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FAMILIES FORWARD

EIN 33-0086043 IRVINE, CA

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Revenue 2023
$12,174,477
Expenses 2023
$9,960,388

Program services were 90.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
8 THOMAS 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

Mission

THE MISSION OF FAMILIES FORWARD IS TO PREVENT AND END FAMILY HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO HOUSING AND RESOURCES THAT CREATE LASTING STABILITY. IN FY24, WE PROVIDED HOUSING, FOOD, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO MORE THAN 15,995 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF FAMILIES FORWARD IS TO PREVENT AND END FAMILY HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO HOUSING AND RESOURCES THAT CREATE LASTING STABILITY.

  • THE FAMILIES FORWARD HOUSING PROGRAM OFFERS HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO FAMILIES AT RISK OF OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, GIVING FAMILIES STABILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE. OUR HOUSING PROGRAM PROVIDES FAMILIES WITH A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES, EMERGENCY MOTEL STAYS, INTERIM HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. PERSONALIZED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDE CAREER COACHING, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, FINANCIAL LITERACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL LITERACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND HOUSING NAVIGATION. FAMILIES FORWARD PREVENTED OR ENDED HOMELESSNESS FOR 624 FAMILIES (2,197 CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS).

    Expenses $8,066,187 · Grants $2,050,876 · Revenue $1,743,146

  • FAMILIES FORWARD PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES INCLUDING FOOD ASSISTANCE, SEASONAL PROGRAMS, AND LINKAGES TO COMMUNITY SERVICES. THE FOOD PANTRY DISTRIBUTED 62,440 MEALS TO FAMILIES, ADULTS, AND SENIORS THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY. BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 1,391 LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN. FOR THANKSGIVING, 933 FAMILIES RECEIVED BASKETS OF DONATED FOOD TO MAKE A CHERISHED HOLIDAY DINNER. IN THE HOLIDAY WISH PROGRAM, 2,061 CHILDREN RECEIVED GIFTS THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $896,243 · Grants $227,875 · Revenue $193,683

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Mark Abbasi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Danyell Alders

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Carissa Bechtloff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tristen Cali

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Victor Cao

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mayra Cerda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Debbie Chamkasem

    DIRECTOR, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nancy Chase

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Judy Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dennis Deslatte

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mark Engstrom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jacqueline Erickson Russell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Yann De Fabrique

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nickeya Hannah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Peter Hering

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michael Kaufman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • James Kim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bhavna Mantha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Susan McClintic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nick Meraz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christy Mokrohisky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Karin Pearson

    DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jon Radus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joseph Rasuli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Danni Remington Smithson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

The first 25 listed. 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
    $12,174,477
    Expenses
    $9,960,388
    Contributions
    $10,669,115
    Grants paid
    $2,278,751
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,618,410
    Expenses
    $10,734,897
    Contributions
    $10,864,464
    Grants paid
    $1,915,117

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
    $12,786,517
    Expenses
    $12,050,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,874,328
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,914,005
    Expenses
    $10,116,082
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,102,882
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,540,168
    Expenses
    $7,445,765
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,411,235
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,424,257
    Expenses
    $6,050,239
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,384,216
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,038,776
    Expenses
    $5,043,006
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,004,649
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,132,857
    Expenses
    $4,520,678
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,326,049
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,160,266
    Expenses
    $4,270,707
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,565,031
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,015,084
    Expenses
    $3,841,425
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,570,599
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,608,972
    Expenses
    $3,496,967
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,494,006
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,331,902
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,259,653

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.