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FOSTER ARIZONA

EIN 46-3920514 MESA, AZ

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Revenue 2023
$758,612
Expenses 2023
$657,136

Program services were 82.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1000
Street
525 E BROADWAY RD

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

EDUCATE, EMPOWER AND ENGAGE AT-RISK YOUTH, FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY TO OFFER HOPE THROUGH CONNECTIONS.

  • FOSTER ARIZONA HOUSING PROGRAM PROVIDES YOUNG ADULTS 18-24 WHO ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF FOSTER CARE OR DEEMED AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE WHILE OFFERING RESOURCES AND SUPPORT. PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM SET FINANCIAL, VOCATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, PERSONAL, AND HOUSING GOALS THAT THEY WORK ON WHILE INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $380,704 · Revenue $85,632

  • FOSTER ARIZONA KID INITIATIVES PROGRAM SERVES KIDS 3-17 THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN FOSTER CARE OR HAVE BEEN KEPT OUT OF OR LEFT THE DCS SYSTEM DUE TO REUNIFICATION, ADOPTION, OR GUARDIANSHIP. KID INITIATIVES CREATES OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD CONNECTION AND RESILIENCE THROUGH ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILY UNITS. IMPACT POINTS RANGE FROM EVENTS THAT INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAMILY EVENTS, KIDS ONLY EVENTS, FIRST NIGHT ESSENTIAL NEEDS REQUESTS, AND DCS PLACEMENT NEED FULFILLMENTS.

    Expenses $92,667

  • FOSTER COOPERATIVE IS A UNIQUE DIGITAL COMMUNITY FOR ADULT CHAMPIONS OF CHILDREN FACING ADVERSITY TO FIND RESOURCES AND SUPPORT. RESOURCES INCLUDE: PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT, COMMUNITY EVENTS, QUALITY RESOURCES, AND ON-DEMAND TRAINING.

    Expenses $56,506 · Revenue $2,773

  • EDUCATION INITIATIVES - FOSTER ARIZONA IS COMMITTED TO SHARING THE HONEST STORIES OF FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS, FIELD EXPERTS, AND YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE FOSTER CARE AND AT-RISK SPACES. WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR REAL STORIES AND EDUCATION VIDEOS, BI-ANNUAL FOSTER COOPERATIVE TRAINING EVENTS, AND OUR PODCAST: FOSTERING VOICES.

    Expenses $11,566

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.

  • Kim J Vehon

    CEO AND FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $45,000
    From this org
    $45,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chris Lawler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Beene

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justice James Beene

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Thom Vehon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jack Keller

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Al Moore

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashley Shick

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Huizingh

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
    $758,612
    Expenses
    $657,136
    Contributions
    $718,175
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,289,403
    Expenses
    $593,602
    Contributions
    $1,127,870
    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
    $507,674
    Expenses
    $350,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,362,071

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $305,012
    Expenses
    $274,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $704,944

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $244,263
    Expenses
    $262,263
    Assets (EOY)
    $674,675

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $488,768
    Expenses
    $128,195
    Assets (EOY)
    $415,605

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014
Principal officer
Kim Vehon
Mailing address
2701 E Wesson DrChandler AZ 85286

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

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.