Nonprofit · EIN 38-4011253
CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC
Tax-exempt · BOSTON, MA 02111
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $3,327,432 | $7,286,162 | -$3,958,730 | $7,998,381 | $438,124 | $7,560,257 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $10,223,576 | $6,551,197 | $3,672,379 | $11,866,569 | $347,582 | $11,518,987 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $7,483,491 | $3,693,346 | $3,790,145 | $7,953,424 | $106,816 | $7,846,608 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,223,029
- Program service revenue
- $986,377
- Investment income
- $118,026
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,535,058
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $460,779
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,019,882
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,301,713
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $48,311
- Accounting fees
- $114,550
- Travel
- $516,011
- Program services (functional)
- $5,783,601
- Management and general (functional)
- $975,798
- Fundraising (functional)
- $526,763
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $11,866,569
- Total assets, end of year
- $7,998,381
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $438,124
- Net assets, end of year
- $7,560,257
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,368,094
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $5,192,163
- Gross receipts
- $3,327,432
- Employees
- 28
- Volunteers
- 9
- Year formed
- 2016
- State of legal domicile
- DE
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Clapier | Senior VP of Programs Highest-paid employee | 40 | $204,185 | $42,322 |
| Marie Zemler Wu | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $213,098 | $25,310 |
| Michael Russom | VP of Finance & Operations Officer | 40 | $180,804 | $41,567 |
| Deszeree Thomas | VP of Learning, Leadership & Culture Highest-paid employee | 40 | $182,235 | $31,657 |
| Joanne Scribner | VP of Dev. & Strategic Partnerships Highest-paid employee | 40 | $199,440 | $11,547 |
| Courtney Franklin | Past Dir. of Knowledge & Learning Highest-paid employee | 40 | $166,074 | $25,411 |
| Julian Johnson | Past Dir. of Planning & Operations Highest-paid employee | 40 | $174,492 | $7,688 |
| Jolie Bales | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $62,113 | $0 |
| Susan Notkin | Chair, Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nathan Aleman | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Allegra Lawrence-Hardy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Leath | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Judith Meltzer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Takeem Morgan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Sanders | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Stephens | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Clapier | Senior VP of Programs Highest-paid employee | 40 | $196,793 | $39,227 |
| Marie Zemler Wu | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $205,503 | $21,575 |
| Michael Russom | VP of Finance & Operations Officer | 40 | $178,838 | $36,845 |
| Joanne Scribner | VP of Dev. & Strategic Partnerships Highest-paid employee | 40 | $192,814 | $7,358 |
| Deszeree Thomas | VP of Learning, Leadership, and Cult. Highest-paid employee | 40 | $163,123 | $29,044 |
| Angela Lytle | Colorado Site Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $151,134 | $30,145 |
| Julian Johnson | Director of Operations Highest-paid employee | 40 | $149,071 | $7,323 |
| Anjelica Hall | Past VP of Talent Officer | 40 | $68,889 | $3,342 |
| Susan Notkin | Chair, Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nathan Aleman | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jolie Bales | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Leath | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Takeem Morgan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Allegra Lawrence-Hardy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Sanders | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel Stephens | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Zemler Wu | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $190,280 | $15,285 |
| Michael Russom | VP of Finance & Operations Officer | 40 | $175,139 | $23,525 |
| Brian Clapier | Sr Vice President of Programs Highest-paid employee | 40 | $168,853 | $29,384 |
| Anjelica Hardin Hall | Vice President of Talent Officer | 40 | $165,139 | $17,965 |
| Emily Ente | TFSC Project Director, Programs Highest-paid employee | 40 | $140,122 | $17,630 |
| Julian Leigh Johnson | Director of Planning and Operations Highest-paid employee | 40 | $150,109 | $4,803 |
| Susan Notkin | Chair, Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter Treadway | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lola Adedokun | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nathan Aleman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jolie Bales | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sandra Gasca-Gonzalez | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Allegra Lawrence-Hardy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Sanders | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel Stephens | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jermeen Sherman | Past Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 65 HARRISON AVE STE 605 UNIT 837797, BOSTON, MA 02111-1924
- In care of
- % FIELDS CORNER BUSINESS LAB
- Mailing address (990-N for 2018)
- 702 15th St, San Francisco CA 94103, NO
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Marie Zemler-Wu, 65 Harrison Ave Ste 605 Unit 837797, Boston, MA 02111
- Principal officer (990-N for 2018)
- Sherry Lachman, 702 15th St, San Francisco CA 94103
- Signed the 990
- Michael Russom, VP of Finance & Operations
- Phone
- (339) 219-1187
- Website
- www.foster-america.org
- Return prepared by
- Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker LLC
Mission
Foster America works with communities and governments to strengthen the systems that support children, youth, and families - so families can access help earlier, with dignity, trust, and connection, and without unnecessary child welfare involvement.
Program accomplishments
- Foster America advanced work across the child and family well-being field by partnering with communities, public agencies, lived experts, and cross-sector leaders to strengthen how families are supported before unnecessary child welfare involvement occurs.In Colorado, Foster America supported partners in launching the 211 Warmline pilot, a voluntary pathway that gives mandated reporters an alternative to making a child protection report when a family's needs do not require investigation. Through the Warmline, callers can speak with a trained community navigator who connects families to local resources such as housing assistance, food support, mental health care, financial help, and parenting support. The pilot serves Boulder, Gilpin, and Pueblo counties and was designed with community partners, parents with lived experience, and government leaders to help families access support earlier, with dignity and trust.Foster America also supported OPT-In for Families, a multi-site initiative in Kentucky, Oregon, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C., focused on creating new voluntary pathways for families with early signals of need. Across sites, partners are designing community-rooted models that make it easier for families to access practical support, navigation, and trusted relationships before challenges deepen or formal systems become involved. Foster America helps coordinate partners, facilitate cross-site learning, support advisory members with lived experience, and strengthen implementation across the initiative.Foster America continued to invest in leadership development and capacity building through its Leadership Circles. The Fiscal Leadership Circle equipped public-sector finance leaders with tools, strategies, and peer learning to better align funding with prevention and family-centered practice. The National Leadership Circle supported leaders with lived expertise in child welfare and adjacent family-serving systems to advance transformation projects, elevate lived experience, and champion more just and equitable approaches for children, youth, and families.Across these efforts, Foster America shared learning, convened leaders, and elevated lived and professional expertise to build momentum for a more just and equitable child and family well-being field.Expenses $5,783,601 · grants $1,535,058 · revenue $986,377
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 38-4011253
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2018
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $7,998,381
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,327,432
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $3,327,432 | $7,286,162 | $7,998,381 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $10,223,576 | $6,551,197 | $11,866,569 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $7,483,491 | $3,693,346 | $7,953,424 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $3,463,838 | $3,941,437 | $4,176,852 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2018 Officer: Sherry Lachman | December 31, 2018 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 38-4011253).
Questions about CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC
- What is the EIN of CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC is 38-4011253.
- Is CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2018.
- Are donations to CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Marie Zemler-Wu.
- Who are the officers and directors of CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $204,185 (Brian Clapier, Senior VP of Programs).
- How much revenue does CHILD WELFARE INNOVATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,327,432, expenses of $7,286,162 and total assets of $7,998,381 at year end.
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