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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOSTERING UNITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$396,234
Total expenses
$368,118
Contributions and grants received
$124,312
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$271,715
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$207
Total assets, end of year
$89,124
Total liabilities, end of year
$89,124
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$328,893
Management and general expenses
$33,420
Fundraising expenses
$5,805
Program service expenses (Part III)
$135,285

Program services were 89.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,754

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $121,558

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SUPPORTING CAREGIVERS AND YOUTH DCFS

    total $271,715 · related or exempt $271,715

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $7,246

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $2,754

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,039

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $207 · excluded $207

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $134,859 · program services $134,859

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $110,044 · program services $110,044

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,673 · program services $1,168 · management and general $2,337 · fundraising $1,168

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,178 · program services $8,847 · management and general $18,696 · fundraising $1,635

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,000 · management and general $2,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $500 · fundraising $500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $54,452 · program services $54,452

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,036 · program services $1,036

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,429 · program services $2,635 · management and general $1,794

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,109 · program services $4,276 · management and general $1,223 · fundraising $610

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,473 · program services $1,148 · management and general $3,892 · fundraising $433

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,582 · program services $10,207 · management and general $2,916 · fundraising $1,459

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISC LEGAL FEES

    total $562 · management and general $562

  • 24b · Other expenses: WINTER WONDERLAND EVENT SUPPLIES

    total $221 · program services $221

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,995 · end of year $89,124

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $764 · end of year $89,124

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,231

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Fostering Unity will improve outcomes for children in the foster care system through child centered family strengthening programs, enhanced community partnerships and intentional caregiver support.

  • In partnership with the CA Foster Youth Initiative AmeriCorps Program, C.A.R.E. Service Specialists (CSS) and Fostering Unity staff provide child-centered family-strenthening education and support, resource navigation through community partnerships, and mentoring services. All Fostering Unity services are available to relatives and non-relatives foster parents, adoption families, reunifying biological families, children and youth in out-of-home placements and Transition Aged Youth in the foster care system. This program is free and furthers our mission to improve outcomes for children within the foster care program.

    Expenses $135,285 · Revenue $271,715

  • Our family-centered events: Winter Wonderland, fosters ceativity, blossoming friendships, and new experiences that lead to cherished memories. This program is free and furthers our mission to improve outcomes for children to foster care. During this event and throughout the year, donated items and resources are provided to all adoptive, biological, relatives and non-relatives foster families.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dorothy Daniels

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $88,615
    From this org
    $88,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Pamela Perez

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Vincent Daniels

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Dorit Saberi

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Daniels

    CLINICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $22,372
    From this org
    $22,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cynthia Bertrand

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $23,872
    From this org
    $23,872
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533199349303733

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