Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$4,444,176

Total expenses

$4,417,259

Contributions and grants received

$3,679,799

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$750,683

Investment income

$33

Other revenue

$13,661

Total assets, end of year

$3,172,899

Total liabilities, end of year

$532,110

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,640,789

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,534,887

Management and general expenses

$498,078

Fundraising expenses

$384,294

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,534,887

Program services were 80.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• CONDUCT RESEARCH AND ELEVATE CHALLENGES.MFAN LAUCHED ITS NEWLY REBRANDED MILITARY FAMILY 360 IN 2025, THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT SURVEY OF MILITARY FAMILIES NATIONWIDE. RESULTS OF THE LATEST EFFORT WILL BE RELEASED IN JUNE 2026. MFAN'S PRIOR RESEARCH WAS REFERENCED IN MORE THAN 2,000 MEDIA STORIES IN 2025, YIELDING A POTENTIAL REACH OF 4.4B. AT THE FOREFRONT OF MFAN'S RESEARCH EFFORTS IS A PEER-LEADER ADVISORY BOARD. A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF MILITARY AND VETERAN SPOUSES WHOSE PULSE ON LOCAL AND NATIONAL EXPERIENCES INFORMS MFAN RESEARCH AND PROGRAMMATIC DESIGN. WELCOMING A NEW COHORT IN 2025, THIS GROUP MEETS VIRTUALLY EACH MONTH AND THREE TIMES PER YEAR IN PERSON. NOT ONLY DO ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS INFORM MFAN WORK, THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EQUIPPING THEM WITH SKILLS AND RESOURCES TO GROW AS A PEER LEADER.

  Expenses $892,343 · Revenue $764,344

• BUILD RESPONSIVE, AGILE, SCALABLE PROGRAMS.INFORMED BY THE DATA POINT THAT 51 PERCENT OF MILITARY FAMILIES WHO HAD MOVED IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS WERE FOOD INSECURE, MFAN EXPANDED ITS EFFORTS IN 2025 TO EASE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN MILITARY FAMILIES EXPERIENCE WITH A RECENT MOVE. 1,754 HOUSEHOLDS AT FORT HOODA LOCATION WITH HIGH FOOD INSECURITY AND HIGH DEPLOYMENT FREQUENCYWERE SERVED BY MFAN IN 2025. THE PROGRAM ALSO EXPANDED TO FORT BLISS AND CAMP LEJEUNE (ALSO SERVING MCAS CHERRY POINT AND MCAS NEW RIVER) IN 2025, SERVING 516 AND 751 FAMILIES RESPECTIVELY. UPON ARRIVAL TO THEIR NEW INSTALLATIONS, FAMILIES RECEIVE A RESTOCK KIT THAT PROVIDES THEM WITH HOUSEHOLD ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED DURING EACH MOVE (E.G., PANTRY STAPLES, CLEANING SUPPLIES), VALUED AT $150. FAMILIES EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY ARE ALSO PROVIDED THREE MONTHS OF GROCERIES TO HELP THEM GET ON THEIR FEET FOLLOWING A MILITARY MOVE. THIS PROGRAM UNDERGOES CONTINUAL EVALUATION, WHICH REVEALED THAT 90% OF RESPONDENTS REFLECTED STRONG SATISFACTION AND ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, 90% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THE BOX MADE THEM FEEL WELCOMED, AND 87% REPORTED THAT THE BOX REDUCED FINANCIAL STRESS FOLLOWING THEIR MILITARY MOVE.

  Expenses $1,383,910

• STRENGTHEN THE ECOSYSTEM THAT SERVES MILITARY FAMILIES.MFAN BELIEVES IN COLLABORATION AND LEVERAGING ITS CAPABILITIES TO CREATE A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL. TO DO THIS, MFAN SUPPORTS PEER ORGANIZATIONS WITH RIGOROUS PROGRAM EVALUATION, ALLOWING FOR DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF EXPERIENCES, DEFINED GOALS, AND MEASURED IMPACT. MFAN SUPPORTS MULTIPLE EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THIS WORK, WITH A POTENTIAL IMPACT ON 118,000 INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY THE PROGRAMS MFAN EVALUATES.

  Expenses $189,923

• OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MISSION INCLUDE RESOURCE CONNECTION AND COLLABORATION AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS EFFORTS DESIGNED TO SERVE MILITARY FAMILIES. ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS MFAN CREATES CHANGE IS BY CONVENING KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND ENGAGING POLICYMAKERS IN DIALOG THAT DRIVES SOLUTION-ORIENTED OUTCOMES. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, MFAN BRINGS TOGETHER BEST-IN-CLASS PARTNERS IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO SHARE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES, DISCUSS EMERGING TRENDS, AND DEVELOP ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE IN POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND INFLUENCE. MILITARY FAMILY FINANCIAL READINESS COALITION (MFFRC)MFFRC CONVENES BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS AND STABILITY OF MILITARY FAMILIES. THIS COALITION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ORGANIZATIONS WITH A VESTED INTEREST IN THE FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF MILITARY FAMILIES TO SHARE IDEAS, LESSONS LEARNED, BEST PRACTICES, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MORE EFFECTIVELY SERVE OUR FAMILIES AND RESPOND TO THEIR EVOLVING NEEDS. IN ADDITION TO INFORMING THE WORK OF ITS PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR FINANCIAL EDUCATION EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES, THE MFFRC YIELDS ACTIONABLE INFORMATION THAT EDUCATES AND INFORMS POLICYMAKERS.GOVERNMENT RELATIONSMFAN'S GOVERNMENT RELATIONS EFFORTS STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MILITARY FAMILY EXPERIENCES AND POLICYMAKING. WITH THE ADDITION OF A DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, MFAN IS DEEPENING ITS ABILITY TO ENGAGE FEDERAL AND STATE LEADERS ON THE ISSUES MOST IMPACTING MILITARY FAMILIES. THIS WORK CREATES OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE REAL-TIME INSIGHTS, ELEVATE EMERGING CHALLENGES, AND INFORM SOLUTION-ORIENTED POLICY DISCUSSIONS. BY CONNECTING DATA, LIVED EXPERIENCE, AND CROSS-SECTOR PERSPECTIVES, MFAN HELPS ENSURE THAT DECISIONS ARE INFORMED, RESPONSIVE, AND GROUNDED IN THE REALITIES FACING MILITARY FAMILIES TODAY.

  Expenses $1,068,711

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

4 August 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202622169349301507

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