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FOSTER SOURCE

EIN 81-2922749 THORNTON, CO

Revenue 2025
$1,247,405
Expenses 2025
$1,420,114

Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P30
Classification
1000
Street
3879 E 120TH AVE 218

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 · 2025

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HEALING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY CHILD WELFARE THROUGH MEANINGFUL, TRANSFORMATIONAL RESOURCES, COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT.

  • FOSTER SOURCE REBRANDED TO FOSTER SOURCE DBA BE THE SOURCE IN 2025. THE AGENCY SERVED WELL OVER 4000 FOSTER AND KINSHIP CAREGIVERS AND CHILDREN, AS WELL AS NATURAL PARENTS WORKING TO REUNIFY WITH HOLISTIC, WRAP-AROUND SERVICES THAT PROMOTE HEALING. IN THE LEARNING SOURCE, 3127 CLASS SURVEYS WERE RECEIVED FROM 1438 CAREGIVERS THAT WERE ACTIVE IN 2025. 636 UNIQUE FAMILIES SUBMITTED 1119 REQUESTS FOR HARD GOOD ITEMS TO MAKE PLACEMENT POSSIBLE OR TO MAINTAIN PLACEMENTS. ITEMS PROVIDED MOST WERE DIAPERS, MATTRESSES AND CAR SEATS. IN THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, 124 NEW CAREGIVERS BEGAN RECEIVING THERAPY, MAKING THE TOTAL OF ALL TIME CAREGIVERS REFERRED TO THERAPY TO 868. BE THE SOURCE SPONSORED 1406 THERAPY SESSIONS IN 2025. EIGHT EQUINE THERAPY LABS WERE HOSTED AND INCLUDED A TOTAL OF 57 PARTICIPANTS. 113 UNIQUE USERS REGISTERED IN THE RESPITE SOURCE AND 316 POSSIBLE RESPITE MATCHES WERE MADE. 53 FAMILIES WITH 64 CHILDREN IN CARE USED THE AGENCY'S FAMILY ADVOCACY SERVICES. 14 LIVED EXPERT AMBASSADORS HOSTED 100 MONTHLY PEER TO PEER SUPPORT EVENTS FOR OVER 1000 CAREGIVERS AND OVER 2000 CHILDREN.

    Expenses $1,206,799 · Revenue $11,580

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.

  • Renee Bernhard

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $82,800
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,800
    Hours/week
    50

  • Tonya Van Beber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Bernhard

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean Camacho

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nyomi Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Lacrue

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daylin Short

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Tedesco

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,247,405
    Expenses
    $1,420,114
    Contributions
    $1,235,825
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,494,480
    Expenses
    $1,329,516
    Contributions
    $1,498,460
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $987,011
    Expenses
    $987,422
    Contributions
    $991,103
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $880,079
    Expenses
    $753,884
    Contributions
    $880,079
    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
    $511,229
    Expenses
    $416,016
    Assets (EOY)
    $135,733

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $333,310
    Expenses
    $333,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,746

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $144,134
    Expenses
    $135,809
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,847

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $74,274
    Expenses
    $45,236
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,522

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 2017

Tax period
1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
Principal officer
Renee Bernhard
Mailing address
9969 Richfield StreetCommerce City CO 80022
Website
http://fostersource.org/

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.