501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$444K paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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 surplus $76K 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
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$444K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $1.8M
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$318K
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.1M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$3.6M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$937K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.1M
FY2021▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.7M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$4.9M
FY2024$5.4M
FY2025$5.7M
Expenses
$3.6M
FY2021▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.8M
FY2021$3.6M
FY2022$4.2M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$5.6M
FY2025$5.8M
Net assets
$937K
FY2021▲ +91%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$489K
FY2021$937K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.0M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 1981.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $3.2M Management & general 12% · $418K

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; $444K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$130,000Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Software Engineer
$121,000Pt VII · Sec A
Digital Media Director
$110,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$83,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jill Yetman’s $139K as Digital Product Manager is at the 67th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jill Yetman$139,315$103,154————
Anna Marshall$138,367$133,268$130,571$130,571$130,000—
Robert Hunner Left 62020—————$136,500
Robert Blakeley$131,561$129,378$123,949$123,949$121,000$119,686
Manjeera Narukonda$119,830$118,184————
Kathryn Witt$116,084—————
Stephanie Scott————$110,000—
Tyler Helbach$108,711$101,839————

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

Programs and updates

Empowers youth, strengthens families, and improves child welfare systems.

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3 programs · $3.1M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

We are responsible for recruitment, retention, support, and training of foster and adoptive parents. In alaska, we administer the alaska center for resource families program (WWW.ACRF.ORG). In oregon, we conduct the oregon post adoption resource center, which provides support and training for oregon's adoptive families (WWW.ORPARC.ORG).

$1.5Mprogram expense
02

In association with the adoption exchange association and the us children's bureau, we manage digital media for the national adoptuskids project. We develop and administer the national photolisting as well as websites, social media, and email campaigns for prospective and current foster and adoptive families and for child welfare…

$951Kprogram expense
03

We host the northwest adoption exchange, which finds permanent adoptive homes for children in foster care in alaska, oregon, and washington. We maintain the website, WWW.NWAE.ORG, through which we recruit prospective families.

$612Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$35K
Money outPt IX
$3.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.2M
Managementcol C$418K
Owns and owesPt X
$937K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$774K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$318K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.9M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$101K
Other incomeLn 4–11$35K
Total revenueLn 12$4.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$774K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$774K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K
Other assetsLn 15$42K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$318K
Net assetsLn 32$937K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 559
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$724K$774K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$15K$7K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$758K$318K
Net assetsLn 32$489K$937K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$195K$29K$166K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.8M$1.7M$76K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$52K$52K$433
Other employee benefitsLn 9$248K$225K$23K
Payroll taxesLn 10$167K$152K$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c$34K$33K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$307K$227K$80K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K$300
Office expensesLn 13$104K$102K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$88K$86K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$276K$252K$25K
TravelLn 17$1K$1K$163
InterestLn 20$439$124$315
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$26K$24K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$336K$320K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.6M$3.2M$418K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $5.7M$5.8M−$56K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.4M$5.6M−$165K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.9M$4.8M$63K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.4M$4.2M$223K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $4.1M$3.6M$447K$937K 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.7M$3.8M−$56K$489K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,071,854 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,625,621$4,037,156
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $112,054$34,698
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,737,675$4,071,854
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 $2,569,339$2,440,891
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,223,977$1,183,517
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,793,316$3,624,408
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$55,641$447,446
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,071,854 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$3,883,890
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$153,266
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$101,450
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,037,156
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $34,698$34,698
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $34,698$4,071,854
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,624,408 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $28,537 · Management $166,383$194,920
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,702,504 · Management $76,421$1,778,925
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $51,642 · Management $433$52,075
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $224,960 · Management $22,631$247,591
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $152,080 · Management $15,300$167,380
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $32,569 · Management $1,872$34,441
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $226,966 · Management $79,844$306,810
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,715 · Management $300$3,015
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $101,854 · Management $2,556$104,410
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $85,861 · Management $1,770$87,631
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $251,786 · Management $24,707$276,493
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,011 · Management $163$1,174
IX-20 InterestPrograms $124 · Management $315$439
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $7,478$7,478
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $24,142 · Management $1,668$25,810
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $320,024 · Management $15,792$335,816
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,206,775 · Management $417,633 · Fundraising $0$3,624,408
Part X · Balance sheet $1,254,768 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $724,242$774,117
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $404,866$393,932
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $61,001$37,350
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $14,883$7,405
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $41,964$41,964
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,246,956$1,254,768
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $240,711$268,584
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $12,500$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $56,000$49,360
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $757,578$317,944
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $478,735$934,633
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $10,643$2,191
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $489,378$936,824
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,246,956$1,254,768
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $936,824 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,071,854
XI-2 Total expenses$3,624,408
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$447,446
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$489,378
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$936,824

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