Love Without Boundaries
 Every Child Counts | |
| Founded | 2003[1] |
|---|---|
| Founder | Amy Flynn-Smith[1] |
| Type | Non-governmental organization, Non-profit organization |
| 06-1710161[2] | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3)[2] |
| Focus | Children’s education, nutrition, medical, and foster care programs[1] |
| Headquarters | Saint Petersburg, FL, USA[2] |
Area served | International |
Chief Executive Officer | Amy Flynn-Smith[1] |
| 15[1] | |
Revenue (2022) | $3,207,276[2] |
| Expenses (2022) | $3,155,073[2] |
Employees (2024) | 15 (USA), 116 (International)[3] |
Volunteers (2024) | 500[3] |
| Website | www |
Love Without Boundaries (LWB) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Federal ID 06-1710161) that provides education, foster care, medical care, and nutrition programs for impoverished and orphaned children. The organization was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Saint Petersburg, Florida. In 2024, financial donations were received from 28 countries around the globe, and over 600 team members—volunteers, part-time and full-time employees—from 17 different countries worked on LWB projects.[3]
As of 2025, LWB has extensive, ongoing programs in five countries—Cambodia, China, India, Guatemala and Uganda. Since 2003 LWB has provided aid to children from 22 countries around the world including: Cambodia, China, India, Guatemala, Uganda, Malawi, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Myanmar, Belize, Thailand, Mongolia, Ukraine, United States, Philippines, Vietnam, Haiti, Iraq, Bolivia, Malaysia and Zimbabwe.[3]
An independent audit of Love Without Boundaries's finances is conducted annually by Padden Cooper LLC, and the results are published in the organization's Annual Financial Statements.
Independent charity ratings
LWB holds a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator.
LWB was awarded a 2025 Platinum Seal of Transparency rating from Guidestar Charity Check.
LWB is a 2024 Top Rated Nonprofit with 5/5 stars on GreatNonprofits.
Impact
Since the organization was founded in 2003, LWB has helped provide medical care, foster care, education, nutrition, child trafficking aid, and family reunification for over 180,000 children in 21 countries worldwide.[3]
- For more information, view the 2024 LWB Annual Impact Report Archived 2025-05-13 at the Wayback Machine.
Fundraising and grants
LWB conducts multiple fundraising efforts annually for special efforts such as cardiac care, cleft and hernia surgery "camps", Foster Parents Training, Water is Life, etc. LWB is a participant in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).
LWB Programs
Medical
- Cardiac Care (Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Malawi, Mongolia, Nepal, Uganda, Ukraine and Zimbabwe)
- Pediatric Surgery Camps (Uganda)
- General Surgery Program (China, Cambodia, India, Uganda, Guatemala, Ukraine)
- Cleft Surgery Camps (Cambodia, China, India, Guatemala)
- Physical Therapy (China, Cambodia, Guatemala, Uganda)
- China Healing Homes (2008 - 2024; over 500 orphaned children served)
Family support
- Unity Initiative (China)
- Family Tracing and Reunification (Cambodia, Uganda)
- Foster Parents Training (Cambodia, India, Guatemala, Uganda)
- Economic Empowerment (Uganda)
- Mother/Baby Enrichment (Guatemala)
Foster Care
- Family-based care for orphaned and abandoned children (Cambodia, China, India, Uganda)
- Safe Haven foster care for trafficked or severely abused children (Cambodia)
- Foster Parents Training (Cambodia, China, India, Guatemala, Uganda)
- Regional and National Foster Care Conferences (Cambodia, India, Guatemala, Uganda)
Education
- Believe In Me (BIM) schools (China, Cambodia, Guatemala)
- Early Childhood Development (Guatemala, Cambodia)
- Education grants (China, Malawi, Uganda)
- College scholarships (China, Cambodia)
- Adult Literacy (Guatemala)
- Sign Language (Guatemala)
- Orphaned Teen Life Skills Camps (China)
- Dental Hygiene (China, Cambodia, Guatemala)
- National and Regional Foster Care Conferences and Training (India, Cambodia, Guatemala, Uganda)
Nutrition
- School Meals Program (Cambodia, Guatemala)
- Nutrition support and baby formula for foster care children (Cambodia, Uganda)
- Emergency Food Relief during COVID-19 (China, Cambodia, India, Uganda, Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar)
Special projects
- Shoes that grow (Cambodia, Uganda)
- Solar lights (Cambodia, Guatemala, India, Uganda, Ukraine)
- Water is Life: community water wells, water tanks and filters (China, India, Cambodia, Guatemala, Uganda)
- Sustainable protein: egg-laying chickens (Guatemala, Uganda)
- Country-wide Pediatric Cardiac Database (Uganda)
- Pediatric Wheelchairs (China, Cambodia, Guatemala, Uganda)
- Warm clothing and blankets (China, Uganda, India, Cambodia, Myanmar)
- Winter Heating in Orphanages (China)
- Neonatal Incubators (China, Iraq)
- Home Builds (Cambodia, India, Uganda)
- Manual of Special Needs (China, Spain)
- Cleft Bottle Distribution (China, Cambodia, Guatemala, India)
- School Playgrounds (China, Cambodia)
Publications
- Playful Learning: Early Childhood Activities from LWB’s Classrooms, Love Without Boundaries, 2025.
- Straight Talk on Orphan Care, Amy Eldridge, 2025.
- International Foster Care Guide, Love Without Boundaries, 2024. Available in English, Spanish, and Khmer.
- The Heart of Community (Love Without Boundaries Book 2), Amy Eldridge, ASIN: B097ZDQKL9, June 25, 2021
- The Heart of an Orphan (Love Without Boundaries Book 1), Amy Eldridge, ASIN: B01MXHDBFD, November 14, 2016
Media and journal articles
Below is a selection of media and journal articles on LWB activities around the world. For a more comprehensive list, see LWB News.
- Love Without Boundaries, Uganda’s Largest Provider of Family-Based Care, Expands Foster Care to Lira and Jinja, EIN Presswire, 21 May 2025
- Love Without Boundaries: Cambodia’s Largest and Most Proven Family-Based Foster Care Program[permanent dead link], EIN Presswire, 11 March 2025
- 524 Children Healed During Pediatric Hernia Mission in Uganda, Boston Herald, 25 November 2024
- Love Without Boundaries, Edmond Outlook, January 2012
Select partnership organizations
LWB has partnered with multiple organizations and medical facilities to better serve medically fragile children. Among these are:
- Amrita Hospital - Kochi, India
- Mission Smile - India
- Youth Council for Development Alternatives - India
- ADISA - Guatemala
- Sunnybrook Ukraine Surgical Education Initiative - Canada
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://www.lwbkids.org/who-we-are/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/061710161_202212_990_2023110621869776.pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "LWB 2024 Impact Report". Archived from the original on 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
External links
- Love Without Boundaries - official website
This article "Love Without Boundaries" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Love Without Boundaries. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
