FOSTER NATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P30

Classification

1000

Street

1112 MONTANA AVE 244

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

• SPARKS - 6 MONTH CAREER COACHING PROGRAM: WE ENSURE FOSTER YOUTH HAVE EQUAL FOOTING WHEN THEY ENTER THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD BY MATCHING THEM WITH A DEDICATED ONE-ON-ONE CAREER COACH, AND PROVIDING THEM WITH CAREER READINESS AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING NECESSARY TO HELP THEM BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT POST FOSTER CARE. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP FOSTER YOUTH DEVELOP FOUNDATIONAL LIFE AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS NECESSARY TO ENTER THE REAL WORLD. WE BELIEVE THAT ONE MEANINGFUL CONNECTION CAN CHANGE A LIFE.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OSPARKS OF LOVE - WE PROVIDE CELEBRATORY GIFTS FOR FOSTER YOUTH DURING IMPORTANT MILESTONES/EVENTS IN THEIR LIVES, SUCH AS HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE GRADUATION, BACK TO SCHOOL, OR BIRTHDAYS. OUR GOAL IS TO REMIND YOUTH THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM AND ARE IN THEIR CORNER. THE MISSION OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO REMIND YOUTH THAT THEY BELONG, THEY MATTER, AND THEY ARE NOT ALONE.THE ESSENTIALS - (PREVIOUSLY SHOPPING DAYS OR BASIC NEEDS) FREE SHOPPING DAYS FOR FOSTER YOUTH: WE HELP BUILD CONFIDENCE IN FOSTER YOUTH BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL RESOURCES VIA FREE POP-UP SHOPPING DAYS FOR YOUTH TO SHOP FOR PROFESSIONAL AND CASUAL CLOTHING, TOILETRIES, BEAUTY PRODUCTS, AND ACCESSORIES. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE FOSTER YOUTH FEEL CONFIDENT AS THEY PURSUE THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL DREAMS.

  Expenses $287,831 · Grants $37,151

• MEAL NATION - FREE MEAL DELIVERY/PICK UP SERVICE TO FIGHT FOOD INSECURITY: DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE LAUNCHED THE MEAL NATION PROGRAM TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY FOR FOSTER YOUTH STUDENTS IN 57 COLLEGES. THIS WAS DONE BY PROVIDING YOUTH WITH FREE MEALS FOR 30-60-90 DAYS THAT CAN EITHER BE PICKED UP FROM A LOCAL RESTAURANT, THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BENTO, OR DELIVERED THROUGH OUR PARTNER FRESHLY. WE DISTRIBUTED 76,000+ MEALS TO OVER 2,000 FOSTER YOUTH.

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.

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

  $671,256

  Expenses

  $708,513

  Contributions

  $624,711

  Grants paid

  $37,151

• 2023

  Revenue

  $782,996

  Expenses

  $705,390

  Contributions

  $746,036

  Grants paid

  $116,139

• 2022

  Revenue

  $795,181

  Expenses

  $518,242

  Contributions

  $792,276

  Grants paid

  $178,727

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

  $975,776

  Expenses

  $407,136

  Assets (EOY)

  $579,670

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $0

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  $0

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 2020

Tax period

1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020

Principal officer

Maggie Lin

Mailing address

11150 SANTA MONICA BLVD STE 1500LOS ANGELES CA 900250490

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

• FOSTER CARE COUNTS

  $300,845

  2024 · TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO HELP FOSTER NATION. FOSTER NATION PROVIDES TRANSITION AGE FOSTER YOUTH WITH MENTORSHIP AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, AS WELL AS OTHER ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO HELP THEM THRIVE.

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2022 · ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $50,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE LOS ANGELES CHAPTER

  $30,000

  2023

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $25,978

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• STAND TOGETHER FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2024 · HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $15,400

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

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

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