
27 homes built for families in need
518 volunteers
25 U.S. states represented
20 long-term missionaries
24 summer interns
201,392 total volunteer hours
Volunteer testimonial:
This trip gave me a small taste of inner peace I’ve never felt before…for the first time, I felt I had a purpose.
Internships & Fellowship
Raising the Next Generation of Missionaries
Our summer interns lead volunteer teams, grow spiritually, and gain invaluable experience in service and leadership.
Finding Strength in Faith by Jasmine Hunter
It was my last build week of the summer, and I was convinced that I was going to mix the whole concrete pad we built the house on with whatever strength I had left in my body. It was an ambitious goal, as up until that point, I’d spent most of my concrete days shoveling sand and carrying buckets. Over-confident and amped up on the sugar of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I grabbed a hoe.