Arizona · Nonprofit
THE FOSTER ALLIANCE
THE FOSTER ALLIANCE (Arizona) receives grants from 123 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,702,380 to it, the largest being EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHARITIES ($503,872). 75 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 123
- Grants received
- $5.7M
- Net assets
- $11M
What The Foster Alliance does
Mission
We support the foster care community, providing essentials to benefit children in foster care.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In August 2024, The Foster Alliance (the Organization) entered a formal business combination of services with New Mexico Friends of Foster Children (NMFFC). These two non-profits were found to be aligned in mission, core values, philosophy, programming, and now possess shared goals to significantly increase capacity to serve families and youth within the foster community in New Mexico, while also maintaining and growing services throughout Arizona. The combined efforts focus on ensuring that the needs of the foster community of New Mexico and Arizona, both today and in the future, are met.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The Foster Alliance (tfa) is the largest provider of essential items for the foster community throughout arizona and new mexico. In fy25 we provided over 8,400 children with a bed or crib, clothing, diapers and more. Included in this number, are 2,426 children who received backpacks filled with school supplies, 3,765 who received a personalized birthday dream package of gifts, and over 3,000 children we helped celebrate the holidays. We acknowledge that our reach is dependent on our team of over 1,700 dedicated volunteers donating over 13,000 volunteer hours. Tfa is grateful for its standing partnerships with the navajo nation, gila river indian community, and the arizona department of child safety through signed memorandums of understanding and our collaborative partnership with key leaders within the new mexico child, youth, & family department as well as many other community partners. In august of 2024, we combined services with new mexico friends of foster children, which allowed us to serve even more children throughout new mexico. This business combination has resulted in not only more families being served but an increased community engagement as more and more individuals…
$4,393,042 spentof which $2,719,895 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,393,042.
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 2018 to 2019, from $4.4M to $7.2M (+62%).
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 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of THE FOSTER ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Maureen Noe
President and CEO
Board chair
Stacie Shelby
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 49 funders, grant income rose $290k → $633k.
16 of 123 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 THE FOSTER ALLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 123 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
THE FOSTER ALLIANCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 9% of grant income, and it takes 10 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 10 funders to its left
59% 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 THE FOSTER ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 17% · 2018 14% · 2019 20% · 2020 14% · 2021 15% · 2022 18% · 2023 12% — 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
36% of THE FOSTER ALLIANCE'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
76% of THE FOSTER ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Arizona 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 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.
Against its field
THE FOSTER ALLIANCE is better cushioned than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE FOSTER ALLIANCE
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FOSTER ALLIANCE: 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 THE FOSTER ALLIANCE?
- THE FOSTER ALLIANCE (Arizona) receives grants from 123 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,702,380 to it, the largest being EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHARITIES ($503,872). 75 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOSTER ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 123 organizations giving $5,702,380 in grants to THE FOSTER ALLIANCE, 75 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOSTER ALLIANCE?
- EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHARITIES is the largest funder on record, with $503,872 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOSTER ALLIANCE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 123 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