Dakota Family Solutions
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
COMMUNITY FAMILY SERVICES/SUPPORT/PREVENTION
- Income
- $94,016
- Spending
- $78,898
- Reserves
- 22 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 87%
- Highest pay
- $27,976, program director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 87% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 22.0 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 16% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 (1)
- $70,280 spent. DAKOTA FAMILY SOLUTIONS (DFS) CONTINUES TO OFFER A VARIETY OF SERVICES FOR LOCAL FAMILIES, INCLUDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES/GROUPS, EDUCATIONAL/PREVENTATIVE RESOURCES/EVENTS, AND SOME MENTORING. SPECIAL EMPHASIS REMAINS ON TEEN MOMS/SINGLE MOMS/MOTHERS AND WOMEN (ALL AGES) IN OUR COMMUNITY.IN 2025, DFS PROVIDED TWO TEEN MOM CLASSES (TEEN MOM CLASS #1: INCLUDES PREGNANCY, LABOR AND DELIVERY, POSTPARTUM CARE FOR MOM, INFANT CARE, INFANT AND CHILD CPR, AND HEALTHY AND SAFE RELATIONSHIPS. AND TEEN MOM CLASS #2: INCLUDES HEALTH AND SAFETY, EMOTIONAL HEALTH, PLAY AND MILESTONES, SELF-CARE FOR MOM, ATTACHMENT AND BONDING, AND PARENTAL PRESENCE.) FOR CREDIT AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. 6 TEEN MOMS PARTICIPATED IN TEEN MOM CLASS #1, WITH 5 COMPLETING IT FOR CREDIT. IT INCLUDED 61 CLASS MEETINGS. 3 TEEN MOMS PARTICIPATED IN THE TEEN MOM CLASS #2, WITH 2 COMPLETING IT FOR CREDIT. THIS CLASS INCLUDED A TOTAL OF 22 CLASS MEETINGS. 9 TEEN MOMS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE 83 CLASS MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.DFS ALSO OFFERED MOMS IN OUR COMMUNITY A WEEKLY GATHERING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT COVERED PARENTING AND SELF-GROWTH. WE HAD 13 MOMS PARTICIPATE IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE (11 SPRING/16 FALL MEETINGS), 27 MEETINGS, AND INCLUDED CHILDCARE PROVIDED BY DFS FOR 8 CHILDREN DURING ONE OR MORE OF THEM. THERE WAS ALSO A PLAYGROUP FOR THESE MOMS WITH 7 MEETING TIMES IN THE SPRING AND FALL, WITH 10 MOMS AND 17 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN ONE OR MORE OF THEM. OVERALL, IN 2025, THERE WERE 33 MEETINGS WITH 13 WOMEN AND 17 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE OFFERINGS.A WEEKLY ENCOURAGEMENT GROUP WAS PROVIDED FOR SINGLE MOMS (10 SPRING/12 FALL SESSIONS) THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. 8 SINGLE MOMS ATTENDED ONE OR MORE OF THESE 22 MEETINGS, WHICH COVERED NAVIGATING RELATIONSHIPS, INCLUDING REBUILDING BROKEN TRUST, HOW TO ESTABLISH TRUST IN NEW RELATIONSHIPS, AND UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTING BOUNDARIES TO KEEP RELATIONSHIPS HEALTHY. 10 CHILDREN WERE PRESENT FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE MEALS GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED BY 7 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THESE MEETINGS. LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOSTED THIS WEEKLY GROUP IN THEIR HOME FOR OUR MEETINGS.THIS YEAR, DFS CONNECTED WITH 5 ORGANIZATIONS/COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO IMPLEMENTED 4 EVENTS FOR THE EMBER MOMS AND CHILDREN WE SERVE. THEY PROVIDED 2 PRAYER BOARD CRAFT NIGHTS (ONE FOR OUR SINGLE MOMS AND ONE FOR OUR MOMS), A PHOTOSHOOT FOR SINGLE MOMS AND TEEN MOMS AND THEIR CHILDREN, AND A YOGA AND CRAFT EVENT WHICH INCLUDED SUPPER FOR ALL OUR EMBER MOMS. DAKOTA FAMILY SOLUTIONS PROVIDED AND IMPLEMENTED 1 EVENT: OUR ANNUAL END-OF-YEAR CELEBRATION, WHICH INCLUDED A TACO BAR AND A TIME TO VISIT. 17 MOMS, 2 ADULT GUESTS, AND 25 KIDS PARTICIPATED (OR WERE CARED FOR WHILE THEIR MOTHER PARTICIPATED) AT ONE OR MORE OF THESE 5 EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES CREATED JUST FOR THEM. 7 VOLUNTEERS AND 2 STAFF MEMBERS ORGANIZED AND IMPLEMENTED THESE EVENTS.IN 2025, DFS OFFERED 2 GROUPS FOR WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE WERE (10 SPRING/12 FALL) WEEKLY MEETINGS. 22 WOMEN PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE 22 MEETINGS. THEY STUDIED BOUNDARIES, HOW TO IMPLEMENT THEM IN RELATIONSHIPS, AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ONCE BOUNDARIES HAVE DONE THEIR WORK. CHILDCARE WAS PROVIDED FOR 3 CHILDREN DURING ONE OR MORE OF THESE MEETINGS.WE ALSO PROVIDED ABOUT 23 ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING SESSIONS FOR THE WOMEN WE SERVE. A TOTAL OF 14 WOMEN/MOMS MET WITH DFS STAFF FOR ONE OR MORE OF THESE SESSIONS.IN SUMMARY, IN 2025, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 54 WOMEN WERE SERVED THROUGH THE ABOVE PROGRAMS/EVENTS, INCLUDING ABOUT 34 CHILDREN WHO WERE OFTEN INVOLVED WITH SERVICES AS WELL.IN 2025, WE CONTINUED OUR OUTREACH TO THE RESIDENTS OF 2 DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT LIVING HOMES. AT THE FIRST HOME, 15 RESIDENTS AND 4 VISITORS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE 28 MEETINGS WE HAD IN THE YEAR; WE AVERAGED 7-8 PEOPLE PER MEETING. THERE WAS A CORE GROUP OF ABOUT 11 WHO WERE VERY COMMITTED TO ATTENDING. AT THE SECOND HOME, 11 RESIDENTS AND 1 VISITOR PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE 28 MEETINGS WE HAD IN THE YEAR; WE AVERAGED 6-7 PEOPLE PER MEETING. THERE WAS A CORE GROUP OF ABOUT 7 WHO WERE VERY COMMITTED TO ATTENDING. OVERALL, IN 2025, THERE WERE 56 REGULAR MEETINGS WITH 26 RESIDENTS AND 5 VISITORS PARTICIPATING IN ONE OR MORE MEETINGS. WE ALSO HAD ONE ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT EACH HOME FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS. WE HAD OUR REGULARS PLUS SOME VISITORS JOIN US. THERE WERE 27 RESIDENTS (INCLUDING BOTH HOMES), 6 VISITORS, AND 2 STAFF MEMBERS FOR A TOTAL OF 35 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED!ALL OF OUR SERVICES AND MATERIALS FOR OUR GROUPS WERE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
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.
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.
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.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2012.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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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