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CARING FOR KIDS INC

EIN 34-1796454 CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH

Revenue 2023
$6,850,620
Expenses 2023
$6,718,256

Program services were 97.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P32
Classification
1000
Street
1100 GRAHAM RD CIRCLE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CARING FOR KIDS, INC. (CFK) IS A PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT, FULL-SERVICE ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE AGENCY OPERATING SINCE 1995. CFK SPECIALIZES IN DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE BIRTH PARENT, FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. OUR MISSION IS TO SURROUND THOSE IMPACTED BY ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE WITH COMPASSIONATE AND COMPETENT CARE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR CFK SERVICED 321 FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, 213 INFANTS AND CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE/ADOPTIVE PLACEMENTS AND 131 EXPECTANT PARENTS. CARING FOR KIDS (CFK) HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1996 CERTIFYING FOSTER CAREGIVERS AND APPROVING PRE-ADOPTIVE PARENTS TO ADOPT. CFK IS A FULL-SERVICE FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION AGENCY LICENSED BY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES (ODJFS). CFK HAS MULTIPLE PROGRAMS SERVING THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM, FOSTER CAREGIVERS PROVIDING CARE FOR THESE CHILDREN, PRE- ADOPTIVE PARENTS HOPING TO ADOPT A CHILD OR SIBLING GROUP, AND BIRTH MOTHERS (AND BIRTH FATHERS) WHO CHOOSE TO MAKE A VOLUNTARY ADOPTION PLAN FOR THEIR NEWBORNS. OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, CFK HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND EXPANSION IN THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THE AGENCY SERVES.

  • FOSTER CARE PROGRAM - DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR, CFK PROVIDED CARE FOR 186 CHILDREN. FOSTER CARE HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAM OF CFK FOR OVER 20 YEARS BY CERTIFYING FOSTER CAREGIVERS AND THUS, PROVIDING SAFE AND NURTURING HOMES FOR ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN COMING INTO FOSTER CARE RESULTING IN A CONSTANT NEED TO RECRUIT AND CERTIFY NEW FOSTER CAREGIVERS. OHIO CHILDREN ARE ENTERING FOSTER CARE AT A RATE NEVER BEFORE SEEN. THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE INCREASE IN NUMBERS OF CHILDREN COMING INTO CARE REVOLVE AROUND PARENTAL DRUG ADDICTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SOMETIMES, CHILDREN DO NOT RETURN HOME, AND FOSTER CAREGIVERS ARE NEEDED TO NOT ONLY FOSTER BUT TO ADOPT CHILDREN WHO ARE PLACED WITH THEM. 50 OF THE 186 PLACEMENTS SWITCHED FROM FOSTER TO ADOPTION STATUS.

    Expenses $3,438,075 · Revenue $3,308,007

  • ADOPTION PROVIDES A PERMANENT PLAN FOR A CHILD AND REPRESENTS A LIFELONG COMMITMENT. CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION THROUGH PRIVATE DOMESTIC ADOPTION OR THE PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. PRIVATE DOMESTIC INFANT PROGRAM: DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR CFK PROVIDED SERVICES TO 131 EXPECTING PARENTS IN OHIO. THESE PARENTS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT MAKING AN ADOPTION PLAN FOR THEIR NEWBORN OR PREVIOUSLY MADE AN ADOPTION PLAN. CFK PROVIDES PRE-AND POSTADOPTION COUNSELING, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, EDUCATION ON THE STATE OF OHIO ADOPTION LAWS AND PREPARES THE SOCIAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE BIRTH PARENT(S). CFK WORKS WITH EXPECTANT PARENT(S) AND PRE-ADOPTIVE FAMILIES TO CREATE A PLAN RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE INVOLVED, AS WELL AS PROVIDE COUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES. CFK IS COMMITTED TO A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS AND OFFERS EXTENSIVE SUPPORT FOR THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS, THE EXPECTANT PARENTS, AND THE CHILDREN. CFK BELIEVES WORKING TOGETHER ALLOWS FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE MATCH WHICH WILL BENEFIT ALL MEMBERS OF THE ADOPTION TRIAD. CFK PLACED 27 NEWBORNS DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR. PUBLIC ADOPTION - CFK MATCHED 6 CHILDREN AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION FROM THE PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR. CHILDREN ARE MATCHED WITH ADOPTIVE FAMILIES BASED UPON THE ABILITY OF THE FAMILY TO MEET THE CHILD'S NEEDS.

    Expenses $770,503 · Revenue $1,150,098

  • WENDY'S WONDERFUL KIDS RECRUITMENT - THIS PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FINALIZING 24 ADOPTIONS MAKING 53 ADOPTION MATCHES DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR. CFK HAS AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION (DTF). DTF HAS AWARDED CFK 21 GRANTS CREATING A PRESENCE OF 21 WENDY'S WONDERFUL KIDS RECRUITERS ON OUR STAFF RECRUITING FAMILIES FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING THE LONGEST FOR AN ADOPTIVE FAMILY AND HOME. THESE 21 SOCIAL WORKERS PROVIDE SERVICES TO OVER 350 CHILDREN COMBINED AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

    Expenses $2,313,927

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JILL DAVIES

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $169,254
    From this org
    $151,964
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,290
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,964
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,115
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,175
    Filer's total
    $169,254

  • ABBY ALEXANDER

    VICE PRES, R

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTINE BLASIOLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TELLI CARTER

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EILEEN VAN FLEET

    PRESIDENT, R

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROSE GABRIELE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANNIE GARRETT

    TREASURER, R

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES KAHOE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETTY LIN-FISHER

    SECRETARY, R

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MEGHAN MEEKER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMANDA WAGNER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,850,620
    Expenses
    $6,718,256
    Contributions
    $2,285,427
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,603,507
    Expenses
    $6,632,483
    Contributions
    $2,270,672
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,094,464
    Expenses
    $5,597,368
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,594,252

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,059,020
    Expenses
    $4,655,467
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,258,086

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,387,154
    Expenses
    $4,388,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,072,447

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,225,845
    Expenses
    $4,156,137
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,644,652

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,138,686
    Expenses
    $3,735,931
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,532,078

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,348,005
    Expenses
    $3,187,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,097,138

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,604,729
    Expenses
    $2,757,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $852,105

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,586,835
    Expenses
    $2,605,207
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,006,254

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,098,033
    Expenses
    $2,178,020
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,042,815

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,711,552
    Assets (EOY)
    $998,439

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.