2025-05-07T14:26:52-04:00 2024-06-30 341897853 CRUM & COMPANY 1640 AKRON PENINSULA RD STE 102 AKRON OH 44313 990 2023-07-01 341796454 CARING FOR KIDS INC CARI 3309280044 1100 GRAHAM ROAD CIRCLE STOW OH 44224 JILL DAVIES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3309280044 2025-04-15 true false KEVIN K CRUM P00255436 3308671222 2025-04-23 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X JILL DAVIES 1100 GRAHAM ROAD STOW OH 44224 8075845 false X WWW.CFKADOPT.ORG X 1996 OH DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR CFK SERVICED 321 FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, 213 INFANTS AND CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE/ADOPTIVE PLACEMENTS AND 131 EXPECTANT PARENTS. CARING FOR KIDS (CFK) HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1996 CERTIFYING FOSTER CAREGIVERS AND APPROVING PRE-ADOPTIVE PARENTS TO ADOPT. CFK IS A FULL-SERVICE FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION AGENCY LICENSED BY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES (ODJFS). CFK HAS MULTIPLE PROGRAMS SERVING THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM, FOSTER CAREGIVERS PROVIDING CARE FOR THESE CHILDREN, PRE- ADOPTIVE PARENTS HOPING TO ADOPT A CHILD OR SIBLING GROUP, AND BIRTH MOTHERS (AND BIRTH FATHERS) WHO CHOOSE TO MAKE A VOLUNTARY ADOPTION PLAN FOR THEIR NEWBORNS. OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, CFK HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND EXPANSION IN THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THE AGENCY SERVES. 6 6 87 80 0 2270672 2285427 4265092 4458105 29630 63675 38113 43413 6603507 6850620 0 0 3907272 3976569 0 7339 2725211 2741687 6632483 6718256 -28976 132364 2706123 3960981 436892 1502903 2269231 2458078 X CARING FOR KIDS, INC. (CFK) IS A PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT, FULL-SERVICE ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE AGENCY OPERATING SINCE 1995. CFK SPECIALIZES IN DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE BIRTH PARENT, FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. OUR MISSION IS TO SURROUND THOSE IMPACTED BY ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE WITH COMPASSIONATE AND COMPETENT CARE. false false 3438075 3308007 FOSTER CARE PROGRAM - DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR, CFK PROVIDED CARE FOR 186 CHILDREN. FOSTER CARE HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAM OF CFK FOR OVER 20 YEARS BY CERTIFYING FOSTER CAREGIVERS AND THUS, PROVIDING SAFE AND NURTURING HOMES FOR ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN COMING INTO FOSTER CARE RESULTING IN A CONSTANT NEED TO RECRUIT AND CERTIFY NEW FOSTER CAREGIVERS. OHIO CHILDREN ARE ENTERING FOSTER CARE AT A RATE NEVER BEFORE SEEN. THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE INCREASE IN NUMBERS OF CHILDREN COMING INTO CARE REVOLVE AROUND PARENTAL DRUG ADDICTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SOMETIMES, CHILDREN DO NOT RETURN HOME, AND FOSTER CAREGIVERS ARE NEEDED TO NOT ONLY FOSTER BUT TO ADOPT CHILDREN WHO ARE PLACED WITH THEM. 50 OF THE 186 PLACEMENTS SWITCHED FROM FOSTER TO ADOPTION STATUS. 770503 1150098 ADOPTION PROVIDES A PERMANENT PLAN FOR A CHILD AND REPRESENTS A LIFELONG COMMITMENT. CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION THROUGH PRIVATE DOMESTIC ADOPTION OR THE PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. PRIVATE DOMESTIC INFANT PROGRAM: DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR CFK PROVIDED SERVICES TO 131 EXPECTING PARENTS IN OHIO. THESE PARENTS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT MAKING AN ADOPTION PLAN FOR THEIR NEWBORN OR PREVIOUSLY MADE AN ADOPTION PLAN. CFK PROVIDES PRE-AND POSTADOPTION COUNSELING, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, EDUCATION ON THE STATE OF OHIO ADOPTION LAWS AND PREPARES THE SOCIAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE BIRTH PARENT(S). CFK WORKS WITH EXPECTANT PARENT(S) AND PRE-ADOPTIVE FAMILIES TO CREATE A PLAN RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE INVOLVED, AS WELL AS PROVIDE COUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES. CFK IS COMMITTED TO A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS AND OFFERS EXTENSIVE SUPPORT FOR THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS, THE EXPECTANT PARENTS, AND THE CHILDREN. CFK BELIEVES WORKING TOGETHER ALLOWS FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE MATCH WHICH WILL BENEFIT ALL MEMBERS OF THE ADOPTION TRIAD. CFK PLACED 27 NEWBORNS DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR. PUBLIC ADOPTION - CFK MATCHED 6 CHILDREN AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION FROM THE PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR. CHILDREN ARE MATCHED WITH ADOPTIVE FAMILIES BASED UPON THE ABILITY OF THE FAMILY TO MEET THE CHILD'S NEEDS. 2313927 WENDY'S WONDERFUL KIDS RECRUITMENT - THIS PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FINALIZING 24 ADOPTIONS MAKING 53 ADOPTION MATCHES DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR. CFK HAS AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION (DTF). DTF HAS AWARDED CFK 21 GRANTS CREATING A PRESENCE OF 21 WENDY'S WONDERFUL KIDS RECRUITERS ON OUR STAFF RECRUITING FAMILIES FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING THE LONGEST FOR AN ADOPTIVE FAMILY AND HOME. THESE 21 SOCIAL WORKERS PROVIDE SERVICES TO OVER 350 CHILDREN COMBINED AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 6522505 true true false false false false false false true false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 74 0 87 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false X 6 6 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false OH X JILL DAVIES 3309280044 1100 GRAHAM ROAD STOW OH 44224 JILL DAVIES EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 151964 0 17290 ABBY ALEXANDER VICE PRES, R 2.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTINE BLASIOLE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TELLI CARTER VICE PRESIDE 2.00 X X 0 0 0 EILEEN VAN FLEET PRESIDENT, R 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ROSE GABRIELE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHANNIE GARRETT TREASURER, R 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JAMES KAHOE PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 BETTY LIN-FISHER SECRETARY, R 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MEGHAN MEEKER TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 AMANDA WAGNER SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 151964 17290 1 false true false 18665 2266762 2285427 FOSTER CARE 624110 3020648 3020648 ADOPTION 624110 937414 937414 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 624110 287359 287359 TRAINING 624110 212684 212684 4458105 28393 28393 1230337 1182054 13001 48283 -13001 35282 -13001 48283 73510 18665 30170 43340 43340 OTHER INCOME 624110 73 73 73 6850620 4445104 120089 169480 161820 7660 3311841 3162785 149056 88522 87637 885 140183 138781 1402 266543 263812 2731 30234 26608 3626 6329 6329 79900 79072 828 42289 42289 109432 106275 3157 74162 74104 58 9989 9490 499 24593 23363 1230 77248 73386 3862 FOSTER PARENT REIMBURSEME 1369588 1369588 PROGRAM EXPENSE 729331 718978 3014 7339 TRAINING 88368 88141 227 SUPPLIES 32566 30991 1575 67658 65385 2273 6718256 6522505 188412 7339 637670 416057 447756 851823 609339 482058 15494 22300 1902910 131672 201263 1771238 792051 414955 2550 2550 2706123 3960981 310498 409772 4250 10500 3753 27617 995661 118391 59353 436892 1502903 X 2189052 2285247 80179 172831 2269231 2458078 2706123 3960981 X 132364 56483 X false true X true false X 900316 1379834 1927966 2270672 2285427 8764215 900316 1379834 1927966 2270672 2285427 8764215 8764215 10693 9080 22597 21082 28393 91845 16329 14236 39379 37113 42413 149470 9005530 19941955 0.97320 0.97340 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 323750 323750 1304422 2697 1301725 153719 89986 63733 121019 38989 82030 1771238 X 6930944 56483 30170 86653 6844291 6329 6329 6850620 6742097 30170 30170 6711927 6329 6329 6718256 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN CONFORMITY WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REQUIRE THE ORGANIZATION TO REPORT INFORMATION REGARDING ITS EXPOSURE TO VARIOUS TAX POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE ORGANIZATION. THE ORGANIZATION HAS DETERMINED WHETHER ANY TAX POSITIONS HAVE MET THE RECOGNITION THRESHOLD AND HAS MEASURED THE ORGANIZATION'S EXPOSURE TO THOSE TAX POSITIONS. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED ALL RELEVANT TAX POSITIONS AND THAT THERE ARE NO UNRECORDED TAX LIABILITIES. FEDERAL AND STATE TAX AUTHORITIES GENERALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE AND AUDIT THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS OF TAX RETURNS FILED. IF INCURRED, THE ORGANIZATION RECORDS TAX RELATED PENALTIES AND INTEREST AS MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL COSTS IN THE ACCOMPANYING STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AND FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES. HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZATION INCURRED NO TAX RELATED PENALTIES OR INTEREST IN 2024 OR 2023. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 2D DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 30,170 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 30,170 EGG HUNT 68374 10359 58015 1000 13790 750 8723 RAFFLE 8490 8490 1175 2 15155 8150 7005 4732 92019 18509 73510 1000 13790 750 14630 30170 43340 false false false false false false false false false JILL DAVIES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 151964 6115 11175 169254 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION CARING FOR KIDS, INC. (CFK) IS A PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT, FULL-SERVICE ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE AGENCY OPERATING SINCE 1995. CFK SPECIALIZES IN DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE BIRTH PARENT, FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. OUR MISSION IS TO SURROUND THOSE IMPACTED BY ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE WITH COMPASSIONATE AND COMPETENT CARE. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A FOSTER CARE PROGRAM - DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR, CFK PROVIDED CARE FOR 186 CHILDREN. FOSTER CARE HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAM OF CFK FOR OVER 20 YEARS BY CERTIFYING FOSTER CAREGIVERS AND THUS, PROVIDING SAFE AND NURTURING HOMES FOR ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN COMING INTO FOSTER CARE RESULTING IN A CONSTANT NEED TO RECRUIT AND CERTIFY NEW FOSTER CAREGIVERS. OHIO CHILDREN ARE ENTERING FOSTER CARE AT A RATE NEVER BEFORE SEEN. THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE INCREASE IN NUMBERS OF CHILDREN COMING INTO CARE REVOLVE AROUND PARENTAL DRUG ADDICTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SOMETIMES, CHILDREN DO NOT RETURN HOME, AND FOSTER CAREGIVERS ARE NEEDED TO NOT ONLY FOSTER BUT TO ADOPT CHILDREN WHO ARE PLACED WITH THEM. 50 OF THE 186 PLACEMENTS SWITCHED FROM FOSTER TO ADOPTION STATUS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B ADOPTION PROVIDES A PERMANENT PLAN FOR A CHILD AND REPRESENTS A LIFELONG COMMITMENT. CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION THROUGH PRIVATE DOMESTIC ADOPTION OR THE PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. PRIVATE DOMESTIC INFANT PROGRAM: DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR CFK PROVIDED SERVICES TO 131 EXPECTING PARENTS IN OHIO. THESE PARENTS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT MAKING AN ADOPTION PLAN FOR THEIR NEWBORN OR PREVIOUSLY MADE AN ADOPTION PLAN. CFK PROVIDES PRE-AND POSTADOPTION COUNSELING, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, EDUCATION ON THE STATE OF OHIO ADOPTION LAWS AND PREPARES THE SOCIAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE BIRTH PARENT(S). CFK WORKS WITH EXPECTANT PARENT(S) AND PRE-ADOPTIVE FAMILIES TO CREATE A PLAN RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE INVOLVED, AS WELL AS PROVIDE COUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES. CFK IS COMMITTED TO A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS AND OFFERS EXTENSIVE SUPPORT FOR THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS, THE EXPECTANT PARENTS, AND THE CHILDREN. CFK BELIEVES WORKING TOGETHER ALLOWS FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE MATCH WHICH WILL BENEFIT ALL MEMBERS OF THE ADOPTION TRIAD. CFK PLACED 27 NEWBORNS DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR. PUBLIC ADOPTION - CFK MATCHED 6 CHILDREN AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION FROM THE PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR. CHILDREN ARE MATCHED WITH ADOPTIVE FAMILIES BASED UPON THE ABILITY OF THE FAMILY TO MEET THE CHILD'S NEEDS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS AND MONITORS AND ENFORCES ALL POLICIES. ANYONE WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST MUST DISCLOSE THE CONFLICT AND REFRAIN FROM VOTING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ANY RELATED BOARD MEMBERS OF ANY OF THE OFFICERS MUST REFRAIN FROM VOTING ON THE COMPENSATION OF THEIR RELATIVES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B COMPENSATION DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ANY RELATED BOARD MEMBERS OF ANY OF THE OFFICERS MUST REFRAIN FROM VOTING ON THE COMPENSATION OF THEIR RELATIVES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 30,170 DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES -30,170