2026-08-13T13:03:11-04:00 2025-12-31 203700655 SAUNDERS MATTHEWS & PFITZNER PLLC 327 WEST 21ST STREET SUITE 203 NORFOLK VA 23517 990 2025-01-01 474993846 TREE OF LIVES TREE 7576257849 820 COLONIAL AVE NORFOLK VA 23507 STEPHEN E STORY DIRECTOR 7576243257 2026-08-12 true CHARLES T SAUNDERS CPA P00486920 7576257849 2026-08-12 X 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X JAMES WOOD PO BOX 11390 NORFOLK VA 23517 517745 false X HTTPS://WWW.TREEOFLIVES.ORG/ X 2016 VA STRENGTHENING THE AFRICAN FAMILY IN OUR SHARED BATTLE AGAINST HIV/AIDS AND POVERTY 9 9 0 0 431653 517745 0 0 -2127 -6506 429526 511239 349635 476616 0 0 0 0 36553 33009 386188 509625 43338 1614 275490 283246 6142 275490 277104 X STRENGTHENING THE AFRICAN FAMILY IN OUR SHARED BATTLE AGAINST HIV/AIDS AND POVERTY false false 476616 476616 JOY CHILDREN'S VILLAGE ORPHANAGE IN 2025, WE SUPPORTED, WITH HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHING, MEDICATION, AND EDUCATION, 59 CHILDREN THROUGH THE JOY CHILDREN'S VILLAGE. WE WELCOMED 6 NEW CHILDREN IN 2025. THE CHILDREN ARE CARED FOR BY 4 HOUSE MOTHERS, 2 AUNTIES, 3 COUNSELORS/EDUCATIONAL MENTORS, AND 1 GROUNDSKEEPER. IN 2025, JV WAS ABLE TO EXPAND THEIR RELIANCE ON SOLAR POWER, CREATING FURTHER SAVINGS IN ELECTRICAL COSTS FOR THE COMPOUND. BEGINNING IN MARCH, THEY ADDED 24 MORE PANELS, 10 MODERN INVERTERS, 9 HEAT PUMPS, EACH WITH A CAPACITY OF 300 LITERS, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A BATTERY AND HEAT PUMP CAGES AND PIPING WORKS. THE UPGRADED SYSTEM ACCOMMODATES MORE APPLIANCES AND GENERATES SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ELECTRICITY AND HOT WATER DIRECTLY REDUCING RELIANCE ON KENYA POWER. THIS LEADS TO IMMEDIATE, MEASURABLE SAVINGS ON MONTHLY ENERGY BILLS, FREEING UP OPERATIONAL BUDGET. THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN OCTOBER. MANY OF THE HOUSES ALSO RECEIVED RENOVATIONS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE. THROUGH THE JV SCHOLARS PROGRAM, 3 CHILDREN ARE ENROLLED IN PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING. THIS YEAR JV BROUGHT IN 4 TUTORS TO HELP THE YOUNGER CHILDREN WITH THEIR SCHOOLWORK AND, AS A RESULT, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE HAS IMPROVED. MEDICALLY, ONE CHILD UNDERWENT A SUCCESSFUL SUPRATARSAL TRIAMCINOLONE INJECTION. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS PRIMARILY TO TREAT A CHRONIC AND SEVERE FORM OF EYE ALLERGY THAT HAS NOT BEEN RESPONDING TO CONVENTIONAL TOPICAL TREATMENTS; ANOTHER RECEIVED A NEW SET OF HEARING AIDS AND ANOTHER RECEIVED BRACES. STILL ANOTHER CHILD WAS TREATED SUCCESSFULLY FOR A GASTRIC OBSTRUCTION AND CONTINUES TO IMPROVE WITH TREATMENT AND DIET MODIFICATION. HIV + JOY VILLAGE CHILDREN ACHIEVED AND MAINTAINED A REMARKABLE VIRAL SUPPRESSION RATE OF 95% THROUGHOUT 2025. OF THE 22 HIV POSITIVE CHILDREN THAT WE CARE FOR, ONLY ONE OF THEM PRESENTED WITH NON-COMPLIANCY TO TREATMENT. HE HAS BEEN RECEIVING ONGOING COUNSELING SESSIONS WITH THE CLINIC COUNSELLOR. NAZARETH HOSPITAL OVER 300 PATIENTS, BOTH IN- AND OUT-PATIENT MEDICAL PROCEDURES, WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE TREE OF LIVES CHARITY ACCOUNT ENABLING THE POOREST OF THE POOR TO OBTAIN TREATMENT FOR LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES. PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING WERE PROVIDED BY TWO COUNSELORS FOR AROUND 2,000 PEOPLE, THOUGH THE EXACT NUMBER IS UNCERTAIN BECAUSE THE COUNSELORS DO NOT INCLUDE RECORDS OF STAFF, STUDENTS, AND GRIEF COUNSELING FOR CONFIDENTIALITY REASONS. THE PASTORAL COUNSELING PROGRAM AT NAZARETH IS THE ONLY PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN KENYA. HOLY FAMILY CENTER THE PROGRAM PUT ON BY THE YOUTH MENTORS FOR WORLD AIDS DAY ON DEC. 1, 2025 REACHED OVER 14,000 PEOPLE, THROUGH A FOOTBALL EVENT, A COMMUNITY FORUM WITH DANCE TEAM, AND A BODA BODA (MOTORCYCLE) RIDE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 15 YOUTH MENTORS ORGANIZED THE EVENT. 401 PEOPLE WERE TESTED FOR HIV AND, IF POSITIVE, WERE ENROLLED IN THE HOLY FAMILY CENTER TREATMENT PROGRAM. THE VIRAL SUPPRESSION RATE AMONG YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE HOLY FAMILY CENTER IS CONSISTENTLY 90% OR HIGHER, SURPASSING COUNTRY AVERAGES. HFC'S NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART) IS 4,505. THE OVERALL VIRAL SUPPRESSION RATE AMONG PATIENTS WAS 96%. IN 2025, 7,464 INDIVIDUALS WERE TESTED FOR HIV, WITH 150 NEWLY IDENTIFIED POSITIVES AND 145 INDIVIDUALS NEWLY ENROLLED IN THE ART PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, 100% OF TUBERCULOSIS (TB)/HIV CO-INFECTED PATIENTS ARE ON ART AND 100% OF HIV INFECTED INDIVIDUALS WERE SCREENED FOR TB. TB IS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIV INFECTED PATIENTS. FOR THE 11TH YEAR IN A ROW, HFC'S MOTHER TO MOTHER PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF HIV FROM HIV+ PREGNANT WOMEN TO THEIR CHILDREN, HAD A 100% SUCCESS RATE. THE PROGRAM USES COUNSELING, NUTRITION, AND MENTORSHIP TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION. IN 2025, THERE WERE 172 MOTHERS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM AND 150 CHILDREN AGES 0-2 ON FOLLOW UP (SOME OF THE MOTHERS HAVE YET TO DELIVER). IN 2025, HOLY FAMILY CENTER'S ERIC MUNENE WAS AWARDED THE 'BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD' BY NAZARETH HOSPITAL, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS CONSISTENT DELIVERY OF RESULTS, EFFECTIVE TEAM COORDINATION, AND OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN IMPROVING SERVICE OUTCOMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THROUGH OUR BOXES OF LOVE FUNDRAISER, 250 FAMILIES AT HOLY FAMILY CENTER WERE GIVEN RICE, FLOUR, SOAP, OIL, SUGAR AND SHOES FOR 8 WEEKS OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON. ALLAMANO SCHOOL AND SCHOLARS PROGRAM BY THE END OF 2025, THE SCHOLARS PROGRAM INCLUDED 130 STUDENTS, 37 OF WHOM ARE FROM THE JOY VILLAGE. FOUR SCHOLARS ARE ENROLLED IN UNIVERSITY, 6 ARE ATTENDING COLLEGE, AND 9 HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR FORM FOUR EXAMS. TEACHER GEORGE CONTINUES TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM WITH INTEGRITY, EMPATHY, AND PASSION, HELPING STUDENTS MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR EDUCATION AND GIVING PARENTS THE TOOLS TO HELP THEM HELP THEIR CHILDREN SUCCEED. 200 FOOD AND SUPPLIES PACKETS FROM OUR BOXES OF LOVE FUNDRAISER WENT TO THE FAMILIES OF ALLAMANO STUDENTS. 476616 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false false false false X STEPHEN E STORY 7576257849 PO BOX 11390 NORFOLK VA 23517 X KELLY ALCORN DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 SANDEE FEREBEE DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 MEGAN FOARD DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 JANE B FRIDDELL TREASURER X X 0 0 0 HUNTER JOHNSTON DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 STEPHEN E STORY DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 ERIK VAN STRIEN DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 JAMES WOOD PRESIDENT X X 0 0 0 SHERYL S WOOD SECRETARY X X 0 0 0 false false false 19987 497758 517745 19987 6506 -6506 -6506 511239 -6506 476616 476616 225 225 634 634 8155 8155 8704 8704 5987 5987 BANK FEES 4696 4696 SOFTWARE 2464 2464 BANK FEES - STRIPE 2144 2144 509625 476616 33009 0 275490 283246 275490 283246 5927 215 0 6142 X 275490 277104 275490 277104 275490 283246 1614 X false false false X 361403 387731 342587 431653 517745 2041119 361403 387731 342587 431653 517745 2041119 320220 1720899 4637 4637 2045756 0.84120 0.88240 X PART II, LINE 10 OTHER INCOME 4,637 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED VISA CC PAYABLE 215 215 true SUB-SAHARA AFRICA 1 GRANTS N/A 476616 1 1 