Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by EMBRACE FAMILIES FOUNDATION INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,917,591
- Total expenses
- $133,289
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,852,479
- Grants paid
- $15,060
- Program service revenue
- $65,000
- Investment income
- $112
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,435,723
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,251,063
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $3,184,660
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $88,916
- Management and general expenses
- $34,288
- Fundraising expenses
- $10,085
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $88,916
Program services were 66.7% 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
$2,852,479
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2a · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT CONTRACT REVENUE
total $65,000 · related or exempt $65,000
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3 · Investment income
total $112 · excluded $112
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $15,060 · program services $15,060
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11b · Fees: legal
total $100,846 · program services $56,473 · management and general $34,288 · fundraising $10,085
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24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $12,319 · program services $12,319
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24b · Other expenses: OTHER DIRECT EXPENSES
total $5,064 · program services $5,064
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,616,315 · end of year $4,430,448
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $3,979
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,275 · end of year $5,275
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $16,138 · end of year $17,930
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,209,073 · end of year $1,233,133
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $400,358 · end of year $3,184,660
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE MISSION OF EMBRACE FAMILIES FOUNDATION IS TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM, OR WHO HAVE TRANSITIONED OUT OF THAT SYSTEM; AND TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO GET AHEAD OF CHALLENGES THAT BRING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES INTO DEPENDENCY. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE MISSION WORK OF 501C3 ORGANIZATIONS SERVING CENTRAL FLORIDA'S CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM OF CARE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SUPPORTING SERVICES TO ENHANCE MISSION WORK TO SUPPORT SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES.
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IN JUNE 2024, PROCEEDS FROM THE FOUNDATION'S PRIOR YEAR FUNDRAISING PROGRAMS WERE DISTRIBUTED IN FULL TO IT'S PREVIOUSLY AFFILIATED AGENCIES: EMBRACE FAMILIES SOLUTIONS (NOW RISE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS) AND EMBRACE FAMILIES CBC CENTRAL FLORIDA (NOW DISSOLVED). IN FY 2024-25, FOLLOWING THE DISSOLUTION AND SPIN OFF ON ITS ONCE-AFFILIATED AGENCIES, EF FOUNDATION CEASED PROACTIVE FUNDRAISING OPERATIONS AND WORKED TO CONSOLIDATE REMAINING RESOURCES. WHILE CONTINUING TO OPERATE A DONOR DIRECTED GRANT FUND ON BEHALF OF THAT FUND'S CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS, EF FOUNDATION HAS INITIATED EFFORTS TO INVEST AND ENDOW REMAINING NON-OBLIGATED FUNDS TO FULFILL THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSE ON AN ONGOING BASIS: TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM; AND TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO GET AHEAD OF CHALLENGES THAT BRING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES INTO THE SYSTEM.
Expenses $67,489 · Grants $15,060
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THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING SERVICES. THIS WORK INCREASES PARTICIPATION IN ADDRESSING BROAD COMMUNITY ISSUES AND BUILDS AWARENESS OF THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM, AS WELL AS CHALLENGES THAT BRING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES INTO DEPENDENCY.
Expenses $20,865
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EMBRACE FAMILIES FOUNDATION'S FUND MANAGEMENT AND GRANT MAKING PROGRAM PROVIDES SERVICES TO EXECUTE A DONOR'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE BY WRITTEN AGREEMENT. EMBRACE FAMILIES FOUNDATION MANAGES AND MAINTAINS THE FUNDS AND GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE CHILD WELFARE SPECIAL PLAN REINVESTMENT FUND TO BENEFIT AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM OF CARE THROUGHOUT FLORIDA THROUGH GRANT MAKING.
Expenses $562
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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Sara MeyerSARA MEYER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Liefke MeyersLIEFKE MEYERS
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jason SmithJASON SMITH
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Yilda SpoorYILDA SPOOR
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Owen WentworthOWEN WENTWORTH
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
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DONATIONS
$15,060
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 9 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202512829349300421
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