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FAMILY INC

EIN 46-1418469 LOUISVILLE, KY

Largest nonprofits in Kentucky

Revenue 2025
$132,813,037
Expenses 2025
$10,073,482

Program services were 92.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
1000
Street
403 REG SMITH CIR

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

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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 · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF FAMILY INC IS TO END THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY GIVING SINGLE PARENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS FORMERLY IN FOSTER CARE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO OBTAIN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION THAT LEADS TO A LIVABLE WAGE. FAMILY INC WORKS TO END THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITY BY EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND YOUTH TO SUCCEED IN EDUCATION AND ACHIEVE LIFE-LONG SELF-SUFFICIENCY. FAMILY INC BELIEVES THAT EVERYONE DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND THAT ACCESS TO EDUCATION IS A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER FOR DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES. BY PROVIDING ACADEMIC ADVISING, APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES, HOUSING, CHILDCARE, FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, AND INTER-GENERATIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND LIFE SKILLS, WE HELP TO ADDRESS ALL THE BARRIERS TO SUCCESS IN EDUCATION AND LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO END THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITY BY EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND YOUTH TO SUCCEED IN EDUCATION AND ACHIEVE LIFELONG SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

  • FAMILY INC WORKS TO END THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITY BY EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND YOUTH TO SUCCEED IN EDUCATION AND ACHIEVE LIFELONG SELF-SUFFICIENCY. FAMILY INC GIVES SINGLE PARENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS FORMERLY IN FOSTER CARE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO OBTAIN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION THAT LEADS TO A LIVABLE WAGE. FAMILY INC BELIEVES THAT EVERYONE DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND THAT ACCESS TO EDUCATION IS A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER FOR DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES. BY PROVIDING ACADEMIC ADVISING, APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES, HOUSING, CHILDCARE, FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, AND INTER-GENERATIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND LIFE SKILLS, FAMILY INC HELPS TO ADDRESS ALL THE BARRIERS TO SUCCESS IN EDUCATION AND LIFE. MANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS COME TO FAMILY INC LACKING SOME OF THE BASIC LIFE SKILLS NECESSARY FOR THEM TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, INCLUDING FINANCIAL LITERACY, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND PHYSICAL FITNESS. WHILE THE PARENT-SCHOLAR IS AT THE CENTER OF MANY PROGRAMS, FAMILY INC ALSO SUPPORTS THE CHILDREN IN OUR PROGRAM, WHO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS AND ASPIRE TO PROCEED TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN THEIR ADULT LIFE. THIS INCLUDES PROGRAMS LIKE TODDLER BOOK CLUB, CHILDREN FOR CHANGE, AND CAREER ACADEMY. FAMILY INC CREATES A COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT IN THE PROGRAM. FAMILY INC CAMPUSES BECOME COMMUNITIES OF PEER SUPPORT, PROVIDING A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES WHO STRENGTHEN AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PARENTING. THUS FAMILY INC IS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH A HOUSING COMPONENT THAT UTILIZES INTERNAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES SERVED.

    Expenses $9,315,474 · Grants $291,966 · Revenue $2,244,026

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Cathe Dykstra

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $628,351
    From this org
    $605,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,783
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $605,568
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,783
    Filer's total
    $628,351
  • Brandie Bryan

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $192,827
    From this org
    $179,714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,113
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,714
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,369
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,744
    Filer's total
    $192,827
  • Sarah Brady

    PRESIDENT OF FSH WORKS

    Total calculated
    $168,985
    From this org
    $154,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,465
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,520
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,215
    Filer's total
    $168,985
  • Kate Brackett

    COO

    Total calculated
    $142,560
    From this org
    $123,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,612
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kristie Adams

    CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $131,559
    From this org
    $117,611
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,948
    Hours/week
    40
  • Adam Hall

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melinda Sunderland JD

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Cassady PhD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy Redmon CFP

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Bovard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Souhila El Moussaoui

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angie M McDonald

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin Pickerell Dnp RN Ne-Bc Cp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Powell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Corey Robinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Talley Russell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Safley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Sawyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reneau Waggoner EdD

    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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $132,813,037
    Expenses
    $10,073,482
    Contributions
    $130,021,055
    Grants paid
    $291,966
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $11,300,992
    Expenses
    $8,789,569
    Contributions
    $10,566,405
    Grants paid
    $222,309

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2023

Tax period
1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023
Principal officer
Cathe Dykstra
Mailing address
403 Reg Smithc CircleLouisville KY 40208
Website
https://www.familybrands.family/

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 2025 return

  • LOUISVILLE SCHOLAR HOUSE LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · KY · income $597,284 · assets $7,285,326

  • DOWNTOWN SCHOLAR HOUSE LLLP

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · KY · income $708,804 · assets $5,866,683

  • FSH AFFILIATES LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · KY · income $0 · assets $0

  • FSH CANVASS LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · KY · income $0 · assets $0

  • FSH REAL ESTATE LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · KY · income $0 · assets $0

  • FSH RESOURCES LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · KY · income $0 · assets $0

  • FSH WORKS LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · KY · income $0 · assets $0

Related corporations and trusts on its 2025 return

  • DSH GP INC

    C · LOW-INCOME HOUSING · KY · 100% owned

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.