2026-05-15T16:23:42-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 841208720 CCAI CCAI 3038509998 6920 S Holly Circle Centennial CO 80112 Lily Nie CEO 3038509998 2026-05-15 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Cherish Children Adoption International Lily Nie 6920 S Holly Circle Centennial CO 80112 6471482 0 X www.ccaifamily.org X 1992 CO Facilitate domestic & foreign orphan adoptions, provide humanitarian aid to orphans, and provide services and support to adoptees. 7 7 29 40 0 0 1346406 1365422 2231578 2362774 1218637 2599047 136216 144239 4932837 6471482 171537 324626 0 0 1633482 1872919 0 0 0 1479841 1282730 3284860 3480275 1647977 2991207 35834153 38597654 1140410 912704 34693743 37684950 To find loving parents and permanent homes for as many orphans as possible through intercountry adoption services; To reach out to orphans left behind through donor-driven humanitarian aid; To provide life-long emotional and cultural support to adoptees and families through The Park Adoption Community Center 0 0 1040660 0 972437 Placement of Children: In 2025, due to continuing closures from China and war in Ukraine, 50 orphaned children from Bulgaria, Belize, Taiwan, Ukraine and Colombia were placed in American adoptive families' homes. On 12/31/2025 there were 89 families in the various stages of pre-adoption process and 232 children receiving post adoption services. 530256 0 475875 Children's Charity Fund: a restricted fund dedicated to humanitarian assistance to orphaned/abandoned and adopted children. The fund has been used to purchase food, clothing, diapers, formula, educational materials, toys, and medical assistance for orphanage kids. The Children's Charity Fund sponsors over 100 children in Foster Care programs and orphanages. In 2025, Children's Charity Fund also provided $58,610 in funding to Orphanages in Ukraine and Colombia. 1315705 0 896526 The Park Adoption Community Center: To ensure the success of the adoption, CCAI developed post adoption support systems called the Park Adoption Community Center (The Park) designed to assist the families with the bonding and attachment process, cultural education and emotional support. a. Its Joyous Chinese Cultural Club conducts programs to teach Chinese culture and traditions. b. Its Adopteen and Beyond Adopteen (adults adoptees) programs serves over 3000 adopted American pre-teens, teenagers and adults adoptees each year with Adoptween hangouts, summer camp-conferences, leadership retreats, Adult Adoptee retreats, and caregiver training opportunities. c. Its China Roots program created opportunities for adoptees to return back to China to discover their roots and visit orphanages where they lived prior to adoption. 134883 0 0 Classrooms maintenance 134883 0 0 3021504 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 0 1 29 1 0 1 CH CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X CCAI 3038509998 6920 S Holly Circle Centennial CO 80112 Lily Nie CEO 70 0 X 176100 0 11473 Joshua Zhong President 60 0 X 176100 0 531 Ting Dong He CIO 50 0 X 117947 0 8975 Paul Rady Chairman 1 0 X 0 0 0 Max Mitchell Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 James Campbell Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Sandra Zoratti Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Holly Baroway Treasurer 0 0 X 0 0 0 Dustin Britt Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Brandon Hull Secretary 1 0 X 0 0 0 470147 0 20979 3 0 1 0 0 1044 0 0 0 0 1364378 0 1365422 Adoption Program 624110 972437 972437 0 0 Post Adoption Program 624110 896526 896526 0 0 Pre-Adoption Support 624110 493811 493811 0 0 0 0 0 0 2362774 2599047 2599047 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144239 0 0 0 144239 0 144239 144239 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6471482 5106060 0 0 X 46685 46685 0 0 277941 277941 0 0 491126 470147 20979 0 0 0 0 0 1146621 901836 244785 0 74395 70000 4395 0 40198 35939 4259 0 120579 111187 9392 0 0 0 0 0 2500 2500 0 0 12000 12000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84478 81000 3478 0 120528 120528 0 0 31197 30568 629 0 32569 25990 6579 0 11561 10227 1334 0 0 0 0 0 130820 160176 -29356 0 15615 15615 0 0 0 0 0 0 72126 54412 17714 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122920 53271 69649 0 87798 38197 49601 0 Bank and Marchant Fees 40375 24731 15644 0 Special Events 12928 12928 0 0 Membership and Subscriptions 5239 4819 420 0 Licenses and Certifications 3515 3505 10 0 496561 457302 39259 0 3480275 3021504 458771 0 822928 517958 1407775 4760452 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1714 0 45949 55097 4784027 2346684 2534255 2437343 0 0 30977977 30794192 0 0 0 0 43555 32612 35834153 38597654 524903 476623 0 0 115007 60356 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500500 375725 1140410 912704 X 28064833 35924278 6628910 1760672 34693743 37684950 35834153 38597654 2991207 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 932251 752878 463975 1346406 1365422 4860932 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 