LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC

Financials

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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

5055 LACKAWANNA BLVD, N CHARLESTON, SC 29405-4529

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

Dr Cindy Hunter, 5055 Lackawanna Blvd, North Charleston, SC 29405

Signed the 990

Brit Swanson, Treasurer

Phone

(843) 266-5200

Website

https://landmarksforfamilies.org

Return prepared by

Glaser and Company LLC

Mission

For more than 230 years, Landmarks for Families has been a refuge for thousands of children and youth, providing services and support for children who have experienced trauma in our community. Known as a leader and champion for children in the state of South Carolina, Landmarks for Families provides comprehensive treatment for children and adolescents who have experienced emotional, physical, and sexual trauma through its various programs.

Program accomplishments

• Residential Services Foster/Group Home Landmarks for Families operates two residential care facilities, which provide temporary and/or long-term care for children suffering from the impact of emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse and neglect. These programs take place in homelike, holistic settings that are ingrained with the philosophy of the Teaching Family Model.Landmarks for Families provides a safe, healthy environment for children to live in, as well as comprehensive assessment and support services designed to address each child's individual educational, emotional, physical, and social needs. (See Schedule O)In close partnership with the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) and other partner organizations, Landmarks for Families works to achieve each child's permanency plan goals. The length of stay ranges from a few days to a few years, depending on the individual youth's circumstances. While we strive to provide a supportive, comfortable, and homelike environment, we are always working towards connecting the youth in our care to their loved ones and support systems when possible.Ledford HouseLedford House is a cottage designed for high school-aged youth (primarily 15- to 17-year-olds) in DSS custody. Eligibility:> May be referred by: - Department of Social Services (DSS) - Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) - Other social service agencies> Ledford House is licensed to accept 10 residents. NuHouseNuHouse is a cottage providing transitional housing for youth aging out of foster care. Young adults aged 18 to 21 who voluntarily remain in the foster care system live in a supportive environment that focuses on helping them transition, with skills and confidence, to living independently. Residents are assisted with skill-building and goal planning tailored to their individual needs. Youth are expected to actively work towards educational success, employability, and personal growth goals with the help, guidance, and support of program staff. > May be referred by: - Department of Social Services (DSS) - Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) - Other social service agencies> Nuhouse is licensed to accept 6 residents. > Once living in NuHouse, residents must meet the following requirements: - Work toward continued education (GED, finishing high school, or college) - Learn independent living skills - Be employed in some capacity (part-time employment, full-time employment, internships, or SC works workshops)
  Expenses $2,978,614 · grants $165,330 · revenue $1,648,978
• In-Home Programs Landmarks for Families provides in-home services that aim to eliminate or significantly reduce identified child abuse and neglect risk factors while enhancing family protective factors. Services are provided in the home setting to offer prevention services and support for family unification/reunification by building skills, strengthening family bonds, and working towards family-oriented goals. We believe children and families belong together. And with compassion and understanding at the core of our actions, we are committed to providing services that preserve, maintain, or reunify the family unit. (See Schedule O)Family Resource Connection and Preservation Services (FRCPS)In partnership with a statewide network of providers and the Department of Social Services, Landmarks for Families offers Family Resource Connection and Preservation Services (FRCPS) to help strengthen families through proactive, prevention services. FCRPS offers an enhanced case management program and a comprehensive array of concrete services to address conditions that affect a family's stability and well-being, such as limited resources, relational issues, parenting needs, educational challenges, and other barriers families face during times of stress. Services include, but are not limited to: > Parenting Services > Homemaker Services > Career Exploration and Assessment > Education Services The Landmarks for Families FRCPS team provides timely, integrated, culturally competent, family-driven, and voluntary case management services to reduce the risk of neglect or abuse while enhancing the family's protective factors. The result is a plan that stabilizes and strengthens families. All families face times of stress and moments of crisis. The Landmarks for Families FRCPS team is there to offer support and help families regain their balance during these challenging moments. Eligibility > Families are referred to the Family Resource Connection and Preservation Services (FRCPS) program by the Department of Social Services intake team. Family Success Coach Program:With support from the Duke Foundation, Family Success Coach Services is a post-permanency support program that offers guidance, education, and enhanced case management services for families who have experienced foster or kinship care. The Family Success Coach will work with the family to problem-solve, improve relationships, advocate for resources, build resiliency, and keep families together. Children who have experienced foster or kinship care due to abuse or neglect continue to have risks that negatively impact their well-being after they exit care. As a result, Success Coaches work with these children and families to provide tools proven to strengthen their protective factors and to mitigate their risk factors. The Success Coach addresses:> Social/emotional support> Behavioral/mental health concerns> Educational support/advocacy> Parenting skills/discipline> Family communication> Financial planning>Connections to benefits/resources>Employability/career resourcesEligibility:Services are offered to families who have a child for a permanent placement from the foster care system. > Reunified Families or Kinship Placement: - Child must have exited foster care before the age of 16 and be under the age of 18 at the time of the Family Success service engagement. Families with older children may still receive services if there is another child(ren) living in the home who exited foster care and is under the age of 16. - Child must have been in the custody of the SC Department of Social Services (SC DSS). - Child must currently reside in either Berkeley, Charleston, or Dorchester County. - Family has a closed case with SC DSS or is in the process of having their case closed.> Adoptive Families: - Finalized adoption has occurred through foster care, stepparent, international, or private adoption. - Child must be under the age of 18 at the time of the Family Success Service Agreement.
  Expenses $598,258 · grants $31,582 · revenue $506,610
• Family Education & SupportOur Family Education and Support programs aim to connect families, build support networks, and enhance social involvement. These programs help support children and families through relationship and skill-building, which are protective factors that contribute to thriving families. Services include Parent Education & Support, Summer Programs, After-School Programs, Teen Skill-Building, and Grief Support. These programs are offered in schools, at community facilities, or on one of our campuses. Landmarks for Families offers a variety of workshops, groups, and one-on-one support to caregivers and families seeking knowledge, support, and skill-building. Programs include: Strengthening Families Program: Partnering with Children's Trust of SC, Landmarks for Families is a local provider of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) for families with children ages 6-16. The trengthening Families Program is a 14-session, weekly program. Each session typically lasts 1 hours and includes parents and children meeting separately to work with group leaders before coming together for shared activities. Participants who complete the 14-session program graduate in a celebratory style.These groups, held in community centers, schools, and churches, are designed to help families: >Develop positive discipline practices > Stay resilient in tough times> Reduce conflict> Improve parenting skills> Assist children with social skills, relationships, and school performanceAll of these factors play an important role in keeping families strong, safe, and connected while protecting them from behaviors that could result in potential abuse or neglect and adverse childhood experiences.Keep Connected Workshops & Groups:Keep Connected is a research-based, family engagement program that allows parents and teens to learn about positive family relationships during their transition to adolescence.Healthy, strong family relationships are foundational to young people's growth, learning, and well-being. These relationships build strong social and emotional foundations that teens will use throughout their lives. These relationships are important and take effort! Keep Connected workshops offer ideas, activities, and experiences that help build strong family relationships, tools to enhance positive family bonding, and new ways to stay connected as teens grow up. The workshops are for families of pre-teens and teens aged 10-17. Keep Connected workshops include time for:> Parents to explore challenges and strategies with other parenting adults> Youth to explore family relationships with other youth> Parents and youth to explore their relationships together> Strategies and tools to connect and build trust with their familiesEligibility: - All families of pre-teens or teens between the ages of 10 and 17.Freedom Schools Program (through 2025)In partnership with the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), Landmarks for Families has been a host of the Freedom Schools program. The CDF Freedom Schools program is a research-based, multicultural, summer literacy camp that provides an enriching curriculum that supports children and families around five essential components:1. High-quality academic enrichment2. Parent and family involvement3. Civic engagement and social action4. Intergenerational leadership development5. Nutrition, health, and mental healthThe Freedom Schools program fosters environments that support children and young adults (known as "scholars" in the CDF Freedom Schools program) to excel and believe in their ability to make a difference in themselves, their families, schools, communities, country, and world, with hope, education, and action.The Freedom Schools programs empower scholars to believe in their ability and responsibility to make a difference while instilling in them a love of reading to help them avoid summer learning loss. The program boosts student motivation to read, generates more positive attitudes toward learning, and connects the needs of children and families to the resources of their communities.Eligibility: - The Freedom Schools Summer Camp is open to K-12 students in the Lowcountry area.Youth Rise! Summer Program (Beginning 2026)Youth Rise! is a 6-week summer program that focuses on four core developmental pillars for youth placed in a Department of Social Services residential program. The four core pillars are:1. Academic SupportYouth involved in the child welfare system experience significant educational interruptions, often delaying their mastery to