Helps adoptive families, medical patients, and foster children overcome financial obstacles.
For fiscal year 2025 it reported $255K in revenue, $220K in expenses, and $396K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$255K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$220K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$396K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $36K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
81%
15%
Program services $0.81 Management & general $0.15 Fundraising $0.04
Program efficiency
81%
of spending reaches programs▼ -2% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
6.1mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +17% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+14%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -52% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$255K
FY2025▲ +5%
$307K$153K$0
FY2021FY2025
Expenses
$220K
FY2025▲ +27%
$220K$110K$0
FY2021FY2025
Total assets
$398K
FY2025▲ +12%
$398K$199K$0
FY2021FY2025
Total liabilities
$2K
FY2025▲ +19%
$2K$781$0
FY2021FY2025
Total revenue
$255K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$220K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$396K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$36K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$398K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B81%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 35
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 43
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $178K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01
House of hope foster care. 32 different youth stayed in the house of hope for a total of 211 days in 2025. In addition, five foster care families received assistance, 176 backpacks of hope were distributed to foster children, and lice kits were distributed to the county schools for the foster children.
$107Kprogram expense
02
Support for cancer patients. 24,000 was donated to the russell hill cancer foundation. 3,600 was donated to the lincoln health foundation. 79 cancer patients and their families were provided assistance in 2025
$38Kprogram expense
03
Adoption grants. Six families were assisted with adoption grants. Monies are not paid to the families, but to the attorneys providing the services.
Corey Buckner’s $60K as President/Executive Director
is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2165 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII
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.
Individual Corey Buckner · Reported title PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $60K · Total expenses $220K
27%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $100K · Total expenses $220K
45%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
81%
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Overhead ratio
15%
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Fundraising cost ratio
4%
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Revenue growth
5%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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