Fostering Wishes Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842730658
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Wyoming, DE, USA
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,183
Expenses
$77,855
Assets
$101,486
Liabilities
$2,173

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott Taylor (President)
  • Donna Storan (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Scott Taylor (President)
  • Daniel Davis (Secretary)
  • Georgia Byron (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing wish birthday holiday and everyday necessity items to children and youth in foster care in order to create meaningful childhood moments and improve their mental and physical health and well-being.

What it reported doing in 2025

During the short tax year ending December 31 2025 Fostering Wishes Foundation provided wish birthday holiday clothing hygiene gift card and everyday necessity items to or for the benefit of children and youth in foster care. Based on the organizations annual impact tracking approximately 280 Wishes items of support were allocated to this reporting period with an estimated value of approximately 16,900. These services helped create meaningful childhood moments and supported the mental and physical health and well-being of youth in foster care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -66.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.