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← FRIENDS OF LUCAS COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES

Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Filed by FRIENDS OF LUCAS COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES.

Totals

Total revenue
$114,592
Total expenses
$48,286
Contributions and grants received
$89,584
Grants paid
$45,591
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$8
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)
$25,000
Total assets, end of year
$175,475
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$175,475
Program service expenses (Part III)
$45,590

Program services were 94.4% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

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.

  • 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 $15,332 · Grants $15,332

  • Backpack Project. Purchased and assembled over 800 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 $9,947 · Grants $9,947

  • 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 $5,677 · Grants $5,677

  • Independent Living Holiday Gift Bags. Provided 100 gift bags to teens in foster care for Christmas.

    Expenses $2,460 · Grants $2,460

  • 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 $2,545 · Grants $2,545

  • Bicycle Build. Purchased 30 bicycles to be assembled at volunteer event for children under the care and protection of LCCS for Christmas.

    Expenses $2,699 · Grants $2,699

  • Graduation Party. Sponsored high school graduation party and gifts for 15 teens in foster care.

    Expenses $1,570 · Grants $1,570

  • Foster Parent Recruitment. Sponsored an event to promote the need for foster parents.

    Expenses $1,500 · Grants $1,500

  • Birthday Cakes. Paid for 145 personalized birthday cakes for children in foster or relative care and on the LCCS agency caseload.

    Expenses $1,313 · Grants $1,313

  • Caseworker Appreciation. Sponsored LCCS Employees Appreciation Lunches for 200 caseworkers and support staff.

    Expenses $902 · Grants $902

  • LCCS Adoption Day Celebration Party and gifts for 5 families adopting children through LCCS. Included food and other refreshments for party, gift cards, and decorations.

    Expenses $895 · Grants $895

  • Provided baby formula to 25 infants on the caseload of LCCS due to formula shortage.

    Expenses $500 · Grants $500

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

    Expenses $250 · Grants $250

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Clare Armbruster

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sherry Dunn

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Garcia

    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
  • Emma VanWinkle

    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
2022
Filed
18 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400259349200130

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