To assist the youth of the community in transitioning from foster care to adulthood.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$98K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $18K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$98K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $93K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$117K
29% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 29% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$821K
Spent
$765K
To programs
82%
Net assets
$292K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$821K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$821K
FY2021$928K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$765K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$765K
FY2021$958K
FY2022$962K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.6M
Net assets
$292K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$292K
FY2021$262K
FY2022$374K
FY2023$574K
FY2024$451K
FY2025$126K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2009.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $631K Management & general 13% · $96K Fundraising 5% · $38K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $98K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
CEO/Secretary
$97,922Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kathy Mize’s $114K as CEO is at the 48th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kathy Mize$113,799$110,448$105,902$103,978$100,499$97,922

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Helps young people leaving foster care successfully transition to independent adulthood.

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1 program · $631K · in their own filed words · FY2019
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Youth Support

To engage foster care youth, private citizens and public resources to assist pinellas county foster care youth in successful transitions to adulthood. The foundation's goal is to be a link between the youth and the many resources available to assist them as well as give the youth the voice to help create and run the foundation's many…

$631Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$93K
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$821K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$773K
Other incomeLn 4–11$45K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$765K
Ln 25
Programscol B$631K
Managementcol C$96K
Fundraisingcol D$38K
Owns and owesPt X
$292K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$242K
Total assetsLn 16$410K
LiabilitiesLn 26$117K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$773K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$82K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$45K
Total revenueLn 12$821K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$175K
SavingsLn 2$67K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$242K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$105K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$59K
Other assetsLn 15$4K
Total assetsLn 16$410K
LiabilitiesLn 26$117K
Net assetsLn 32$292K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 517
VolunteersI 6210
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$89K$242K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$124K$105K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$61K$59K
Total assetsLn 16$280K$410K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$117K
Net assetsLn 32$277K$292K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$98K$79K$14K$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$374K$301K$52K$21K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$26K$21K$4K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$35K$28K$5K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$11K$11K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$2K$674
Office expensesLn 13$10K$7K$2K$803
Information technologyLn 14$22K$18K$1K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$59K$54K$3K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$581$486$95
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$13K$11K$2K$742
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K$454$186
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$111K$108K$2K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$155$155
Total functional expensesLn 25$765K$631K$96K$38K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.3M$1.6M−$325K$126K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.1M$1.2M−$123K$451K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.0M$200K$574K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$962K$112K$374K 990 PDF
FY2021 $928K$958K−$30K$262K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $821K$765K$55K$292K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $820,757 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $702,870$773,200
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,975$2,524
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $200,289$45,033
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $905,134$820,757
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $552,409$532,610
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $269,086$232,727
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $821,495$765,337
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $83,639$55,420
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $820,757 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$82,047
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$691,153
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$773,200
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,524$2,524
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $36,400$36,400
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $8,633$8,633
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,633 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $38,924$820,757
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $765,337 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $78,782 · Management $13,584 · Fundraising $5,556$97,922
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $300,643 · Management $51,837 · Fundraising $21,203$373,683
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,002 · Management $3,621 · Fundraising $1,481$26,104
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $28,080 · Management $4,841 · Fundraising $1,980$34,901
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $10,650$10,650
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,024 · Fundraising $674$2,698
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,576 · Management $2,496 · Fundraising $803$9,875
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $17,644 · Management $1,138 · Fundraising $3,301$22,083
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $54,380 · Management $3,497 · Fundraising $1,462$59,339
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $486 · Management $95$581
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $10,525 · Management $1,815 · Fundraising $742$13,082
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,634 · Management $454 · Fundraising $186$3,274
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $107,936 · Management $1,987 · Fundraising $1,067$110,990
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $155$155
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $630,867 · Management $96,015 · Fundraising $38,455$765,337
Part X · Balance sheet $409,686 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $88,950$174,521
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$67,066
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $61,358$58,944
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $123,933$105,017
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,390$4,138
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $279,731$409,686
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,205$21,215
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$96,100
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,205$117,315
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $276,526$174,201
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$118,170
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $276,526$292,371
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $279,731$409,686
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $292,371 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$820,757
XI-2 Total expenses$765,337
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$55,420
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$276,526
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$39,575
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$292,371

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