Missouri · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI (Missouri) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,498,284 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($3,712,367). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $39M
What Children's Home Society of Missouri does
Mission
The agency's overarching philosophy is based in the neurosequential model of therapeutics (nmt), developed by dr. Bruce perry. Nmt is a trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive approach to understanding the impact of a child's history on current functioning. Guided by nmt, familyforward's comprehensive services support the child, family, and broader community. Familyforward served 5,478 children, their families, and community members in 2020. Familyforward was the first agency in the st. Louis region to become site certified in nmt and holds the distinction of being phase two nmt trained by the neurosequential network. Familyforward is accredited by the better business bureau and council on accreditation, and has achieved the highest standard of donor transparency from guidestar, the world's largest source of information on non-profit organizations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Developmental trauma center - familyforward utilizes a developmentally-focused approach to understanding child development and the impact of significant childhood trauma. Every child and family is unique and it is essential to have a variety of models available so that treatment can be adapted for the individual. Familyforward has assembled a team of clinicians with training in a wide range of therapeutic interventions - this allows each child to be evaluated and for the appropriate intervention to be determined - as opposed to programs that offer specific interventions targeting only the presenting symptoms. Included in this project are individual, family, and group counseling services, psychological evaluation and trauma assessment services, and psychoeducational opportunities for parents and professionals - all focused on the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Familyforward also provides an intensive treatment program for three to five-year-old children who have been unsuccessful in other traditional day care and/or preschool settings because of behavioral health issues.
$7,021,822 spent$4,098,182 earned by the program65% of program spendingFoster care - as a member of the cpp, familyforward provides services to children and their families including foster, adoptive, kinship, and relative families residing in the missouri regions; st. Louis city and st. Louis, st. Charles, jefferson, and washington counties. Cpp is a consortium of three highly respected child welfare organizations, epworth children and family services, familyforward, and youth in need. It was formed in 2005 to provide foster care case management and resource development services, through a contract with the missouri children's division. The ceos of these agencies serve as the managing board. Annually, cpp provides services to over 1,000 children and families.
$3,759,867 spent$3,474,350 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,781,689.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $22M to $40M (+83%).
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: 2020 2% · 2021 6% · 2022 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $359k → $2.9M.
13 of 79 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 funders by total. 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'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
62% 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'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 79% · 2019 61% · 2020 43% · 2021 32% · 2022 26% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“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
53% of CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
68% of CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Against its field
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Children's Permanency Partnership LLC · partnership
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: 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'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI?
- CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI (Missouri) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,498,284 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($3,712,367). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $11,498,284 in grants to CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,712,367 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 79 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing