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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FOSTERING FAMILY MINISTRIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$305,188
Total expenses
$273,871
Contributions and grants received
$20,102
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$212,430
Investment income
$14,580
Other revenue
$58,076
Total assets, end of year
$741,213
Total liabilities, end of year
$716
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$740,497
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$250,325
Management and general expenses
$23,546
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$250,325

Program services were 91.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $20,102

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CHURCH PARTNERSHIP

    total $81,204 · related or exempt $81,204

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FOSTER CARE SERVICES

    total $81,160 · related or exempt $81,160

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TBRI TRAINING

    total $50,066 · related or exempt $50,066

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,396 · excluded $14,396

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $9,448 · other assets $144

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $9,408

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $40 · other assets $144

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $184 · related or exempt $40 · excluded $144

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $71,240

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,164

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $58,076

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $59,483 · program services $54,130 · management and general $5,353

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $104,963 · program services $95,516 · management and general $9,447

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,392 · program services $13,097 · management and general $1,295

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,520 · program services $5,023 · management and general $497

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $254 · management and general $254

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,422 · program services $1,294 · management and general $128

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,871 · program services $16,559 · management and general $2,312

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,292 · program services $20,683 · management and general $609

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $567 · program services $516 · management and general $51

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,242 · program services $4,770 · management and general $472

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,054 · program services $959 · management and general $95

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,000 · program services $1,820 · management and general $180

  • 24a · Other expenses: HEALTH ALLOWANCE

    total $12,000 · program services $10,920 · management and general $1,080

  • 24b · Other expenses: TBRI EXPENSES

    total $6,383 · program services $6,383

  • 24c · Other expenses: CHURCH COACHING SUPPORT

    total $6,170 · program services $5,615 · management and general $555

  • 24d · Other expenses: FAMILY SUPPORT

    total $4,605 · program services $4,306 · management and general $299

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,653 · program services $8,734 · management and general $919

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $240,695 · end of year $255,976

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $440,530 · end of year $454,313

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $28,402 · end of year $30,924

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $447 · end of year $716

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $709,180 · end of year $740,497

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO MOBILIZE, ORGANIZE, EDUCATE, AND EQUIP LOCAL CHURCHES AND FAMILIES TO COMPASSIONATELY PROVIDE FAITH-BASED FOSTER SERVICES IN ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO.

  • CONNECTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN FOSTER CARE TO CARE TEAMS THROUGH LOCAL CHURCHES. PROVIDING TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING AND TOOLS TO SUPPORT CARING FOR CHILDREN FROM HARD PLACES. COORDINATING THE PROVISION OF APPRECIATION EVENTS, MATERIAL NEEDS, ASSISTANCE AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR RECREATIONAL AND ENRICHING ACTIVITIES. SUPPORTING CHILDREN SERVICES WITH TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING AND ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGH APPRECIATION.

    Expenses $101,635 · Revenue $81,160

  • DELIVERING TRAINING AND COACHING TO ASSIST CHURCHES LAUNCH AND LEAD FOSTER CARE MINISTRIES WHICH MEET THE NEEDS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. EQUIPPING CHURCHES WITH THE TOOLS TO CREATE AWARENESS, RECRUIT SUPPORTED FOSTER PARENTS, PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT, AND VOLUNTEER CARE TEAMS TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN FOSTER CARE. INCREASING CHURCH MINISTRIES UNDERSTANDING AND ABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAUMA INFORMED CARE WHILE SERVING VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN FOSTER CARE WITH THE LOVE AND HOPE OF JESUS.

    Expenses $96,798 · Revenue $81,204

  • PROVIDING TRUST BASED RELATIONAL INTERVENTION TRAINING, TOOLS AND COACHING TO ALL THOSE ENGAGED IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM FROM CHILDREN SERVICES, COURT, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND CHURCHES. ENSURING THE SYSTEM IS TRAUMA COMPETENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE IN SERVING VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN FOSTER CARE; UNDERSTANDING WHEN EVERYONE IS USING SHARED LANGUAGE AND SHARED TOOLS, WE WILL SEE A GREATER IMPACT ON THOSE WHOSE LIVES ARE DISTRUPTED DUE TO TRAUMA.

    Expenses $51,892 · Revenue $50,066

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Deb Gross

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Erin Kick Esq

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Evan Davis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Debbie Zieter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sherry Bouquet

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $59,483
    From this org
    $59,483
    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
2025
Filed
4 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202601349349300540

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