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ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION
ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,498,822 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($351,955). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Orphan Foundation of America D/B/A Foster Care to Success Foundation does
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to provide academic and career support and funding to youth who were orphaned or in the foster care system so they can enter the workforce and become productive, self-sufficient adults.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Administering state grants, tuition waivers and other funds and support services to 591 students attending 334 postsecondary institutions (training programs, community colleges and universities) in missouri, north carolina and throughout the us. Students and applicants receive personalized coaching and encouragement and care packages, foster parents, social workers and high school guidance counselors are trained and educated to help foster youth attend and succeed in higher education.
$1,571,199 spentof which $763,479 as grants$1,571,199 earned by the program51% of program spendingScholarships are awared to 201 students who are provided with individualized support to address their academic, career, personal and financial concerns. Scholarships are granted based on a combination of merit and need attending 174 postsecondary institutions nationwide.
$914,430 spentof which $704,006 as grants30% of program spendingCommunitynow is a national initative to partner with colleges and community groups to increase the number of youth enrolling in career and technical education programs that leads to in-demand employment. Removing barriers to training includes assisting with student loan payments that are in arrears, tuition assistance and funding to support programs assisting young adults enter the workforce.
$527,807 spentof which $406,351 as grants17% of program spendingRed scarves: "in 2025, foster care to success (fc2s) received significant in-kind support through the donation of 1,280 hand-knit and crocheted scarves. These scarves were generously crafted and donated by individuals across the country. Donors shipped the items directly to fc2s's cleveland office, where the organization processed, prepared, and distributed them to nonprofit partners serving children, teens, and families. This in-kind contribution supported fc2s's mission by providing comfort items to young people in need, while also reflecting the care, eort, and creativity of hundreds of community volunteers."
$63,000 spentof which $63,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,076,436.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $15M (+41%).
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: 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Eileen Mccaffrey
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $126k → $156k.
17 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
67% 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 ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 24% · 2019 37% · 2020 44% · 2021 35% · 2022 23% · 2023 19% — 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
46% of ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
57% of ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $651k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 18 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $848k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION
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
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION?
- ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,498,822 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($351,955). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $1,498,822 in grants to ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $351,955 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORPHAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA D/B/A FOSTER CARE TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION 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.
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 47 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