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AID TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL KIDS

EIN 86-0611935 PHOENIX, AZ

Revenue 2024
$11,346,445
Expenses 2024
$8,805,338

Program services were 87.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P31
Classification
1000
Street
2320 N 20TH ST

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

TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN FAMILIES FOR THE CHILDREN IN ARIZONA'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM (PRIMARILY IN MARICOPA AND PINAL COUNTIES).

  • ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE IDENTIFIES, RECRUITS AND TRAINS COMMUNITY AND KINSHIP FAMILIES TO FOSTER CHILDREN IN THE ARIZONA FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. SPECIALIZED FOSTER CARE IDENTIFIES FOSTER FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN/ADULTS WITH SPECIAL PHYSICAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS AS DETERMINED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND TWO NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. AASK ASSISTS THE FAMILIES IN OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING THEIR FOSTER LICENSES AND PROVIDES ON-GOING SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR THE FAMILIES. IN ADDITION, AASK PROVIDES SUPPORT TO POPULATIONS THAT EXTEND THE BOUNDARIES OF FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION. THESE SUPPORTS INCLUDE: 1) WENDY'S WONDERFUL KIDS RECRUITERS IDENTIFY FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN IN CARE WHO ARE CONSIDERED "TOUGHER TO PLACE; 2) FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE CONNECTIONS WORKS TO REDUCE CHILDREN IN CONGREGATE CARE AND IMPROVE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT BY IMPLORING EXTENSIVE FAMILY FINDING EFFORTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF KIN CONNECTIONS AND PLACEMENT. 3) POST PERMANENCY OFFERS AFTER PLACEMENT SUPPORT WHICH INCLUDES PARENT EDUCATION, TRAINING, PARENT AND YOUTH SUPPORT GROUPS, 24-HR HELPLINE, AND HELP TO SECURE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT FAMILIES, AND 4) AN AASK NURSING PROFESSIONAL PROVIDES SUPPORT TO FAMILIES CARING FOR CHILDREN WITH SERIOUS ILLNESSES.

    Expenses $4,974,529 · Revenue $4,760,601

  • FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES (HOME COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES) IDENTIFIES SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE RESPITE AND HABILITATION SERVICES TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND ADULTS DETERMINED TO BE IN NEED OF THESE SERVICES BY THE AHCCCS COMPLETE CARE AND THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

    Expenses $2,725,981 · Revenue $3,407,795

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.

  • Rita Meiser

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dennis Genge

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kelly Singer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Adam D Christensen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tiffany Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ron Adelson

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $425,871
    From this org
    $378,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,401
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $318,470
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,901
    Filer's total
    $425,871

  • Vicky Bayshore

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $122,845
    From this org
    $94,348
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,497
    Hours/week
    40

  • Susan Lowther

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,082
    From this org
    $101,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,480
    Hours/week
    40

  • Russell Funk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $117,468
    From this org
    $101,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,924
    Hours/week
    40

  • James Field

    TECHNOLOGY MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $110,173
    From this org
    $106,436
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,737
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joanne Chiariello

    FORMER CHIEF CLINICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,768
    From this org
    $128,347
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,421
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,947
    Bonus
    $11,400
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,684
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,737
    Filer's total
    $151,768

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $11,346,445
    Expenses
    $8,805,338
    Contributions
    $2,230,644
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,264,367
    Expenses
    $8,622,523
    Contributions
    $2,075,389
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,420,908
    Expenses
    $8,722,739
    Contributions
    $2,198,610
    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
    $10,870,362
    Expenses
    $8,115,429
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,815,568

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,927,173
    Expenses
    $8,567,425
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,934,791

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,258,733
    Expenses
    $8,843,632
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,360,763

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,605,660
    Expenses
    $8,618,010
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,645,439

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,262,255
    Expenses
    $9,069,075
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,498,037

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,914,077
    Expenses
    $9,347,652
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,337,051

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,656,266
    Expenses
    $9,009,690
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,740,947

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,743,471
    Expenses
    $8,027,904
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,076,612

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,013,739
    Expenses
    $7,788,781
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,298,986

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,384,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,114,192

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

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