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← RETTS ROOST

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by RETTS ROOST.

Totals

Total revenue
$303,530
Total expenses
$250,261
Contributions and grants received
$234,579
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,717
Other revenue
$65,234
Total assets, end of year
$280,983
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,456
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$277,527
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$181,629
Management and general expenses
$21,844
Fundraising expenses
$46,788
Program service expenses (Part III)
$181,629

Program services were 72.6% 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

    $48,994

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $185,585

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $24,589

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,661 · excluded $1,661

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,156

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $100

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,056

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,056 · excluded $2,056

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $89,086

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

    $48,994

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $8,685

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $80,401 · excluded $80,401

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,092

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $16,259

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$15,167 · excluded -$15,167

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $63,961 · program services $44,773 · management and general $6,396 · fundraising $12,792

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,811 · program services $5,736 · fundraising $5,075

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,762 · program services $6,484 · management and general $964 · fundraising $1,314

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $650 · management and general $650

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $53,284 · program services $35,149 · management and general $8,209 · fundraising $9,926

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $322 · program services $161 · fundraising $161

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $297 · program services $99 · management and general $99 · fundraising $99

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,154 · program services $577 · fundraising $577

  • 17 · Travel

    total $112 · program services $84 · fundraising $28

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $623 · program services $102 · management and general $419 · fundraising $102

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,361 · program services $346 · management and general $1,669 · fundraising $346

  • 24a · Other expenses: RETREAT EXPENSES

    total $71,081 · program services $71,081

  • 24b · Other expenses: IN-KIND EXPENSE

    total $24,589 · program services $12,295 · fundraising $12,294

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,297 · program services $2,099 · management and general $2,099 · fundraising $2,099

  • 24d · Other expenses: STORAGE

    total $2,186 · program services $1,093 · fundraising $1,093

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,771 · program services $1,550 · management and general $1,339 · fundraising $882

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $209,817 · end of year $133,085

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,697 · end of year $147,898

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

    $19,076

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

    $19,076

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $373 · end of year $479

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $884 · end of year $2,977

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $76,710 · end of year $129,980

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO BE A SOURCE OF HOPE AND HEALING FOR FAMILIES IMPACTED BY CHILDHOOD CANCER AND CHILD LOSS, OFFERING HOLISTIC RETREATS AND MEANINGFUL GATHERINGS THAT CREATE CONNECTION, WHILE HONORING THE PROCESS OF GRIEF AND THE POWER OF LOVE. WE BELIEVE IN CULTIVATING A COMMUNITY OF FAMILIES PURSUING A PATH OF HEALING THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCES OF JOY AND REFLECTION.

  • RETT'S ROOST'S SIGNATURE PROGRAM IS ITS FREE HEALING RETREATS FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE FACING CHILDHOOD CANCER OR CHILD LOSS. THE RETREATS GIVE FAMILIES MUCH NEEDED THERAPEUTIC AND PEER SUPPORT IN AN INTIMATE, NATURAL SETTING FOR 3-5 DAYS. IN 2025, WE HELD 6 RETREATS FOR 33 FAMILIES AND 3 COMMUNITY GATHERINGS FOR 48 CHILDREN AND 57 PARENTS (DAY EVENTS THAT BRING OUR FAMILIES TOGETHER). WE SENT OUT BIRTHDAY CARE PACKAGES TO 88 CHILDREN AND REMEMBRANCE GIFTS TO 52 BEREAVED FAMILIES. OVERALL WE OFFERED 33 FAMILIES (15 CHILDREN WITH CANCER, 15 SIBLINGS OF A CHILD WITH CANCER, 27 BEREAVED SIBLINGS, AND 68 PARENTS) WITH A RETREAT TRIP WORTH $500-750 PER INDIVIDUAL. WE ALSO OFFERED VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON 1:1 GRIEF SUPPORT WITH A HEALING SUPPORT GUIDE TO 24 PARENTS AND 5 BEREAVED SIBLINGS. WE HAD 136 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE 1,133.5 HOURS OF SERVICE.

    Expenses $181,629

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kate McCary

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leah Bares

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gregory Doolittle

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steffany Gallant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Brent Austin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ann Biese

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lawrence Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • David Poskanzer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Beecher Grogan

    INTERIM CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $14,477
    From this org
    $14,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Deana Cavan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $63,962
    From this org
    $63,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
20 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612019349300611

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