Ohio · Nonprofit
CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC
CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $484,434 to it, the largest being OHIO CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL ASSOCIATION ($193,915). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.7M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $484k
- Net assets
- $0
What Children Have Options in Caring Environments Inc does
Mission
Choices, inc. Fosters a meaningful quality of life for youth and families. We inspire hope, strengthen foundations, and enrich enviroments through supportive individualized services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Choices, inc. Provided foster care services for a total of 20,445 service days.
$3,116,840 spent$4,249,619 earned by the program55% of program spendingChoices, inc. Provided independent living services for youth between the ages of 17 and 21 in their own scattered-site apartments with the purpose of transitioning them into society (total of 5,215 census days). The continuing "bridges" program, also served qualifying youth who previously emancipated from care. The program serves youth from enrollment until age 21.
$1,607,236 spent$1,693,348 earned by the program28% of program spendingChoices, inc. Provided 13,840 hours of home-based services for families in midst of a significant crises in their lives.
$925,564 spent$619,131 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,649,640.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.8M to $0 (−100%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 85% · 2020 85% · 2021 84% · 2022 84% · 2023 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jane Anderson
Executive director
Board chair
David Hoffman
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $21k → $207k.
6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 79% · 2019 46% · 2020 46% · 2021 52% · 2022 58% · 2023 70% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
75% of CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
64% of CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $125k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC?
- CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $484,434 to it, the largest being OHIO CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL ASSOCIATION ($193,915). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $484,434 in grants to CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC?
- OHIO CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $193,915 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN HAVE OPTIONS IN CARING ENVIRONMENTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing