TIDEWATER FRIENDS OF FOSTER CARE INCORPORATED
Enriching the lives of foster children in need.
TIDEWATER FRIENDS OF FOSTER CARE INCORPORATED
EIN: 81-2887214
Mission
Believing that every child deserves an opportunity to thrive, the mission of Tidewater Friends of Foster Care is to improve foster care outcomes through: 1. Targeted outreach to increase the number of available loving family foster homes, thereby reducing the need to place children in group-home settings; 2. Providing academic tutoring, enrichment programs and activities that bridge gaps between what is available from public resources and those elements that are essential to a healthy, happy and rewarding childhood.
Ruling year
2016
President & Founder
Dr. Audra M Bullock
Main address
999 Waterside Dr STE 103
Norfolk, VA 23510 USA
Formerly known as
Friends of Norfolk Department of Human Services - AKA Norfolk Friends of Foster Care
EIN
81-2887214
Foster care
Youth organizing
Population served
Children and youth
Young adults
Families
NTEE code
Foster Care (P32)
Youth Development Programs (O50)
Foster Care (P32)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
Reports and documents
Download annual reportsWhat we aim to solve
Tidewater Friends of Foster Care believes every child deserves the opportunity to thrive. Due to instability in family environment, foster children often miss out on key elements of a healthy and happy childhood, such as consistent family routines, enrolment in a single school system, and participation in extracurricular activities. Consequently, these children struggle emotionally and academically, with outcomes that reflect this strife.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Tutoring
We provide one-on-one, in-home academic tutoring to foster children who need extra support to be successful in school and this support continues after the children are reunited with their families.
Extracurricular Activities
We partner with local non-profits, such as the YMCA, to support foster children’s participation in activities, including sports, fitness, the arts and other social activities that will enrich their childhoods, provide stress relief and enhance participation in the community.
Camperships
We send foster children to summer camps, with a particular focus on sending siblings who are placed in separate homes to camp together!
Birthday & Holiday Gifts
We partner with individuals and area businesses to provide birthday and holiday gifts for children in foster care, because they do not always get to be with their families during these special occasions.
Outreach
"Foster Care Aware" and "It Takes A Village" are our outreach campaigns for recruiting foster families and foster care supporters, to ensure that family placement is always an option for children entering care. Our focus is on building a coalition of loving family homes and supporters to provide placement stability, so kids do not end up bouncing from home to home within the foster care system.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total number of all foster and at risk youth provided direct services.
Hours of tutoring administered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Tutoring
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of one-on-one tutoring hours provided to foster youth.
Number of students receiving homework help
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Tutoring
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of students receiving one-on-one tutoring services.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our initiatives are aimed at ensuring all children in the foster care system have the best childhoods possible - that they leave foster care better off than when they entered. Our goal is to help create an environment where children have permanency, do not re-enter foster care, and transition to healthy, productive adulthood.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The goal of Tidewater Friends of Foster Care is to improve foster care outcomes through:
1. Targeted outreach to increase the number of available loving family foster homes, thereby reducing the need to place children in group-home settings;
2. Providing academic tutoring, enrichment programs and activities that bridge gaps between what is available from public resources and those elements that are essential to a healthy, happy and rewa
Our vision is to create an environment that allows children grow and thrive while in foster care.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Tidewater Friends of Foster Care serves foster youth in two key ways:
1) We provide advocacy to raise awareness of the needs of youth and families in the foster care system.
2) We provide programming that is not provided by the government to help foster youth be successful in school, create a positive social network, learn life-skills essential to future success, and engage in stress relieving activities.
Our partnerships with social service agencies allow us to directly advocate for and serve foster youth.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
As of March 2023, since incorporation, we have served over 1500 foster children:
- providing over 35,000 hours of one-on-one academic instruction to over 560 children in foster care
- providing YMCA membership to over 2,100 family members including 649 foster youth
- granting over 6620 birthday and holiday wishes
- engaging over 300 prospective foster parents
- reuniting siblings by providing over 1083 weeks of summer camps to 258 campers
- funding 773 extracurricular activities from driving lessons to culinary arts to over 372 youth
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
Foster youth and families
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
We have opened our program access to self-referral in addition to social worker referrals. This has reduced access barriers. We have also extended the duration of services after exiting foster care to help improve long-term outcomes.
