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AMARA

EIN 91-0577487 SEATTLE, WA

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Revenue 2024
$9,264,870
Expenses 2024
$4,642,661

Program services were 80.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P34Z
Classification
1500
Street
3505 S JUNEAU 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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AMARA'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD IN FOSTER CARE HAS THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF A COMMITTED FAMILY - AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND FOR AS LONG AS EACH CHILD NEEDS. AMARA HAS BEEN SERVING WASHINGTON SINCE ITS FOUNDING AS MEDINA BABY HOME, A TRADITIONAL ORPHANAGE, IN 1921. WHILE AMARA'S SERVICES HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE PAST 100+ YEARS TO MEET URGENT AND EMERGENT NEEDS, OUR FOCUS ON SUPPORTING CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE, ADOPTEES AND THOSE WHO LOVE THEM HAS NEVER WAVERED. AMARA SERVED 1,615 PARENTS AND 1,412 CHILDREN IN 2024.

  • RESOURCE CARE PROGRAM: OUR RESOURCE CARE PROGRAMS CONSIST OF 3 PROGRAMMATIC AREAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. AMARA'S FOSTER CARE SERVICES, KINSHIP CARE SUPPORT, AND FAMILY CONNECTIONS PROGRAMS USE A REUNIFICATION-FOCUSED APPROACH AND RECRUIT, PREPARE, AND/OR PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ADULTS AS THEY CARE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR PARENTS' CARE. PROGRAM STAFF SUPPORT CAREGIVERS IN NAVIGATING THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH A CHILD'S FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, AND OBTAIN THE RESOURCES AND TRAINING NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE WELLBEING OF THE CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE. AMARA WORKS WITH FAMILIES FROM A BROAD RANGE OF ETHNICITIES, BELIEF SYSTEMS, SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, GENDER IDENTITIES AND EXPRESSIONS, AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AS THEY SUPPORT CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THEIR FOSTER CARE JOURNEY. AMARA IS COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPROPORTIONALITY WITHIN FOSTER CARE AND TO MAINTAINING BIRTH FAMILY TIES WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

    Expenses $2,696,875 · Revenue $2,316,041

  • FAMILY PRESERVATION PROGRAMS: OUR FAMILY PRESERVATION PROGRAMS FOCUS ON PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE THE FACTORS THAT LEAD TO THE SEPARATION OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS THROUGH CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT. AMARA ADDRESSES ROOT CAUSES OF CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT THROUGH OUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH HELPS FAMILIES ACCESS RESOURCES, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND CONCRETE GOODS SO THAT POVERTY AND LACK OF SUPPORT DO NOT PUSH FAMILIES FURTHER INTO CRISIS. FAMILY PRESERVATION PROGRAMS ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PARENTS WHO ARE AT A HIGH RISK FOR HAVING THEIR CHILD(REN) REMOVED FROM THEIR CARE, PARENT FOCUS PROGRAM, AS WELL AS TO PARENTS WHO MAY BE FAST-TRACKED TOWARDS REUNIFICATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD COURT PROGRAM. FURTHERMORE, WE SUPPORT PARENTS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY REUNIFIED WITH THEIR CHILDREN TO ADVOCATE FOR SYSTEM REFORM AND INFORM PARENT SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMMING. FAMILY PRESERVATION PROGRAMS ALSO SEEK TO FOMENT AND STEWARD THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES OF ORIGIN THROUGH SUPPORTING POST-ADOPTIVE FAMILIES IN MAINTAINING OPENNESS WITH CHILDREN'S EXTENDED FAMILIES AND SUPPORTING BIOLOGICAL PARENTS THROUGH SOME OF THE NUANCES OF OPEN ADOPTION AGREEMENTS. LASTLY, WE PROVIDE EDUCATION AND PEER SUPPORT GROUPS BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON TO HELP IMPROVE PARENT AND CAREGIVER WELLBEING AND SKILL-BUILDING, WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO BUILD SUPPORTIVE PEER NETWORKS.

    Expenses $1,059,049 · Revenue $749,807

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.

  • Fahren Johnson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $43,784
    From this org
    $43,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34
    Hours/week
    40
  • Scarlett Aldebot-Green

    CEO (END)

    Total calculated
    $82,594
    From this org
    $80,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,340
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dong Nam

    CFO (END)

    Total calculated
    $152,989
    From this org
    $141,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,121
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,868
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,683
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,438
    Filer's total
    $152,989
  • Sara Wong

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ginny Trethewey

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Langston

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caitlin Harren

    SECRETARY (E

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alyssa Farber

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Bates

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Danielson MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Kagi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Claudia Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maureen Welch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Woodward

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rao Lakkakula

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tono Sablan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Truitt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Thomsen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $9,264,870
    Expenses
    $4,642,661
    Contributions
    $2,453,781
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,447,919
    Expenses
    $5,182,346
    Contributions
    $2,156,470
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,966,386
    Expenses
    $4,834,381
    Contributions
    $1,502,665
    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
    $4,579,914
    Expenses
    $4,224,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,821,978
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,616,294
    Expenses
    $5,238,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,201,968
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,051,993
    Expenses
    $5,651,558
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,358,070
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,430,776
    Expenses
    $5,312,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,278,630
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,137,912
    Expenses
    $4,711,282
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,033,624
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,452,216
    Expenses
    $3,424,856
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,086,365
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,086,637
    Expenses
    $3,004,195
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,295,080
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,853,784
    Expenses
    $1,845,812
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,008,858
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,737,136
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,007,531

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.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.