476616 476616 EDUCATION & FOOD 16360 WIRE TRANSFER MOTHERS PROGRAM 10000 WIRE TRANSFER ORPHANAGE 174800 WIRE TRANSFER COUNSELING 15300 WIRE TRANSFER HF CTR PROGRAMS 31009 WIRE TRANSFER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 7500 WIRE TRANSFER HIV CARE 92454 WIRE TRANSFER EDUCATION & FOOD 6000 WIRE TRANSFER MENTORSHIP PROG. 13500 WIRE TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 109693 WIRE TRANSFER 5 false false false false false false SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2 THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS DETAILED RECORDS OF EACH GRANT MADE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE AGREEMENT GOVERNING THE GRANT, REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION, AND INFORMATION CONCERNING THE STATUS OF THE GRANT. 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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION WILL MAKE PERIODIC SITE VISITS TO EACH RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION TO VERIFY THAT GRANTS ARE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNING GRANT AGREEMENT. IN ADVANCE OF MAKING A GRANT TO ANY FOREIGN ORGANIZATION, THE ORGANIZATION WILL MAKE A PRE-GRANT INQUIRY THAT WILL INCLUDE SITE VISITS, INTERVIEWS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND A REVIEW OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION. SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3 SUB-SAHARA AFRICA 476,616 0 BOXES OF LOVE 19987 19987 6506 19987 19987 6506 6506 -6506 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A JOY CHILDREN'S VILLAGE ORPHANAGE IN 2025, WE SUPPORTED, WITH HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHING, MEDICATION, AND EDUCATION, 59 CHILDREN THROUGH THE JOY CHILDREN'S VILLAGE. WE WELCOMED 6 NEW CHILDREN IN 2025. THE CHILDREN ARE CARED FOR BY 4 HOUSE MOTHERS, 2 AUNTIES, 3 COUNSELORS/EDUCATIONAL MENTORS, AND 1 GROUNDSKEEPER. IN 2025, JV WAS ABLE TO EXPAND THEIR RELIANCE ON SOLAR POWER, CREATING FURTHER SAVINGS IN ELECTRICAL COSTS FOR THE COMPOUND. BEGINNING IN MARCH, THEY ADDED 24 MORE PANELS, 10 MODERN INVERTERS, 9 HEAT PUMPS, EACH WITH A CAPACITY OF 300 LITERS, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A BATTERY AND HEAT PUMP CAGES AND PIPING WORKS. THE UPGRADED SYSTEM ACCOMMODATES MORE APPLIANCES AND GENERATES SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ELECTRICITY AND HOT WATER DIRECTLY REDUCING RELIANCE ON KENYA POWER. THIS LEADS TO IMMEDIATE, MEASURABLE SAVINGS ON MONTHLY ENERGY BILLS, FREEING UP OPERATIONAL BUDGET. THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN OCTOBER. MANY OF THE HOUSES ALSO RECEIVED RENOVATIONS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE. THROUGH THE JV SCHOLARS PROGRAM, 3 CHILDREN ARE ENROLLED IN PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING. THIS YEAR JV BROUGHT IN 4 TUTORS TO HELP THE YOUNGER CHILDREN WITH THEIR SCHOOLWORK AND, AS A RESULT, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE HAS IMPROVED. MEDICALLY, ONE CHILD UNDERWENT A SUCCESSFUL SUPRATARSAL TRIAMCINOLONE INJECTION. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS PRIMARILY TO TREAT A CHRONIC AND SEVERE FORM OF EYE ALLERGY THAT HAS NOT BEEN RESPONDING TO CONVENTIONAL TOPICAL TREATMENTS; ANOTHER RECEIVED A NEW SET OF HEARING AIDS AND ANOTHER RECEIVED BRACES. STILL ANOTHER CHILD WAS TREATED SUCCESSFULLY FOR A GASTRIC OBSTRUCTION AND CONTINUES TO IMPROVE WITH TREATMENT AND DIET MODIFICATION. HIV + JOY VILLAGE CHILDREN ACHIEVED AND MAINTAINED A REMARKABLE VIRAL SUPPRESSION RATE OF 95% THROUGHOUT 2025. OF THE 22 HIV POSITIVE CHILDREN THAT WE CARE FOR, ONLY ONE OF THEM PRESENTED WITH NON-COMPLIANCY TO TREATMENT. HE HAS BEEN RECEIVING ONGOING COUNSELING SESSIONS WITH THE CLINIC COUNSELLOR. NAZARETH HOSPITAL OVER 300 PATIENTS, BOTH IN- AND OUT-PATIENT MEDICAL PROCEDURES, WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE TREE OF LIVES CHARITY ACCOUNT ENABLING THE POOREST OF THE POOR TO OBTAIN TREATMENT FOR LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES. PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING WERE PROVIDED BY TWO COUNSELORS FOR AROUND 2,000 PEOPLE, THOUGH THE EXACT NUMBER IS UNCERTAIN BECAUSE THE COUNSELORS DO NOT INCLUDE RECORDS OF STAFF, STUDENTS, AND GRIEF COUNSELING FOR CONFIDENTIALITY REASONS. THE PASTORAL COUNSELING PROGRAM AT NAZARETH IS THE ONLY PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN KENYA. HOLY FAMILY CENTER THE PROGRAM PUT ON BY THE YOUTH MENTORS FOR WORLD AIDS DAY ON DEC. 1, 2025 REACHED OVER 14,000 PEOPLE, THROUGH A FOOTBALL EVENT, A COMMUNITY FORUM WITH DANCE TEAM, AND A BODA BODA (MOTORCYCLE) RIDE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 15 YOUTH MENTORS ORGANIZED THE EVENT. 401 PEOPLE WERE TESTED FOR HIV AND, IF POSITIVE, WERE ENROLLED IN THE HOLY FAMILY CENTER TREATMENT PROGRAM. THE VIRAL SUPPRESSION RATE AMONG YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE HOLY FAMILY CENTER IS CONSISTENTLY 90% OR HIGHER, SURPASSING COUNTRY AVERAGES. HFC'S NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART) IS 4,505. THE OVERALL VIRAL SUPPRESSION RATE AMONG PATIENTS WAS 96%. IN 2025, 7,464 INDIVIDUALS WERE TESTED FOR HIV, WITH 150 NEWLY IDENTIFIED POSITIVES AND 145 INDIVIDUALS NEWLY ENROLLED IN THE ART PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, 100% OF TUBERCULOSIS (TB)/HIV CO-INFECTED PATIENTS ARE ON ART AND 100% OF HIV INFECTED INDIVIDUALS WERE SCREENED FOR TB. TB IS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIV INFECTED PATIENTS. FOR THE 11TH YEAR IN A ROW, HFC'S MOTHER TO MOTHER PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF HIV FROM HIV+ PREGNANT WOMEN TO THEIR CHILDREN, HAD A 100% SUCCESS RATE. THE PROGRAM USES COUNSELING, NUTRITION, AND MENTORSHIP TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION. IN 2025, THERE WERE 172 MOTHERS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM AND 150 CHILDREN AGES 0-2 ON FOLLOW UP (SOME OF THE MOTHERS HAVE YET TO DELIVER). IN 2025, HOLY FAMILY CENTER'S ERIC MUNENE WAS AWARDED THE 'BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD' BY NAZARETH HOSPITAL, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS CONSISTENT DELIVERY OF RESULTS, EFFECTIVE TEAM COORDINATION, AND OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN IMPROVING SERVICE OUTCOMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THROUGH OUR BOXES OF LOVE FUNDRAISER, 250 FAMILIES AT HOLY FAMILY CENTER WERE GIVEN RICE, FLOUR, SOAP, OIL, SUGAR AND SHOES FOR 8 WEEKS OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON. ALLAMANO SCHOOL AND SCHOLARS PROGRAM BY THE END OF 2025, THE SCHOLARS PROGRAM INCLUDED 130 STUDENTS, 37 OF WHOM ARE FROM THE JOY VILLAGE. FOUR SCHOLARS ARE ENROLLED IN UNIVERSITY, 6 ARE ATTENDING COLLEGE, AND 9 HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR FORM FOUR EXAMS. TEACHER GEORGE CONTINUES TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM WITH INTEGRITY, EMPATHY, AND PASSION, HELPING STUDENTS MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR EDUCATION AND GIVING PARENTS THE TOOLS TO HELP THEM HELP THEIR CHILDREN SUCCEED. 200 FOOD AND SUPPLIES PACKETS FROM OUR BOXES OF LOVE FUNDRAISER WENT TO THE FAMILIES OF ALLAMANO STUDENTS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 JIM WOOD SHERYL WOOD PRESIDENT SECRETARY MARRIED ERIK VAN STRIEN SANDEE FEREBEE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR MARRIED FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER OF THE ORGANIZATION PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE RETURN. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C FAILURE TO PROPERLY DISCLOSE AND RECUSE FROM ACTION MAY RESULT IN TERMINATION FROM BOARD. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST.