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Faithbridge Foster Care Inc

EIN 20-5162251 · Alpharetta, GA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood71 out of 100GovernanceGood85 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

Points to look into

  • It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.

These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.

What it says it does

FaithBridge Foster Care exists to mobilize and equip families, and their local churches, to provide effective and sustainable foster care solutions to serve children and restore families in their communities.

Income
$11.3 million
Spending
$10.8 million
Spent on programs
91%
Reserves
1 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 55%
Employees
60
Volunteers
174
Highest pay
$223,472, vp marketing and community engagement

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 61% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).

  • Reserves

    10 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 1.0 months of spending.

  • Debt

    16 of 20

    It owes 21% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 43% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    91% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 8 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 12% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    4 of 5 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    0 of 10

    Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (7)
  1. $5.2 million spent. Foster Child and Foster Family Support: FaithBridge provides placement support and trauma-informed case management services for foster children who are placed in FaithBridge foster family homes. FaithBridge foster children range from birth to 21 years of age and all have entered foster care due to abuse and/or neglect. In 2024, FaithBridge served a total of 290 children. We saw 73 children reunified with their birth families and when returning home was not possible, 37 children were adopted by their FaithBridge foster family.
  2. $3.1 million spent. Support for Young Adults Aging Out of Care: FaithBridge Youth Opportunities assists young adults in Georgia, between the ages of 18 and 26, who have aged out of foster care on their journey into adulthood. Young adults are provided with financial assistance (to support room and board, transportation, tuition, education supplies, healthcare, and other living assistance), life coaching, and enrollment support into post-secondary institutions. FaithBridge Youth Opportunities assisted more than 296 young adults with financial assistance, life coaching, and enrollment support to achieve acceptance into 50 post-secondary institutions throughout Georgia.
  3. $526,795 spent. Adoption and Child Life History: Each year, approximately 1,600 children in Georgia's foster care system need families who will adopt them. FaithBridge works to find adoptive homes for these children - specifically teens, sibling groups of three or more, and children with special needs. FaithBridge also works with the State of Georgia to provide Child Life Histories (compilations of official documents such as birth certificates and medical histories, and historical information like birth family details and school records) for children who are eligible for adoption, ensuring that they have all of their required documents to be adopted. In 2024, FaithBridge matched three families with children waiting in the foster care system to be adopted, resulting in two children finding their forever homes. Additionally, FaithBridge completed 576 Child Life Histories, making adoption possible for each child.
  4. $630,606 spent. Foster Home Recruitment and Development: FaithBridge recruits, trains, and supports foster and adoptive families in local churches. We license them to provide community-based, short-and long-term traditional, medically fragile, and therapeutic care as well as adoptive homes for foster children in Georgia. In 2024 FaithBridge launched 14 new church partners. Through these partners, FaithBridge recruited, trained, and licensed 64 new foster, adoptive, and respite families and supported more than 204 foster homes.
  5. $393,585 spent. FaithBridgeU Online Learning: In order to care for children successfully, we must excel at supporting and retaining quality foster families. FaithBridgeU was built from a vision in which every foster parent has access to high-quality, Christ-centered, professionally informed training, built through collaboration. Courses are designed to engage learners, offer practical tools for parenting, and connect with families through stories, interviews, and testimonies. In 2024, FaithBridgeU provided training to more than 1,530 foster and adoptive parents in addition to the FaithBridge community.
  6. (Expenses $ 630,606 including grants of $) Foster Home Recruitment and Development: FaithBridge recruits, trains, and supports foster and adoptive families in local churches. We license them to provide community-based, short-and long-term traditional, medically fragile, and therapeutic care as well as adoptive homes for foster children in Georgia. In 2024 FaithBridge launched 14 new church partners. Through these partners, FaithBridge recruited, trained, and licensed 64 new foster, adoptive, and respite families and supported more than 204 foster homes.
  7. (Expenses $ 393,585 including grants of $) FaithBridgeU Online Learning: In order to care for children successfully, we must excel at supporting and retaining quality foster families. FaithBridgeU was built from a vision in which every foster parent has access to high-quality, Christ-centered, professionally informed training, built through collaboration. Courses are designed to engage learners, offer practical tools for parenting, and connect with families through stories, interviews, and testimonies. In 2024, FaithBridgeU provided training to more than 1,530 foster and adoptive parents in addition to the FaithBridge community.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since June 2007.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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