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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOSTERING SUCCESS ACT INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 27 October 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.

Total expenses
$4,255,647 changed to $7,930,638
Grants paid
$4,241,082 changed to $7,916,073
Total liabilities, end of year
$561,939 changed to $4,236,930
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,492,399 changed to $11,817,408
Program services expenses
$4,241,082 changed to $7,916,073
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,241,082 changed to $7,916,073

Totals

Total revenue
$11,126,775
Total expenses
$7,930,638
Contributions and grants received
$10,630,441
Grants paid
$7,916,073
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$496,334
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$16,054,338
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,236,930
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,817,408
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,916,073
Management and general expenses
$14,565
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,916,073

Program services were 99.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,630,441

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $496,334 · excluded $496,334

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,897,875 · program services $7,897,875

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $18,198 · program services $18,198

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,766 · management and general $10,766

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,760 · management and general $3,760

  • 24a · Other expenses: MENTOR LUNCH WITH YOUTH

    total $39 · management and general $39

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,632,112

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $16,054,338

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $835,148

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,819 · end of year $2,678

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $3,674,991

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    end of year $559,261

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,621,271 · end of year $3,761,711

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,844,170 · end of year $8,055,697

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FOSTERING SUCCESS ACT, INC. (FSA) IS A GA DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES DIV. OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES (DFCS) QUALIFIED FOSTER CHILD SUPPORT ORGANIZATION (QFCSO) WORKING WITH FORMER FOSTER CHILDREN AND OTHER DFCS QUALIFIED FOSTER CHILD SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT ELIGIBLE YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORTING FORMER FOSTER CHILDREN AS THEY AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE.

  • FOSTERING SUCCESS ACT INC., IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, HELP YOUTH FORMERLY IN GEORGIA'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM REMOVE ROADBLOCKS IN OBTAINING A POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION. IT ASSISTS WITH NAVIGATING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF TUITION BALANCES, HOUSING NEEDS LIKE RENT AND UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL, NUTRITION AND PERSONAL NEEDS, COUNSELING, MEDICAL EXPENSES AND HOLISTIC SUPPORT AROUND FINANCIAL LITERACY, MENTAL HEALTH, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS. WE ARE ON A MISSION TO PROVIDE THIS SUPPORT WHICH IN TURN MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. WE WANT TO HELP THEM NOT JUST SURVIVE, BUT TO THRIVE!

    Expenses $7,916,073 · Grants $7,916,073

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard L Jackson

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Leslie Kurtz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Larry Powell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Heidi Carr

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jay Mitchell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202642599349300514

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