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← FRIENDS OF LUCAS COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES

Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF LUCAS COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES.

Totals

Total revenue
$32,911
Total expenses
$47,173
Contributions and grants received
$31,295
Grants paid
$42,731
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$1,616
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$0
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$0
Total assets, end of year
$186,663
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$186,663
Program service expenses (Part III)
$42,731

Program services were 90.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

Friends of Lucas County Children Services ("Friends of LCCS") is an organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of children and families served by Lucas County Children Services ("LCCS") and committed to generating community awareness of the need for more foster and adoptive homes. Friends of LCCS, consisting entirely of volunteers, fulfills this mission by soliciting donations and recruiting volunteers to help sponsor and provide enrichment activities and experiences for the children and families. The organization strives to provide the positive and memorable childhood experiences that every child deserves to have. The organization's activities also serve to uplift the foster parents, relative caregivers, and caseworkers, by showing them how much they are appreciated and by providing them with the opportunities to interact and gain support from each other.

  • Backpack Project. Purchased and assembled over 900 backpacks filled with school supplies to give to children under the care and protection of LCCS so that they could start the school year well equipped and ready to learn.

    Expenses $8,105 · Grants $8,105

  • Duffle Bag Project. Purchased and assembled 500 duffle bags filled with hygiene products to be given to teens removed from their homes and living in foster care and to homeless teens.

    Expenses $7,369 · Grants $7,369

  • Bicycle Build. Purchased 65 bicycles to be assembled at volunteer event for children under the care and protection of LCCS for Christmas.

    Expenses $6,350 · Grants $6,350

  • Holiday Party toys and gift cards. Provided toys and gift cards for the 400 children who attended the LCCS Holiday party for the children on the LCCS caseload.

    Expenses $4,475 · Grants $4,475

  • Trunk or Treat Event. Provided candy and equipment for LCCS Community wide Trunk or Treat event to benefit children living in central Toledo. Over 2,000 children attended the event.

    Expenses $3,309 · Grants $3,309

  • Weekend Snack Packs for the children on the Lucas County Children Services caseload. Purpose of the program is to make sure the children have food over the weekend. 800 children benefited from this program.

    Expenses $3,000 · Grants $3,000

  • Foster Parent Recruitment. Sponsored several events to promote the need for foster parents.

    Expenses $2,642 · Grants $2,642

  • Foster and Relative Caregiver Appreciation. Provided gift cards and luncheons to foster parents and relative caregivers.

    Expenses $2,150 · Grants $2,150

  • Birthday Cakes. Paid for 206 personalized birthday cakes for children in foster or relative care and on the LCCS agency caseload.

    Expenses $1,854 · Grants $1,854

  • Graduation Party. Sponsored high school graduation party and gifts for 21 teens in foster care.

    Expenses $985 · Grants $985

  • Caseworker Appreciation. Provided lunch and treats for 200 caseworkers and support staff; provided refreshments for holiday party along with raffle prizes.

    Expenses $956 · Grants $956

  • Family Visits toys and treats. Provided toys, books and treats to Family Visits department benefiting families trying to achieve family reunification.

    Expenses $645 · Grants $645

  • LCCS Adoption Day Celebration Party and gifts for 4 families adopting children through LCCS. Included food and other refreshments for party, gift cards, and decorations.

    Expenses $641 · Grants $641

  • Paid for supplies to build playhouse for a child in foster care.

    Expenses $250 · Grants $250

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Clare Armbruster

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Sherry Dunn

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anne Reid Gerber

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alec Falkenberg

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gloria Cooper

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Chryst

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202601059349203050

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