Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN SEATTLE.

Totals

Total revenue: $2,655,138
Total expenses: $4,226,576
Contributions and grants received: $2,604,361
Grants paid: $41,380
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $95,905
Other revenue: -$45,128
Total assets, end of year: $2,902,100
Total liabilities, end of year: $251,580
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $2,650,520
Program services expenses (Part IX): $3,253,741
Management and general expenses: $305,091
Fundraising expenses: $667,744
Program service expenses (Part III): $3,253,741

Program services were 77.0% 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

$164,850
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$467,684
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,971,827
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$67,603
3 · Investment income

total $95,905 · excluded $95,905
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$27,990
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$164,850
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$73,118
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$45,128 · excluded -$45,128

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $41,380 · program services $41,380
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $179,756 · program services $89,878 · management and general $44,939 · fundraising $44,939
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $2,602,926 · program services $2,056,711 · management and general $129,394 · fundraising $416,821
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $39,338 · program services $25,169 · management and general $6,420 · fundraising $7,749
9 · Other employee benefits

total $240,782 · program services $197,978 · management and general $12,810 · fundraising $29,994
10 · Payroll taxes

total $252,655 · program services $195,868 · management and general $16,133 · fundraising $40,654
11c · Fees: accounting

total $94,700 · program services $42,577 · management and general $44,645 · fundraising $7,478
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $23,206 · fundraising $23,206
11g · Fees: other

total $25,065 · program services $12,688 · management and general $2,648 · fundraising $9,729
13 · Office expenses

total $26,390 · program services $11,337 · management and general $3,988 · fundraising $11,065
14 · Information technology

total $45,629 · program services $29,130 · management and general $11,130 · fundraising $5,369
16 · Occupancy

total $192,210 · program services $151,165 · management and general $9,386 · fundraising $31,659
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $73,127 · program services $50,339 · management and general $12,037 · fundraising $10,751
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $53,867 · program services $43,200 · management and general $1,889 · fundraising $8,778
23 · Insurance

total $14,816 · program services $5,854 · management and general $7,547 · fundraising $1,415
24a · Other expenses: DIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSES

total $260,490 · program services $259,102 · management and general $250 · fundraising $1,138
24b · Other expenses: IN-KIND GOODS

total $40,399 · program services $37,057 · fundraising $3,342
24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

total $13,738 · program services $2,414 · management and general $546 · fundraising $10,778
24e · All other expenses

total $6,102 · program services $1,894 · management and general $1,329 · fundraising $2,879

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $250,259 · end of year $353,671
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $3,872,040 · end of year $1,738,032
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $207,528 · end of year $624,928
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0 · end of year $40,231
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$482,370
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$427,812
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $88,843 · end of year $54,558
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $155,494 · end of year $90,680
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $133,706 · end of year $163,952
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $65,689 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $152,811 · end of year $87,628
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $4,063,029 · end of year $2,105,592
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $158,929 · end of year $544,928

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IMPACTING GENERATIONAL CHANGE BY EMPOWERING YOUTH WHO ARE FACING THE GREATEST OBSTACLES THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROFESSIONAL MENTORS 12+ YEARS, NO MATTER WHAT. OUR LONG-TERM, RELATIONSHIP-BASED PROFESSIONAL MENTORING MODEL HELPS YOUTH DEVELOP THE SKILLS THEY NEED FOR A THRIVING FUTURE. FULL-TIME, SALARIED MENTORS SUPPORT YOUTH TO:- BE PREPARED FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND/OR EMPLOYMENT.- DEVELOP POSITIVE GOALS FOR THE FUTURE. - DEVELOP A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN IS A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND VIOLENCE, PREVENTING SCHOOL DROPOUT, TEEN PARENTING, AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY - BY SELECTING YOUTH FACING THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES, AND MAKING A COMMITMENT TO THEIR LONG-TERM SUCCESS.

FRIENDS-SEATTLE'S LONG-TERM, CONSISTENT MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS HELP YOUTH DEVELOP AND ACHIEVE INDIVIDUAL GOALS THAT LEAD TO THRIVING FUTURES. OUR MENTORS, WHO ARE FULL-TIME, SALARIED STAFF, SUPPORT YOUTH TO BE PREPARED FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND/OR EMPLOYMENT DEVELOP POSITIVE GOALS FOR THE FUTURE AND DEVELOP A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. OUR VISION IS THAT YOUTH HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED AND BECOME ADVOCATES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.CURRENTLY, WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO OVER 200 YOUTH AGES 5-18 ENROLLED IN OVER 114 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND LIVING IN 60 ZIP CODES. WITH 12+ YEARS OF SUPPORT, OUR YOUTH ACHIEVE REMARKABLE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES. SINCE 2000, 89% OF FRIENDS-SEATTLE PROGRAM GRADUATES EARNED A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED 92% AVOIDED THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND 92% AVOIDED EARLY PARENTING.KEY TO OUR MODEL IS OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE THE TOOLS AND RELATIONAL SUPPORT THEY NEED TO OVERCOME EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY. LONG-TERM GOALS FOR YOUTH ARE THAT THEY:- GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL PREPARED FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT- DEVELOP POSITIVE GOALS FOR THE FUTURE AND AVOID THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND- DEVELOP A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND AVOID EARLY PARENTING.OF ALL THE YOUTH WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE ENTIRE FRIENDS-SEATTLE 12-YEAR PROGRAM SINCE BEING FOUNDED IN 2000:- 89% HAVE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL OR OBTAINED THEIR GED BY THE END OF THE PROGRAM- 92% HAVE AVOIDED THE JUVENILE JUSTICE/LEGAL SYSTEM- 92% HAVE AVOIDED BECOMING A TEEN PARENT.IN THE 2023-24-YEAR, YOUTH MADE PROGRESS EACH QUARTER TOWARD THEIR INDIVIDUAL GOALS, FOR AN AVERAGE OF:- 95% OF YOUTH TOWARD SCHOOL SUCCESS- 96% OF YOUTH TOWARD SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT- 95% OF YOUTH TOWARD IMPROVED HEALTH- 92% OF YOUTH TOWARD MAKING GOOD CHOICES- 94% OF YOUTH TOWARD PLANNING FOR THE FUTUREIN JUNE 2023, 2 YOUTH COMPLETED THE FRIENDS-SEATTLE PROGRAM AFTER 12 YEARS. 2 RECEIVED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND ONE IS COMPLETING THEIR GED THIS YEAR. THEY OFFICIALLY EXITED OUR PROGRAM IN SEPT 2023, AND OUR MENTORS CONTINUE TO KEEP IN TOUCH AND SUPPORT THEM AS THEY LAUNCH INTO THEIR POST-SECONDARY LIVES.

Expenses $3,253,741 · Grants $41,380

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

JEROME ROACHE

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DONALD GUTHRIE

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SARAH COX

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
AVI JOSHI

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
NATHAN KOLMODIN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PROSPER NWOKOCHA

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MONIQUE TAYLOR

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ROBERT WILLIAMS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LACIE WEST

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$164,190

From this org

$151,890

From related orgs

$0

Other

$12,300

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$151,890

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$5,950

Nontaxable benefits

$6,350

Filer's total

$164,190

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 survey or study
3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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: 2023
Filed: 11 February 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202540429349300209

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