Totals
- Total revenue
- $262,742
- Total expenses
- $155,171
- Contributions and grants received
- $212,223
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $408
- Other revenue
- $50,111
- Total assets, end of year
- $267,080
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $267,080
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $147,986
- Management and general expenses
- $6,935
- Fundraising expenses
- $250
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $147,986
Program services were 95.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$212,223
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3 · Investment income
total $408 · excluded $408
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$83,970
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$33,859
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $50,111 · excluded $50,111
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11b · Fees: legal
total $3,023 · program services $3,023
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,010 · management and general $6,910 · fundraising $100
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11g · Fees: other
total $600 · program services $450 · fundraising $150
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,910 · program services $5,910
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,140 · program services $2,140
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16 · Occupancy
total $39,932 · program services $39,932
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17 · Travel
total $67 · program services $67
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23 · Insurance
total $903 · program services $903
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24a · Other expenses: CLOSET SUPPLIES
total $70,479 · program services $70,479
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24b · Other expenses: REIMBURSED EXPENSES
total $15,695 · program services $15,695
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24c · Other expenses: MEALS
total $2,282 · program services $2,282
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24d · Other expenses: DONATIONS
total $2,049 · program services $2,049
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24e · All other expenses
total $5,081 · program services $5,056 · management and general $25
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $159,509 · end of year $209,768
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $57,312
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $159,509 · end of year $267,080
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
FOSTERING HOPE WANTS TO PROVIDE AN EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES TO THOSE WHO ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO TURN THEIR FAMILIES INTO FOSTER FAMILIES. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH GENERAL, KINSHIP, PRE/POST ADOPTIVE, FOSTER YOUTH WHO HAVE AGED OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND FIRST FAMILIES ON SAFETY PLANS. WE BELIEVE IN HEALTHY REUNIFICATION AND STRIVE TO HELP MAKE THAT POSSIBLE WHEN WE CAN.
Activities or mission (Part I)
FOSTERING HOPE IS A VOLUNTEER-RUN, DONATION-BASED 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE FOSTER CARE COMMUNITY. OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER YOUTH EXPERIENCING FOSTER CARE, NURTURE FAMILIES, AND RESTORE DIGNITY TO EVERY CHILD WE SERVE. OUR GOALS ARE TO REDUCE BARRIERS THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF PEOPLE OPENING THEIR HEARTS AND HOMES TO FOSTERING AND TO MAKE THE TRANSITION INTO THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM LESS TRAUMATIC FOR CHILDREN. WE PROVIDE FREE RESOURCES TO FOSTER FAMILIES, KINSHIP CARE FAMILIES, PRE- AND POST-ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, BIOLOGICAL FAMILIES ON SAFETY PLANS WITH THEIR LOCAL CHILD WELFARE OFFICE, AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY AGED OUT. THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND COMPASSIONATE CARE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING A WORLD WHERE EVERY CHILD EXPERIENCING FOSTER CARE FEELS VALUED, CHERISHED, AND EQUIPPED TO THRIVE.
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FOSTERING HOPE IS A VOLUNTEER RUN, 501(C) (3) NONPROFIT, DEDICATED TO OFFERING MEANINGFUL HELP TO FOSTER FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN PENNSYLVANIA
Expenses $147,986
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Alyssa DuorteALYSSA DUORTE
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Michelle Filling-BrownMICHELLE FILLING-BROWN
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Sarah AlstromSARAH ALSTROM
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Mary MundyMARY MUNDY
DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 25 February 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202520619349300607
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