To advocate and amplify the power of connecticut's diverse families who have children with behavioral and mental health challenges to lead and transform the children's service systems.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 4 volunteers and 33 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $50K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$99K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$842K
72% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 72% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.5M
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$2.2M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$329K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.5M
FY2025▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.4M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$2.5M
Expenses
$2.2M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.4M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$2.2M
Net assets
$329K
FY2025▲ +378%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$54K
FY2021$64K
FY2022$69K
FY2023$77K
FY2024$69K
FY2025$329K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Oct 2002.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $1.9M Management & general 14% · $305K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $99K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Exec Directo
$98,712Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jenny Bridges’s $99K as Exec Directo is at the 25th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1683 $1–10M mental health 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jenny Bridges$98,712—————
Beresford Wilson——$85,915$83,411$84,697$85,061
Beresford Wilson Termed 121423—$68,810————

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Empowering diverse Connecticut families to transform children's mental health services.

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3 programs · $1.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Favor provides ongoing training, advocacy, and technical assistance through its family systems management, family peer support and medical home programs that touch over 5,000 families per year.

$1.9Mprogram expense
02

Favor's family peer support specialist provide director services to over 500 families annually. Using a wraparound approach, they work with families to help them learn to work effectively with schools and other service providers so that they can learn to navigate service systems and obtain services that the children with mental and…

Pt IX · col B
03

Favor coordinates two of the three federally mandated citizen review panels with funding from the department of children and families. Citizens are recruited to review child welfare policy and practice and make recommendations to the commissioner about how to improve child protective services.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 4 grants · $536K · 2019–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$184,760
Unitemized GrantFY2021$203,583
Unitemized GrantFY2020$147,000
Unitemized GrantFY2019$500

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Money outPt IX
$2.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.9M
Managementcol C$305K
Owns and owesPt X
$329K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$691K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$842K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Total revenueLn 12$2.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$691K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$691K
Other assetsLn 15$457K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$842K
Net assetsLn 32$329K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 533
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$551K$691K
Total assetsLn 16$868K$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$799K$842K
Net assetsLn 32$69K$329K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$101K$101K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M$1.2M$10K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$143K$143K
Payroll taxesLn 10$112K$107K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$113K$56K$57K
Office expensesLn 13$72K$51K$21K
Information technologyLn 14$128K$50K$78K
OccupancyLn 16$83K$69K$15K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$59K$48K$11K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$48$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$255K$248K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.2M$1.9M$305K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.5M$2.2M$260K$329K 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.2M$2.2M−$8K$69K 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.4M$2.4M$8K$77K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.4M$2.4M$6K$69K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.2M$2.2M$10K$64K 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.1M$2.1M$28K$54K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,494,315 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,196,048$2,490,482
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,548$3,833
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,199,596$2,494,315
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,505,373$1,523,393
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $702,519$710,856
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,207,892$2,234,249
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$8,296$260,066
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,494,315 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$2,490,482
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,490,482
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,833$3,833
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $3,833$2,494,315
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,234,249 across 11 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $101,200$101,200
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,157,427 · Management $9,669$1,167,096
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $143,308$143,308
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $107,032 · Management $4,757$111,789
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $55,818 · Management $56,715$112,533
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $50,563 · Management $21,268$71,831
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $50,440 · Management $77,746$128,186
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $68,810 · Management $14,512$83,322
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $48,059 · Management $10,534$58,593
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $48 · Management $1,056$1,104
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $247,641 · Management $7,646$255,287
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,929,146 · Management $305,103 · Fundraising $0$2,234,249
Part X · Balance sheet $1,170,943 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $551,337$690,922
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $4,333$19,949
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $23,658$3,428
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $287,845$456,644
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $868,278$1,170,943
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $144,336$180,423
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $236,532$236,532
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $300,508$231,573
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $799,470$842,069
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $68,808$328,874
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $68,808$328,874
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $868,278$1,170,943
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $328,874 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,494,315
XI-2 Total expenses$2,234,249
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$260,066
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$68,808
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$328,874

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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