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Fosterful

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Vancouver, WA501(c)(3)Since 2014Human ServicesEIN 32-0476680Revenue $2.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRSfosterful.org101 E 8th St Ste 270, 98660-3399 · Vancouver, WATax-exempt since Mar 2017Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Fosterful, a nonprofit organization, is a community of qualified volunteers partnering with social workers and foster caregivers to provide a nurturing environment and a caring companion to children experiencing foster care. Our volunteers keep children occupied and safe, acting as companions when it's needed most through quality childcare both in the foster home and in the child-welfare office.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 54 volunteers and 54 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% 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 · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 67% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $29K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$253K
60% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 60% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.8M
+458% vs prior year
Spent
$2.8M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$165K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.8M
FY2025▲ +458%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$160K
FY2021$390K
FY2022$592K
FY2023$574K
FY2024$507K
FY2025$2.8M
Expenses
$2.8M
FY2025▲ +228%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$230K
FY2022$425K
FY2023$559K
FY2024$856K
FY2025$2.8M
Net assets
$165K
FY2025▲ +15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$152K
FY2021$312K
FY2022$478K
FY2023$493K
FY2024$144K
FY2025$165K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · 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 2017.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $2.2M Management & general 17% · $473K Fundraising 5% · $148K

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

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

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Sarah Desjarlais
Executive Director
$98,450Pt VII · Sec A
Zach Desjarlais
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dawn Redmond
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Hart Green
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Tracy Woods
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Mike Lee
Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sarah Desjarlais’s $98K as Executive Director is at the 33rd 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
Sarah Desjarlais$98,450$85,710$78,975$77,671$44,126$35,020

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers a welcoming space for children starting foster care.

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2 programs · $2.2M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Caregiver Support Project

Provides comprehensive wraparound support to foster and kinship caregivers. Services include case management and resource concierge for caregivers; a 24/7 crisis hotline with in-person response capability; respite care sourcing; and behavioral case aides who deliver trauma-informed, in-home support for foster children, including positive…

$2.0Mprogram expense
02

Sidekicks Volunteer Program

Pairs trained volunteers with children in foster care for consistent monthly engagement. Volunteers provide after-school care, transportation assistance, mentoring, and general companionship, offering children a reliable and supportive adult PRESENCE.CARING companions volunteer program: mobilizes on-call volunteers to support children at…

$219Kprogram 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
Onpoint Community Credit UnionFY2025$26K
Hatfield FoundationFY2025$2K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$29K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$379K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Money outPt IX
$2.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.2M
Managementcol C$473K
Fundraisingcol D$148K
Owns and owesPt X
$165K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$414K
Total assetsLn 16$418K
LiabilitiesLn 26$253K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$379K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$221K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$45K
Total revenueLn 12$2.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$291K
SavingsLn 2$122K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$414K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$340
Total assetsLn 16$418K
LiabilitiesLn 26$253K
Net assetsLn 32$165K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 554
VolunteersI 654
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
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$350K$414K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$46K$340
Total assetsLn 16$397K$418K
LiabilitiesLn 26$252K$253K
Net assetsLn 32$144K$165K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$98K$98K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.8M$1.6M$77K$104K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$279K$251K$12K$16K
Payroll taxesLn 10$165K$148K$7K$9K
Legal feesLn 11b$855$855
Accounting feesLn 11c$87K$87K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$49K$49K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$196$8K$5
Office expensesLn 13$52K$7K$45K
Information technologyLn 14$17K$248$16K
OccupancyLn 16$94K$59K$20K$15K
TravelLn 17$12K$12K$92
InterestLn 20$7K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$546$546
InsuranceLn 23$60K$54K$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$70K$39K$31K$74
All other expensesLn 24e$500$500
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.8M$2.2M$473K$148K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.8M$2.8M$21K$165K 990 PDF
FY2024 $507K$856K−$349K$144K 990 PDF
FY2023 $574K$559K$15K$493K 990 PDF
FY2022 $592K$425K$167K$478K 990 PDF
FY2021 $390K$230K$160K$312K 990 PDF
FY2020 $160K$152K 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 $2,831,562 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $541,078$378,840
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$2,552,260
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,536−$41,701
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$36,456−$57,837
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $507,158$2,831,562
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 $551,337$2,353,089
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $304,831$457,452
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $856,168$2,810,541
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$349,010$21,021
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,831,562 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $122 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$221,002
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$157,838
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$378,840
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,552,260$2,552,260
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,566$3,566
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$45,267−$45,267
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$57,959−$57,959
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,507,115 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$54,393$2,831,562
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,810,541 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $98,450$98,450
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,629,686 · Management $76,957 · Fundraising $104,119$1,810,762
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $251,043 · Management $11,855 · Fundraising $16,039$278,937
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $148,446 · Management $7,010 · Fundraising $9,484$164,940
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $855$855
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $86,768$86,768
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $49,336$49,336
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $196 · Management $8,374 · Fundraising $5$8,575
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,041 · Management $44,666$51,707
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $248 · Management $16,348$16,596
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $59,376 · Management $20,028 · Fundraising $14,844$94,248
IX-17 TravelManagement $11,574 · Fundraising $92$11,666
IX-20 InterestManagement $6,875$6,875
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $546$546
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $53,567 · Management $2,530 · Fundraising $3,422$59,519
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $39,471 · Management $30,716 · Fundraising $74$70,261
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $500$500
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,189,074 · Management $473,388 · Fundraising $148,079$2,810,541
Part X · Balance sheet $418,215 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $233,779$291,485
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $116,616$122,390
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$4,000
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $46,153$340
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $396,548$418,215
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,104$2,750
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $252,104$252,750
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $144,444$165,465
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $144,444$165,465
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $396,548$418,215
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $165,465 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,831,562
XI-2 Total expenses$2,810,541
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$21,021
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$144,444
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$165,465

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

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