Arizona · Nonprofit
FOSTER 360
FOSTER 360 (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,500 to it, the largest being GANNETT FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $516k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $-369871
What Foster 360 does
Mission
Foster360 equips former clients of the foster care system to break the cycle of homelessness and abuse.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In the State of Arizona, more than 900 youth age out of the foster care system annually, with almost half becoming homeless within three years. Foster360 combats this dismal statistic by providing safe and stable housing at two East Valley facilities in Mesa and Tempe for homeless, aged-out foster kids ages 18-24. Working in partnership with Barrow Neurological Institute, Honor Health, Northern Arizona University, and others, Foster360 nurtures these youth so they can capably and healthfully take charge of their lives and break the cycle of homelessness and poverty. Throughout their participation in Foster360, youth can access rehabilitation services for Traumatic Brain Injury, engage in positive socialization activities with group volunteers, enjoy nutritional meals through cooking demonstrations, and receive group or individual trauma focused therapy. Foster360 provides a roof over vulnerable heads, food in their empty stomachs, and transportation to medical care and job training -- all within a safe environment. Currently, the 11 young adults in this program are experiencing reduced anxiety, increased self-awareness, and gaining life skills and confidence that allows them to…
$441,990 spentof which $64,690 as grants$22,946 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $441,990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $74k to $305k (+313%).
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.
96% of FOSTER 360’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 2 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
Mark Young
CEO & President
Board chair
Paul Anderson
Board Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $25k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $215k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Mesa United Way Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money FOSTER 360 raised.
From the IRS filings of FOSTER 360’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
FOSTER 360 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
FOSTER 360 draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FOSTER 360 has grown faster than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOSTER 360
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Mesa United Way · exempt
- Azura Inc · exempt
- Helens Hope Chest · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOSTER 360: 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 FOSTER 360?
- FOSTER 360 (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,500 to it, the largest being GANNETT FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOSTER 360 have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $50,500 in grants to FOSTER 360, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOSTER 360?
- GANNETT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOSTER 360 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 2 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