Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,258,920
- Total expenses
- $1,193,571
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,314,395
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $15,804
- Investment income
- $20,948
- Other revenue
- -$92,227
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,527,363
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $31,892
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,495,471
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,100,763
- Management and general expenses
- $62,551
- Fundraising expenses
- $30,257
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $561,724
Program services were 92.2% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$348,085
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$966,310
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$69,084
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2a · Program service revenue: The Landing
total $15,804 · related or exempt $15,804
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3 · Investment income
total $20,948 · related or exempt $20,948
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$44,850
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$348,085
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$137,077
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$92,227
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $464,837 · program services $441,600 · management and general $23,237
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $61,089 · program services $58,035 · management and general $3,054
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $78,014 · program services $74,113 · management and general $3,901
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11a · Fees: management
total $27,576 · program services $22,061 · management and general $2,758 · fundraising $2,757
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11b · Fees: legal
total $556 · management and general $556
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,600 · management and general $7,600
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $33,656 · program services $23,559 · management and general $3,366 · fundraising $6,731
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13 · Office expenses
total $12,004 · program services $9,602 · management and general $1,201 · fundraising $1,201
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14 · Information technology
total $41,426 · program services $34,361 · management and general $3,533 · fundraising $3,532
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16 · Occupancy
total $52,467 · program services $43,503 · management and general $4,482 · fundraising $4,482
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17 · Travel
total $10,331 · program services $8,264 · management and general $1,034 · fundraising $1,033
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $20,617 · program services $15,477 · management and general $1,723 · fundraising $3,417
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,780 · program services $3,780
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23 · Insurance
total $6,106 · management and general $6,106
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24a · Other expenses: Direct Costs
total $142,458 · program services $142,458
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24b · Other expenses: OneCause Fundraiser Exp
total $137,077 · program services $137,077
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24c · Other expenses: Tangible Needs
total $45,057 · program services $45,057
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24d · Other expenses: In Person Shopping
total $22,797 · program services $22,797
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24e · All other expenses
total $26,123 · program services $19,019 · fundraising $7,104
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,354,720 · end of year $1,287,090
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $100,000
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$23,300
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,780
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $19,520
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $120,753 · end of year $120,753
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $45,351 · end of year $31,892
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,430,122 · end of year $1,495,471
Mission and programs · 2025
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
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Through its Foster Pathway, Congregations for Kids equips and encourages foster and kinship parents caring for vulnerable children. In 2025, CFK recruited and trained 55 new foster parents and expanded support to families across multiple counties in Charlotte. CFK provided 426 meals and gifts to foster families and hosted connection and respite events attended by more than 400 caregivers and children. These efforts strengthen stability for families caring for children in foster care and reduce isolation by building supportive community around foster and kinship parents.
Expenses $246,082
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Through its Mentor and Serve pathways, CFK mobilizes volunteers to suppost youth in foster care and the professionals who serve them. In 2025, 368 volunteers contributed more than 1,600 service hours through programs that encouraged social workers, supported foster families, and strengthened community engagement. CFKs Mentor Match program also continued to grow, surpassing 40 active mentoring relationships connecting youth in foster care with committed adult mentors who provide consistent support and guidance during critical developmental years.
Expenses $188,709
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Through its Give Pathway, CFK operates the Landing Platform, which connects community members to urgent tangible needs for children and families involved in foster care. In 2025, the organization mobilized volunteers to meet more than 1,023 requests valued at over $97,000, providing essential items such as clothing, beds, diapers, and other necessities. The platform also welcomed 94 new community volunteers who responded to needs and helped ensure children entering care had timely access to basic resources.
Expenses $126,933
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Gen BowdenGEN BOWDEN
Exec Director
- Total calculated
- $95,000
- From this org
- $95,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Nick BoardmanNICK BOARDMAN
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Tammera NelsonTAMMERA NELSON
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Charlie WorkmanCHARLIE WORKMAN
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Rob KellyROB KELLY
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Rekita McDuffieREKITA MCDUFFIE
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Bobbette WillisBOBBETTE WILLIS
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Matthias FairleyMATTHIAS FAIRLEY
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Will HuffWILL HUFF
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Nicole TaylorNICOLE TAYLOR
Former Exec Dir
- 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
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
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
- 25 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202602379349301615
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