Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$262,758

Total expenses

$228,255

Contributions and grants received

$161,198

Grants paid

$10,004

Program service revenue

$100,156

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$1,404

Total assets, end of year

$86,223

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$86,223

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$130,312

Management and general expenses

$88,273

Fundraising expenses

$9,670

Program service expenses (Part III)

$130,312

Program services were 57.1% 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 · 2024

• LOST SPARROWS WAS BLESSED WITH A GREAT YEAR IN 2024 AS WE CONTINUED TO SERVE NORTHERN INDIANA AND BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER AMAZING ORGANIZATIONS. SO MANY AMAZING CONVERSATIONS, ENCOURAGING MESSAGES, AND INSPIRING SESSIONS OVER THE YEAR IT WOULD BE HARD TO SHARE THEM ALL. OUR BOARD GREW IN 2024 IN VARIOUS WAYS AND IS VERY HEALTHY WITH SOME NEW AMAZING MEMBERS. OUR FOSTER / ADOPT PARENT SUPPORT GROUP CONTINUES TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL SUPPORT FOR DOZENS OF FAMILIES. WE HAVE SETTLED INTO A TERRIFIC ROUTINE AND MOST MONTHS OUR GROUP OPERATES LIKE A WELL OILED MACHINE. THE CHILDREN THAT ATTEND OUR KIDS GROUP ARE ALWAYS SO EXCITED TO SEE THEIR FRIENDS THAT ARE ALSO ADOPTED OR IN CARE, AND THEY LOVE THE CRAFTS AND GAMES AS WELL. THE ADULTS IN OUR GROUP CONTINUE TO SHARE THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE IN THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO GROW DEEPER AND DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PARENTS. OUR HEALING CHILDHOOD TRAUMA CONFERENCE WENT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL IN 2024. WE HAD ALMOST 425 ATTENDEES THAT ATTENDED OVER 30 TRAINING SESSIONS. THE CONFERENCE WENT SMOOTHLY AND WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. ONE OF OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, DEREK CLARK (KNOWN AS THE RAPPIN DAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA) REALLY CARRIED OUR CONFERENCE AS HE SHARED HIS INCREDIBLE STORY FILLED WITH CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. EVERYONE THAT APPLIED FOR A SCHOLARSHIP RECEIVED SOME FORM OF ASSISTANCE. 2024 ALSO SAW THE LAUNCH OF MEMBERSHIPS ON OUR CENTER FOR HEALING CHILDHOOD TRAUMA ONLINE (WWW.PARENTINGCHILDRENWITHTRAUMA.ORG). WE HAVE OVER 84 COURSES NOW PROVIDING EDUCATION ON TOPICS RELATED TO COMPLEX DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA. THIS PLATFORM ALLOWS US TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS IN EASTERN EUROPE WITH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL CONTENT THAT THEY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 2025 AND CONTINUING TO SERVE FAMILIES AND HELP EQUIP AND EMPOWER THEM TO HELP CHILDREN FROM HARD PLACES TO HEAL.

  Expenses $130,312 · Grants $10,004 · Revenue $100,156

As filed on the 2024 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.

Grants on this return

• THE NEST

  $6,404

  DONATION

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

9 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202502829349301005

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