Advocates for foster children's safety, security, and permanent homes, teaching others to do the same.
For fiscal year 2025 it reported $840K in revenue, $755K in expenses, and $567K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$840K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$755K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$567K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $84K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
71%
13%
17%
Program services $0.71 Management & general $0.13 Fundraising $0.17
Program efficiency
71%
of spending reaches programs▼ -5% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
9.3mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +50% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+10%
revenue over expenses, this year▲ +181% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$840K
FY2025▼ -1%
$929K$464K$0
FY2021FY2025
Expenses
$755K
FY2025▼ -21%
$957K$478K$0
FY2021FY2025
Total assets
$583K
FY2025▲ +18%
$604K$302K$0
FY2021FY2025
Total liabilities
$16K
FY2025▲ +30%
$16K$8K$0
FY2021FY2025
Total revenue
$840K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$755K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$567K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$84K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$583K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B71%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 38
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 46
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $534K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
Statewide Trainings and Conferences
Trainings for child welfare professionals, attorneys, social workers, therapists, foster parents, relative caregivers, and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) on law, psychology, child development, and neuroscience as they apply to the rights and needs of children in foster care.
$534Kprogram expense
02
Child Welfare Law Information Hotline
Legal and social work consultations with individuals concerned about the welfare of a specific child in foster care; provision of information and assistance on how to get concerns about that child before the juvenile court; referrals to attorneys in some cases; legal consultations for child welfare attorneys.
Pt IX · col B
03
Website and Other ProgramsOur Website (www.advokids.org) provides educational and legal information on the foster care system, child development and infant mental health, and instruction on use of various tools available to individuals to bring information concerning a foster child to the attention of the juvenile court.
Margaret Coyne Jd’s $96K as E.d. & Director
is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 515 $100K–1M unclassified 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 Margaret Coyne Jd · Reported title E.D. & Director · Highest reported compensation $96K · Total expenses $755K
13%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $572K · Total expenses $755K
76%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
71%
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Overhead ratio
13%
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Fundraising cost ratio
21%
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Revenue growth
-1%
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
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Legal fee ratio
0%
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Accounting fee ratio
2%
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Fundraising fee ratio
0%
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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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