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FOSTERING FAMILY

EIN 83-2597854 HOUSTON, TX

Largest nonprofits in Texas

Revenue 2024
$822,563
Expenses 2024
$789,010

Program services were 60.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S19
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 920545

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

FOSTERING FAMILY DBA THE RIVERSIDE PROJECT IS A 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY THAT ON BEHALF OF HOUSTON'S CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, BRINGS TOGETHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PASSIONATE PEOPLE WORKING AS ONE TO HELP FAMILIES HEAL AND CHILDREN THRIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ON BEHALF OF HOUSTON'S CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, THE RIVERSIDE PROJECT BRINGS TOGETHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PASSIONATE PEOPLE WORKING AS ONE TO HELP FAMILIES HEAL AND CHILDREN THRIVE.

  • FAMILIES INVOLVED WITH THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM OFTEN STRUGGLE TO ACCESS THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. THE RESPONSE NETWORK CONNECTS VULNERABLE FAMILIES WITH THE RESOURCES AND RELATIONSHIPS THEY NEED TO THRIVE.

    Expenses $146,252 · Grants $25,865

  • MANY CHURCHES IN HOUSTON WANT TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WITH GUIDANCE, CHURCHES CAN BRING HOPE AND HEALING TO THEIR COMMUNITIES IN AN EFFECTIVE, SUSTAINABLE WAY. OUR CHURCH MOBILIZATION INITITATIVE CONNECTS CHURCHES TO RESOURCES, TRAINING, AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT ENABLE THEM TO SERVE THESE FAMILIES AND BLESS THEIR COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $149,857

  • MANY CHILDREN INVOLVED IN FOSTER CARE HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA THAT HAS IMPACTED THEIR ABILITY TO TRUST. THE HARRIS COUNTY TBRI COLLABORATIVE HELPS PROFESSIONALS AND CAREGIVERS BUILD TRUST AND MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH A HISTORY OF COMPLEX, DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA.

    Expenses $95,853 · Revenue $16,025

  • THE BABYSITTING COLLABORATIVE IS A STREAM-LINED, MULTI-AGENCY CERTIFICATION COURSE FOR FOSTER CARE BABYSITTERS.

    Expenses $22,445

  • THE SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM STRENGTHENS THE CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING ECOSYSTEM THROUGH COLLABORATION, AWARENESS, AND INNOVATION. INCLUDES OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION BREAKFAST, TRP PODCAST, BLOG, AS ONE DOCUMENTARY STORIES, ETC. THESE ACTIVITIES SHARES STORIES AND INSIGHTS THAT INSPIRE ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCE LASTING, SYSTEM-WIDE CHANGE.

    Expenses $63,763 · Revenue $2,295

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.

  • Colleen McKnight

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rachel Lake

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chelsea Rebollar

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gina Metzler

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Weston Yaw

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jackie McCoy

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Ortega

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nate Richards

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Taylor

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Wareing Wheless

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amber Knowles

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,000
    From this org
    $121,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $822,563
    Expenses
    $789,010
    Contributions
    $816,102
    Grants paid
    $25,865
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $538,560
    Expenses
    $957,469
    Contributions
    $521,918
    Grants paid
    $22,121
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $996,600
    Expenses
    $774,227
    Contributions
    $972,722
    Grants paid
    $3,945

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
    $605,117
    Expenses
    $482,068
    Assets (EOY)
    $340,952

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $309,810
    Expenses
    $211,511
    Assets (EOY)
    $233,442

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $164,173
    Expenses
    $121,263
    Assets (EOY)
    $117,254

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $82,175
    Expenses
    $20,135
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,521

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.