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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONGREGATIONS FOR KIDS.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 May 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the later return

  • Gen Bowden

Totals

Total revenue
$913,804
Total expenses
$863,406
Contributions and grants received
$268,161
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$810,551
Investment income
$1,966
Other revenue
-$166,874
Total assets, end of year
$1,475,473
Total liabilities, end of year
$45,351
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,430,122
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$820,086
Management and general expenses
$41,749
Fundraising expenses
$1,571
Program service expenses (Part III)
$291,772

Program services were 95.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $268,161

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Foster Programs

    total $810,551 · related or exempt $810,551

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,966 · related or exempt $1,966

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

    $268,161

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $166,874

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$166,874 · excluded -$166,874

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $422,044 · program services $400,942 · management and general $21,102

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $43,816 · program services $41,625 · management and general $2,191

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $728 · program services $692 · management and general $36

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,906 · program services $7,511 · management and general $395

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $21,184 · program services $21,184

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,797 · program services $26,097 · fundraising $700

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $100,266 · program services $89,129 · management and general $11,137

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $58,902 · program services $55,957 · management and general $2,945

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,643 · program services $32,979 · management and general $3,664

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,506 · program services $16,635 · fundraising $871

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,575 · program services $5,296 · management and general $279

  • 24a · Other expenses: Direct Costs

    total $122,039 · program services $122,039

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,297,596 · end of year $1,354,720

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $118,013 · end of year $120,753

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $35,885 · end of year $45,351

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,379,724 · end of year $1,430,122

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Congregations for Kids (CFK) exists to mobilize Church and community to care for children & families connected to the foster care system. With other agencies, CFK empowers them to wrap around foster families, support youth in foster care, and appreciate social workers.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Congregations for Kids CFK exists to mobilize Church and community to care for children families connected to the foster care system With other agencies CFK empowers them to wrap around foster families support youth in foster care and support social workers

  • The Landing is CFKs innovative collaboration platform that brings together DSS, nonprofit agencies, and churches to meet the immediate and tangible needs of families and youth involved in foster care. Through The Landing, CFK served as a bridge, connecting over 935 tangible needs from families in crisis (beds, car seats, clothing, etc with community resources serving hundreds of children and frontline workers. The Landing also provided in-person shopping experiences for over 20 older teens in foster care. The Landing continues to increase in efficiency and community responsiveness in meeting real time needs.

    Expenses $152,288

  • The Mentor Match program connects caring adults with youth impacted by foster care, offering consistent and trusted relationships. In the past year, CFK recruited, trained, and matched 12 mentors with youth aged 13-21 in partnership with Mecklenburg County DSS and other community organizations. This program helped improve youth outcomes in areas such as academic achievement, life skills development, and emotional resilience. CFK also supported ongoing match engagement events to foster community and relational depth among participants.

    Expenses $76,027

  • CFKs Foster Support Pathway mobilizes churches and the community to wrap around foster, kinship, and adoptive families with practical and relational support. Through this program, CFK equipped and activated over 25 churches and over 200 volunteers to serve families in partnership with local child welfare agencies. Support included connection events for parents and families, meals, care packages and gifts, training, as well as tangible support for families in crisis. Additionally, CFK provided training and coaching to community groups and faith leaders to increase awareness and advocacy for the foster care system. The program strengthened over 90 families with ongoing support.

    Expenses $63,457

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicole Taylor

    Former Exec Dir

    Total calculated
    $97,050
    From this org
    $97,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,050
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $97,050
  • Gen Bowden

    Exec Dir

    Total calculated
    $74,336
    From this org
    $74,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nick Boardman

    Board Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tammera Nelson

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charlie Workmon

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rob Kelly

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rekita McDuffie

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joseph Rogers

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patrick McCrory

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Liz Mallas

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Peter Mutabazi

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Colleen Odegaard

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

None.

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
2024
Filed
25 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202622379349301472

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