The Barker Adoption Foundation

Tax-deductible

Bethesda, MD501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 52-0642791

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Provide services and support relating to the placement for adoption and well-being of children.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 42 volunteers and 46 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $178K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$904K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 86% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.4M
46% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 46% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
23
of 23 voting members
Looks good: 23 of 23 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.5M
-10% vs prior year
Spent
$3.7M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$3.5M
FY2024▼ -10%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.1M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$3.9M
FY2024$3.5M
Expenses
$3.7M
FY2024▼ -0.7%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.8M
FY2021$3.4M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$3.7M
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2024▼ -11%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.7M

From the FY2024 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 1951.

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

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $2.9M Management & general 13% · $499K Fundraising 10% · $373K

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

32 people listed on the 990; $904K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$182,689Pt VII · Sec A
SR. Dir., Clinical & Support Services
$151,477Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Domestic Adoption Programs
$118,876Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Family and Post-Adopt Services
$115,720Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Development
$113,632Pt VII · Sec A
Controller
$111,132Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Finance & Administration
$110,972Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Susan Hollar’s $183K as Executive Director is at the 86th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Susan Hollar$182,689$186,005$187,429$153,831$157,605
Beverly Clarke$151,477$148,269$143,426$130,891$129,676
Nancy Wilkinson$110,972$125,995$118,472$115,579—
Elizabeth Powell—$119,146$113,679——
Saara McEachnie$118,876$116,334$109,083$102,781$100,241
Cynthia Cubbage$115,720$112,877$105,887——
Michele Mazzei$113,632$111,166$101,401——
Linda Baxter$111,132————

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps children find adoptive families and supports their well-being.

Provided by the organization

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3 program services account for $2.3M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Mental Health Counseling & Post-Adoption Services

Barker provides comprehensive post-adoption support to all members of the adoption triad-adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families-across their lifespan. Services include search and reunion assistance, parent coaching, support groups, educational workshops, an annual conference, consultation services, homeland heritage tours, and…

$986Kprogram expense
02

Domestic Program

Barker offers free, confidential, and unbiased counseling to individuals and couples who wish to explore making an adoption plan for their child, whether during pregnancy or while already parenting.

$675Kprogram expense
03

International Adoption Program

The Barker Adoption Foundation's International Adoption Program provides education, counseling, and comprehensive adoption services to families seeking to adopt children from other countries that allow US families to adopt internationally.

$612Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $336K · 2021–2021
The Friends of Barker INCMD · FY2021$336,488

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$62K
Money outPt IX
$3.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.9M
Managementcol C$499K
Fundraisingcol D$373K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
32
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b23
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$79K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$62K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$3.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$295K
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$21K
Other assetsLn 15$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 546
VolunteersI 642
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$29K$21K
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M$3.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$334K$119K$155K$59K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.9M$1.7M$161K$117K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$14K$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$96K$87K$1K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$180K$142K$24K$14K
Accounting feesLn 11c$21K$21K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$371K$189K$55K$127K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$184K$145K$25K$14K
Office expensesLn 13$84K$66K$11K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$138K$109K$18K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$109K$86K$15K$9K
TravelLn 17$22K$22K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$84K$84K
InterestLn 20$754$595$100$59
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$29K$23K$4K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$50K$39K$7K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$89K$86K$2K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.7M$2.9M$499K$373K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $3.5M$3.7M−$202K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.9M$3.8M$146K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.4M$3.3M$139K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.9M$3.4M$472K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.1M$2.8M$335K$1.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,535,729 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$799,722
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,593,615
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$78,625
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,393,337
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,077,457$1,077,457
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $62,380$62,380
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,555$2,555
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,077,457 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $64,935$3,535,729
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,738,112 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $118,837 · Management $155,321 · Fundraising $59,418$333,576
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,653,302 · Management $160,792 · Fundraising $116,969$1,931,063
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $14,433$14,433
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $86,720 · Management $1,001 · Fundraising $8,254$95,975
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $141,986 · Management $24,035 · Fundraising $13,995$180,016
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $21,473$21,473
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $189,157 · Management $54,928 · Fundraising $126,769$370,854
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $145,359 · Management $24,607 · Fundraising $14,327$184,293
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $65,933 · Management $11,161 · Fundraising $6,498$83,592
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $109,158 · Management $18,479 · Fundraising $10,759$138,396
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $86,331 · Management $14,614 · Fundraising $8,510$109,455
IX-17 TravelPrograms $21,549$21,549
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $84,484$84,484
IX-20 InterestPrograms $595 · Management $100 · Fundraising $59$754
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $23,093 · Management $3,910 · Fundraising $2,276$29,279
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $39,312 · Management $6,655 · Fundraising $3,875$49,842
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $86,018 · Management $1,933 · Fundraising $1,127$89,078
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,866,267 · Management $499,009 · Fundraising $372,836$3,738,112
Part X · Balance sheet $3,122,387 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $361,550$295,116
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,372,571$1,085,232
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $645,546$611,639
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $21,845$51,127
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $34,514$40,886
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $29,094$21,137
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,143,813$1,017,250
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,608,933$3,122,387
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $215,658$182,790
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $22,592$15,574
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,479,437$1,235,160
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,717,687$1,433,524
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,110,992$1,043,941
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $780,254$644,922
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,891,246$1,688,863
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,608,933$3,122,387
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,688,863 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,535,729
XI-2 Total expenses$3,738,112
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$202,383
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,891,246
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,688,863

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