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COBYS FAMILY SERVICES

EIN 23-2128881 LANCASTER, PA

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Revenue 2024
$8,343,058
Expenses 2024
$7,007,923

Program services were 78.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P40Z
Classification
1000
Street
444 MURRY HILL CIR

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 · 2024

Mission

MOTIVATED BY CHRISTIAN FAITH, COBYS FAMILY SERVICES EDUCATES, SUPPORTS, AND EMPOWERS CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

  • THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM PROVIDES CARE FOR CHILDREN FROM BIRTH UP TO THE AGE OF 21. WHEN CHILDREN ARE UNABLE TO LIVE WITH THEIR BIOLOGICAL FAMILY DUE TO ABUSE, NEGLECT OR BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES THROUGH IDENTIFIED RESOURCE PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN ADEQUATELY MEET A CHILD'S NEEDS. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH CHILDREN, BIRTH/LEGAL FAMILIES, KINSHIP RESOURCES AND COUNTY- DESIGNATED RETURN RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH PERMANENCY, WHICH MAY INCLUDE REUNIFICATION OR ADOPTION.

    Expenses $2,109,326 · Grants $720,991 · Revenue $1,945,986

  • COBYS FAMILY SERVICES FACILITATES STATE-SUBSIDIZED ADOPTION OF FOSTER CHILDREN THROUGH THE STATEWIDE ADOPTION AND PERMANENCY NETWORK (SWAN).

    Expenses $932,445 · Revenue $795,440

  • IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LANCASTER COUNTY CHILDREN AND YOUTH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY, THE COBYS PERMANENCY UNIT PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO CHILDREN IN THE LEGAL CUSTODY OF LANCASTER COUNTY CHILDREN AND YOUTH, WITH THE EMPHASIS ON SAFETY, PERMANENCY AND WELLBEING. THE UNIT WORKS DIRECTLY WITH BIRTH FAMILIES ON THEIR COURT ORDERED GOALS. IF IT IS DECIDED THAT A A CHILD CANNOT BE SAFELY REUNIFIED WITH THEIR BIRTH FAMILY, AN ALTERNATIVE, PERMANENT PLACEMENT WILL BE ESTABLISHED.

    Expenses $1,156,285 · Revenue $1,238,445

  • COUNSELING AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ARE PROVIDED.

    Expenses $1,329,462 · Revenue $1,204,065

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • J Michael Lausch

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $116,621
    From this org
    $107,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,321
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Cindy Umberger

    DIR OF BUSIN

    Total calculated
    $126,027
    From this org
    $102,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,163
    Hours/week
    36
  • Ken Craul

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Doug Denlinger

    SR. VICE PRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathy Focht

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rebecca Fuchs

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sheri Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donna Parcell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rachel Swank

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Merv Wampler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kelli Wenger

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,343,058
    Expenses
    $7,007,923
    Contributions
    $712,231
    Grants paid
    $720,991
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,733,978
    Expenses
    $7,039,619
    Contributions
    $705,020
    Grants paid
    $920,362
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,646,250
    Expenses
    $6,724,494
    Contributions
    $752,993
    Grants paid
    $847,181

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
    $6,676,204
    Expenses
    $5,910,671
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,913,234
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,123,613
    Expenses
    $5,041,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,103,218
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,904,995
    Expenses
    $5,216,484
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,539,541
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,377,862
    Expenses
    $5,118,288
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,921,298
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,580,996
    Expenses
    $4,756,321
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,605,383
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,473,719
    Expenses
    $4,040,088
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,379,969
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,124,325
    Expenses
    $3,512,399
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,776,912
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,503,022
    Expenses
    $2,992,868
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,147,951
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,211,266
    Expenses
    $2,743,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,585,661
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,715,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,078,431

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.