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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$61,621,473
Total expenses
$52,860,914
Contributions and grants received
$52,507,721
Grants paid
$31,564,679
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$43,863,452
Management and general expenses
$3,879,863
Fundraising expenses
$5,117,599
Program service expenses (Part III)
$43,863,452

Program services were 83.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • RITA L SORONEN

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $505,827
    From this org
    $489,694
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,133
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $383,286
    Bonus
    $94,759
    Other
    $11,649
    Deferred
    $9,721
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,412
    Filer's total
    $505,827

  • ROBERT GEEN

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KRIS KAFFENBARGER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEEPAK AJMANI

    VICE CHAIR (EXIT 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE O'MALLEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD KRUMHOLZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIE BIESZCZAT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA BUTRICO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RASHEEDA CLARK

    TRUSTEE (ENTER 1/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC DALY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAMELA FARBER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JELANI FREEMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JHONNY MERCADO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BLAIR MILLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT MOESCHBERGER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WENDY THOMAS MORSE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEAN NIKLAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • M COLEY O'BRIEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARLOS RIBAS

    TRUSTEE (ENTER 1/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TERRY STIGDON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETE SUERKEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIRK TANNER

    TRUSTEE (ENTER 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL WELCH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TAMIKA WILLIAMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE ZAK

    TRUSTEE (EXIT 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC SPIRES

    SVP, CFO

    Total calculated
    $235,868
    From this org
    $204,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,478
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,159
    Bonus
    $24,000
    Other
    $231
    Deferred
    $9,265
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,213
    Filer's total
    $235,868

  • JENNIFER JUSTICE

    SVP, STRATEGIC PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $265,534
    From this org
    $230,848
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,686
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,856
    Bonus
    $24,000
    Other
    $992
    Deferred
    $10,442
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,244
    Filer's total
    $265,534

  • JILL CRUMBACHER

    SVP, MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $262,832
    From this org
    $228,821
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,011
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,475
    Bonus
    $24,000
    Other
    $346
    Deferred
    $10,391
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,620
    Filer's total
    $262,832

  • MELINDA HAGGERTY

    SVP, GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $253,710
    From this org
    $222,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,344
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,158
    Bonus
    $24,000
    Other
    $208
    Deferred
    $10,375
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,969
    Filer's total
    $253,710

  • DAVID FRISSORA

    SVP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT(EXIT 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $178,976
    From this org
    $153,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,151
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,401
    Bonus
    $24,000
    Other
    $424
    Deferred
    $7,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,641
    Filer's total
    $178,976

  • HEATHER MILLER

    SVP, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $190,550
    From this org
    $160,238
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,312
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,096
    Bonus
    $24,000
    Other
    $1,142
    Deferred
    $5,446
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,866
    Filer's total
    $190,550

  • JULIANNE NICHOLS

    VP, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $184,425
    From this org
    $162,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,046
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,033
    Bonus
    $17,000
    Other
    $346
    Deferred
    $7,348
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,698
    Filer's total
    $184,425

  • DEAN BRING

    VP, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $178,814
    From this org
    $150,331
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,483
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,100
    Bonus
    $17,000
    Other
    $231
    Deferred
    $6,822
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,661
    Filer's total
    $178,814

  • ANDREA GLASS

    VP, PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $178,068
    From this org
    $153,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,265
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,661
    Bonus
    $17,000
    Other
    $1,142
    Deferred
    $6,757
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,508
    Filer's total
    $178,068

  • ANDREA WILLIAMS

    VP, TRAINING

    Total calculated
    $157,001
    From this org
    $132,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,631
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,765
    Bonus
    $17,000
    Other
    $3,605
    Deferred
    $3,605
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,026
    Filer's total
    $157,001

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 — 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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING COMPENSATION FOR THE FOUNDATION'S CEO; THE FULL BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVAL. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHES THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO BASED UPON PRIOR YEAR PERFORMANCE AND DATA COMPARING SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, REGION OF THE COUNTRY AND BUDGET CAPACITY.
PART I, LINE 7
THE PRESIDENT & CEO RECEIVED A BONUS OF $94,759. THE SVP, STRATEGIC PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED A BONUS OF $24,000. THE SVP, MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED A BONUS OF $24,000. THE SVP, GENERAL COUNSEL RECEIVED A BONUS OF $24,000. THE SVP, CFO RECEIVED A BONUS OF $24,000. THE SVP, HUMAN RESOURCES RECEIVED A BONUS OF $24,000. THE VP, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED A BONUS OF $17,000 THE SVP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED A BONUS OF $24,000. THE VP, DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED A BONUS OF $17,000. THE VP, PROGRAMS RECEIVED A BONUS OF $17,000. THE VP, TRAINING RECEIVED A BONUS OF $17,000.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION CANADA

    501(C)(3) · ADOPTION · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543169349307849

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