Indiana · Nonprofit
FOSTER SUCCESS
FOSTER SUCCESS (Indiana) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,874,145 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($7,146,548). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $8.9M
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What Foster Success does
Mission
Foster Success' mission is to ensure that foster care youth are educated, housed, financially stable, employed and connected to a support system by age 25. Foster Success is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides technical assistance to build the capacity of funders, state and local policy makers, case managers, independent living specialists and youth-serving providers to effectively support youth transitioning from foster care.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Educational success. Educational success looks different for each person. Through a comprehensive series of educational support programs, participants can access support to navigate their journey from high school to college and through the various challenges that come along with each step.
$2,107,588 spentof which $1,548,865 as grants56% of program spendingHealth & well-being. We know that the health and well-being of a young person is not simply dependent on the choices they make. There are complex conditions, like where they live, work, learn, and play, that affect them, too. We strive to make sure every young person can meet their most basic needs. We provide 1:1 referrals and real connections to community resources including: documentation, housing, financial support, food, hygiene items, transportation, medical & health needs, and self-advocacy.
$513,218 spentof which $177,513 as grants14% of program spendingYouth engagement. The youth engagement programs bring together young people to support one another and tackle the issues that matter to them. Whether or not a young person is involved in some of our other programs, we still want those who have been in foster care to engage with their peers who have shared experiences.
$433,332 spentof which $85,276 as grants11% of program spendingFinancial empowerment. Financial empowerment is the key to financial literacy and self-sufficiency. Program participants gain skills and knowledge to save money, spend wisely, and build credit and assets. They also can receive funds to match their own savings to assist them in purchasing vehicles, paying for housing, or covering other significant expenses.workforce readiness. Workforce readiness means ensuring that our young people have clear and supportive paths to good and promising jobs. Unemployment is a significant problem for those who have experienced foster care. Just 51% of current or former foster youth report being employed at age 21, compared to 61% of their non-foster care peers.
$714,602 spentof which $265,235 as grants19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,768,740.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2022 to 2023, from $2.1M to $8.2M (+289%).
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: 2017 86% · 2018 88% · 2020 86% · 2021 89% · 2022 86% · 2023 43% · 2024 75% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of FOSTER SUCCESS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Maggie Stevens Phd
CEO/president
Board chair
Kate Hussey
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $128k → $317k.
5 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 FOSTER SUCCESS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 28 of 29 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
FOSTER SUCCESS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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: 2017 55% · 2018 88% · 2019 90% · 2020 40% · 2021 47% · 2022 97% · 2023 36% — 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
38% of FOSTER SUCCESS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
99% of FOSTER SUCCESS's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $263k 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.
Against its field
FOSTER SUCCESS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FOSTER SUCCESS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- Grant$1.7M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FOSTER SUCCESS
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Foster Success Education Services Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOSTER SUCCESS: 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 SUCCESS?
- FOSTER SUCCESS (Indiana) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,874,145 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($7,146,548). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOSTER SUCCESS have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $8,874,145 in grants to FOSTER SUCCESS, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOSTER SUCCESS?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,146,548 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOSTER SUCCESS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 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