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BY THE DAWNS EARLY LIGHT A NEW DAY A NEW BEGINNING

EIN 81-4812485 NORTHFIELD, OH

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Revenue 2023
$93,257
Expenses 2023
$39,937

Program services were 56.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F20
Classification
1000
Street
9079 CRANBROOK DR

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

Primary exempt purpose

OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE A POSITIVE AND LASTING IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF FOSTER CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY ADDICTION. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES A SAFE, NURTURING, AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO THRIVE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR PAST EXPERIENCES. THROUGH COMPASSIONATE CARE, PERSONALIZED SUPPORT, AND EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS, WE AIM TO EMPOWER THESE VULNERABLE CHILDREN TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY, BUILD RESILENCE, AND REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. OUR MISSION IS GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES OF COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, AND EMPOWERMENT. WE ARE DEDICATED TO ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN, RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ADDICTION ON FAMILIES, AND PROMOTING SYSTEMIC CHANGE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD RECEIVES THE LOVE, CARE, AND SUPPORT THEY DESERVE.

  • SUPPORT FOR FOSTER CHILDREN

    Expenses $22,739

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.

  • Dawn E Scherma

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $93,257
    Expenses
    $39,937
    Contributions
    $88,329
    Grants paid
    not reported

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2025

Tax period
1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025
Principal officer
Dawn E Scherma
Mailing address
9079 CRANBROOK DRNORTHFIELD OH 440671318

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.