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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TICKET TO DREAM FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,118,129
Total expenses
$11,981,936
Contributions and grants received
$10,933,502
Grants paid
$10,686,243
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$132,587
Other revenue
$52,040
Total assets, end of year
$3,468,640
Total liabilities, end of year
$242,418
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,226,222
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,365,884
Management and general expenses
$464,380
Fundraising expenses
$151,672
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,365,884

Program services were 94.9% 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

    $465,594

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,467,908

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,210,223

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $132,587 · excluded $132,587

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $189,682

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $465,594

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $151,042

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $38,640 · excluded $38,640

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $13,400

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $13,400 · excluded $13,400

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $10,686,243 · program services $10,686,243

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $160,030 · program services $29,355 · management and general $68,875 · fundraising $61,800

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $545,770 · program services $376,396 · management and general $119,420 · fundraising $49,954

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $57,282 · management and general $57,282

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,746 · program services $35,198 · management and general $15,854 · fundraising $9,694

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,395 · management and general $26,395

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,500 · management and general $22,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,634 · program services $245 · management and general $1,889 · fundraising $7,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,159 · program services $5 · management and general $22,495 · fundraising $2,659

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $532 · management and general $476 · fundraising $56

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $109,965 · program services $62,570 · management and general $46,381 · fundraising $1,014

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,836 · management and general $2,571 · fundraising $1,265

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,982 · program services $1 · management and general $2,666 · fundraising $315

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,244 · management and general $17,244

  • 24a · Other expenses: SHIPPING

    total $125,579 · program services $125,579

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES/OTHER

    total $39,155 · program services $39,155

  • 24c · Other expenses: SOFTWARE

    total $32,008 · program services $6,596 · management and general $12,523 · fundraising $12,889

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $30,325 · program services $6 · management and general $27,114 · fundraising $3,205

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,551 · program services $4,535 · management and general $20,695 · fundraising $1,321

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $509,175 · end of year $505,527

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,564,608 · end of year $2,465,676

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $469,822 · end of year $321,594

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $742,238 · end of year $67,641

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,510 · end of year $21,409

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $28,804

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $5,601

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,690 · end of year $23,203

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $84,617 · end of year $61,228

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,362 · end of year $2,362

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $85,135 · end of year $47,808

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $144,958 · end of year $133,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $84,900 · end of year $61,610

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,090,029 · end of year $3,226,222

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • ESSENTIALS - THE ESSENTIALS FOR KIDS PROGRAM COLLECTS, PURCHASES, AND DISTRIBUTES ESSENTIAL ITEMS LIKE CLOTHING, HYGIENE ITEMS, SHOES, SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND MORE TO MEET THE EVERYDAY NEEDS OF FOSTER YOUTH. CASH SUPPORT ALSO FUNDS THE LOCAL PURCHASE OF SPECIFIC ESSENTIAL NEEDS AND/OR PROVIDES SHOPPING EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN TO SHOP FOR THEMSELVES.

    Expenses $10,328,185 · Grants $9,832,111

  • TAKE FLIGHT - THE TAKE FLIGHT PROGRAM PROVIDES CASH SUPPORT TO BOOST THE REACH OF PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON IMPROVING GRADUATION RATES, AND FOR YOUTH AGING OUT OF CARE REDUCING HOMELESSNESS, AND/OR INCREASING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. LAPTOPS ARE ALSO PROVIDED TO SCHOOL-AGED FOSTER CHILDREN TO MEET THESE SAME GOALS.

    Expenses $242,152 · Grants $159,246

  • ALLY PROGRAM - THE ALLY PROGRAM PROVIDES TARGETED CASH SUPPORT AND ESSENTIALS TO FILL THE UNMET NEEDS FACING BLACK, HISPANIC AND LGBTQ+ YOUTH, WHILE ALSO HELPING RECRUIT MORE FOSTER/KINSHIP PARENTS, MENTORS AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS FROM THESE POPULATIONS.

    Expenses $236,140 · Grants $235,000

  • SCHOLARSHIPS-THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES EACH OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGNATE A SCHOLARSHIP/GRANT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF FOSTER YOUTH.

    Expenses $225,557 · Grants $144,162

  • GO PLAY! - THE GOPLAY! PROGRAM PROVIDES CASH SUPPORT TO FUND EXTRACURRICULAR SPORTS, CLUBS AND CAMPS AND THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE. ADMISSION TICKETS TO FUN EVENTS LIKE THE FAIR, CONCERTS, SPORTING EVENTS, SHOWS AND MORE ARE ALSO PROVIDED TO FOSTER YOUTH TO CREATE CHILDHOOD FUN.

    Expenses $333,850 · Grants $315,724

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mary Carson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Rebekah Heiskell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Angie Alves

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kathy Carlsen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sunni Goodman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Teres Mugnaini

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cordelia Cranshaw

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Baxter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Latrice Cole

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dale Carlsen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathy Stephenson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Payne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeanmarie Davis

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $160,029
    From this org
    $154,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,529
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,529
    Filer's total
    $160,029

  • Mauri Knowles

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $130,787
    From this org
    $112,513
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,274
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610309349300721

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