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2021 info
283.46
Months of cash in 2021 info
20.5
Fringe rate in 2021 info
8%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
TIDEWATER FRIENDS OF FOSTER CARE INCORPORATED
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
SOURCE: IRS Form 990
TIDEWATER FRIENDS OF FOSTER CARE INCORPORATED
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
SOURCE: IRS Form 990
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
TIDEWATER FRIENDS OF FOSTER CARE INCORPORATED
Financial trends analysis Glossary & formula definitionsFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
SOURCE: IRS Form 990
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Business model indicators
| Profitability info | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $182,598 | $44,926 | $384,929 | -$15,281 | $381,185 |
| As % of expenses | 109.4% | 16.0% | 81.3% | -2.3% | 57.1% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $178,657 | $42,979 | $368,723 | -$17,800 | $377,483 |
| As % of expenses | 104.6% | 15.2% | 75.3% | -2.6% | 56.2% |
| Revenue composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $362,818 | $513,772 | $593,584 | $641,967 | $1,159,269 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | 45.1% | 41.6% | 15.5% | 8.2% | 80.6% |
| Program services revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Government grants | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other grants and contributions | 99.2% | 99.1% | 98.7% | 99.6% | 99.8% |
| Other revenue | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Expense composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $166,904 | $281,580 | $473,717 | $677,072 | $667,854 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 586.6% | 68.7% | 68.2% | 42.9% | -1.4% |
| Personnel | 2.3% | 4.1% | 7.7% | 16.4% | 17.1% |
| Professional fees | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| Occupancy | 27.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.5% | 7.3% |
| Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other expenses | 70.6% | 95.5% | 92.3% | 76.1% | 75.1% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $170,845 | $283,527 | $489,923 | $679,591 | $671,556 |
| One month of savings | $13,909 | $23,465 | $39,476 | $56,423 | $55,655 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed asset additions | $5,681 | $0 | $29,020 | $0 | $5,987 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $190,435 | $306,992 | $558,419 | $736,014 | $733,198 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months of cash | 24.7 | 21.0 | 17.5 | 10.7 | 20.5 |
| Months of cash and investments | 24.7 | 21.0 | 17.5 | 10.7 | 20.5 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 24.9 | 16.6 | 18.9 | 10.5 | 17.4 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $343,035 | $492,538 | $690,030 | $602,399 | $1,139,235 |
| Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Receivables | $62,950 | $149,950 | $55,150 | $104,950 | $60,000 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $12,496 | $12,496 | $27,316 | $28,843 | $34,828 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 11.4% | 21.8% | 17.3% | 28.8% | 34.4% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | -0.1% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $357,306 | $400,285 | $769,008 | $612,162 | $989,645 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | $62,950 | $250,862 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $62,950 | $250,862 | $0 | $118,171 | $228,401 |
| Total net assets | $420,256 | $651,147 | $769,008 | $730,333 | $1,218,046 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
President & Founder
Dr. Audra M Bullock
Audra Bullock is founder and President of Tidewater Friends of Foster Care. She received her BS, MS and PhD from the College of Engineering at Old Dominion University in ’96,’ 97 and 2000, respectively. She has worked for the University of Hawaii as an Assistant Professor of Engineering and for NASA as an Engineer and Mission Manager. Audra currently serves on the Old Dominion Athletic Foundation Board of Directors. In February 2015, Audra and her husband Richard became foster parents for the City of Norfolk and since then have become increasingly more involved in the realm of Foster Care and Adoption, culminating in the founding of Tidewater Friends of Foster Care. Audra has devoted her professional life to TFFC and is committed to engaging the community to make a meaningful difference in the lives of Foster Children in Hampton Roads.
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
TIDEWATER FRIENDS OF FOSTER CARE INCORPORATED
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
TIDEWATER FRIENDS OF FOSTER CARE INCORPORATED
Board of directorsas of 04/06/2023
Board of directors data
Dr. Audra Bullock
Tidewater Friends of Foster Care
Term: 2016 - 2021
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Kathryn Powell
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
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