932251 752878 463975 1346406 1365422 4860932 4860932 2369265 790324 978890 1218637 2599047 7956163 0 0 0 0 0 0 82432 96473 126265 136216 144239 585625 13402720 1868963 0.36268 0.395 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Office space rental income RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 1760672 0 0 1 24349067 0 3433462 0 500000 66295 27216234 22260794 40 2210500 0 0 122267 24349067 19504466 240 2820851 0 0 64763 22260794 21622206 1150240 -3213590 0 0 54390 19504466 19806662 240 1870949 0 0 55645 21622206 1 0 0 0 0 0 554518 554518 0 3938649 2118536 1820113 0 0 0 0 0 222666 228148 -5482 0 68194 0 68194 2437343 30794192 F 0 F 30794192 0 Post Adoption Deposit 375725 375725 6471482 0 0 0 0 0 6471482 0 0 0 6471482 3480275 0 0 0 0 0 3480275 0 0 0 3480275 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 The intended uses of endowment fund is for expenditure in a manner consistent with the Corporation's exempt purposes. 1 East Asia and the Pacific 1 20 Program Services Orphan care and support 219331 South America 1 1 Program Services Orphan care and support 44850 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 5 Program Services Orphan care and support 13760 2 26 277941 East Asia and the Pacific Orphan care sponsorship 144494 wire 0 cash East Asia and the Pacific Orphan camps and orphan care supplies 40154 wire 0 cash East Asia and the Pacific Charity office rental and care provider salaries 34683 wire 0 cash South America orphan hosting 29000 wire 0 cash South America orphanage renovation 8200 wire 0 cash South America Orphan hosting 6000 wire 0 cash Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) Orphan camps 10960 wire 0 cash 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 - To ensure the proper use of charitable contributions, the Children's Charity Fund has established a procedure of accountability to monitor and supervise fund distributions utilizing the following steps: 1-Orphanages submit funding requests for a specific need. 2-On-site team investigates the request and reports on its validity. 3-CCF committee evaluates the requests and approves or declines the request. 4-Approved fund requests are signed by the President and the Board Treasurer and then the funds are wired to the Orphanage. 5-On-site team does a follow up and supervises the spending. 6-Orphanage sends receipts and photographs of purchases to the Charity Project Director. 7-Copies of the receipts and photos are then sent to the donors. 1 Project 143 287 Clearview Drive Ringgold GA 30736 271345034 501(c)3 29000 0 Orphan hosting National Council for Adoption (NCFA) 431 N Lee Street Alexandria VA 22314 751721617 6725 0 Promote int'l and domestic adoptions Frontier Horizon PO Box 4429 Virginia Beach VA 23454 542034061 10960 0 Orphan camps 3 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 - To support Project 143's efforts to bring international orphans to the state for Hosting, so that the orphaned kids may have an experience with what a life is like living in a family. P143 gives all hosting kids info. To Support Frontier Horizon for their Ukraine orphans Winter camp. Frontier Horizon provided their camp kids pictures during the camp. To support NCFA to promote permanency for orphans and venerable children. NCFA gives out monthly reports. All these organizations have to submit funding requests for their needs and those requests have to be approved by the president and the Treasurer before funding can be wired. X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joshua Zhong President 176100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 531 0 176631 0 0 0 Lily Nie CEO 176100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11472 0 187572 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 - Lily Nie, CEO, and Joshua Zhong, President, are married to each other Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b - The Board of Directors receives a copy, via email, of the draft version of the annual 990 prior to the quarterly board meeting. The form is then reviewed and discussed while at the quarter's Board meeting. Once the 990 is approved by the board, the 990 is then filed electronically Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c - Directors are required to sign off, annually, that they are aware of the conflict of interest policy and that they are in compliance with the policy Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 - Executive compensation was reviewed by an independent management advisory service. The Board of Directors reviews and approves their recommendations, and then continues to annually review executive compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 - The Organization makes its governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements available for public inspection upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Post Adoption programs costs for Adopteen camps, cultural camps and Beyond Adopteen camp, r/b, transportations, event insurances, park entry tickets, meeting space rentals, etc.