literacy and math concepts. Youth Rise! will provide individual academic support via a combination of direct "live" instruction and technology.2. Career DevelopmentBeginning with career assessments, each youth will create an individualized plan to propel them towards their chosen career path. These plans will include internships (both paid and voluntary), job skills (e.g., resume writing, completing applications, interview skills), if desired and appropriate, obtaining a summer job, and on-campus course options, such as Serve Safe, to improve their employability.3. Leadership DevelopmentYouth Rise! will explore with the youth the belief that everyone is a leader. The youth will practice speaking in public, both informally and formally, to improve their communication skills and confidence. As part of this module, youth will work through the 12 core values of West Point, which are characteristics of strong, successful leaders, using the book Character Carved in Stone by Pat Williams. 4. Life SkillsThe final module will address practical, hands-on skills such as cooking, property care, physical health and wellness, CPR and First Aid, Driver's Education, and more. Teen After-School Centers (TASC):Landmarks for Families partners with the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (SC DJJ) to host a community Teen After-School Center (TASC). This nationally recognized program is designed to improve youth social, emotional, and behavioral health while preventing involvement in the juvenile justice system and the likelihood of incarceration.The program offers structured time, engaging activities, and active supervision at the end of the school day. The goal is to create a safe, supportive after-school environment where youth can receive homework assistance, enjoy a healthy snack, interact with peers, and improve their overall well-being.TASC provides youth with many opportunities:> Visits to sporting events, state parks, libraries, and colleges> Educational support and after-school tutoring> Development of employability skills and job placement> Connection to positive adult role models> Spiritual development and recreation> Community service and victim restoration> Parenting groups and youth life skills development> Cooking, budgeting, and financial literacy> Conflict resolution and anger management> Gang prevention and intervention> Computer labs and instruction> Community garden and experiential learningSuccess Highways:Success Highways is a research-based, ScholarCentric program that helps students performing at all levels achieve greater academic success - including improved attendance, higher grades, more earned credits, and higher levels of resiliency. Success Highways teaches students how to overcome adversity and deal with academic and social pressures, helping them stay in school, score higher on achievement tests, and prepare for future education and adult life. Youth take part in individualized assessments and create their own personal success plans to empower them to reach their goals.The program has been used by school districts across the United States, enabling researchers to measure its efficacy in teaching the six social and emotional skills critical to academic achievement. During the program, students learn about these resiliency skills and build upon them to reach their goals. The six resiliency skills include:1. Valuing Education2. Health and Well-being3. Connectedness4. Academic Confidence5. Stress Management6. Intrinsic MotivationEligibility: Be of high school age and willing to commit to a six-week program.
  Expenses $379,890 · grants $16,431
• L.Y.G.H.T. - Peer Grief Support GroupThe Listening and Led by Youth in Foster Care: Grief, Hope, and Transitions (L.Y.G.H.T.) program is a peer grief support group influenced by and developed for youth in foster care. The L.Y.G.H.T. program supports, honors, and listens to youth in foster care who are grieving. This grief-informed and trauma-informed intervention is facilitated by supportive adults who acknowledge the challenges and transitions youth experience while navigating the foster care system. L.Y.G.H.T. groups are a safe space for community, connection, and relatedness among youth who the foster care system has touched. L.Y.G.H.T. groups are for ages 12-16.Eligibility: - Any youth who has been touched by the foster care system and is between the ages of 12 and 16.Mental Health ServicesThe clinic at Landmarks For Families offers mental health services for individuals (age 12+) and families in both live and virtual settings. Topics that can be addressed include mental health needs, drug and alcohol abuse, anger management, and more.

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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

57-0669877

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

1978

Accounting year ends

September

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Human services (P300)

Assets (IRS master file)

$5,149,311

Income (IRS master file)

$4,401,505

Filing history

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 57-0669877).

Questions about LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC

What is the EIN of LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC is 57-0669877.

Is LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1978.

Are donations to LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES 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 LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Who is the principal officer of LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names Dr Cindy Hunter.

Who are the officers and directors of LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 14 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $174,831 (Beverly Hardin, Chief Executive Officer).

How much revenue does LANDMARKS FOR FAMILIES INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,251,466, expenses of $4,953,698 and total assets of $5,149,311 at year end.

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