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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: April 2021 Expires: October 2023

Raise the Future

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(303) 755-4756
1325 S Colorado Blvd Ste B700
Denver, CO, 80222-3303
https://www.raisethefuture.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Raise the Future meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

A BBB Accredited Charity Seal Holder since 7/1/1990.

BBB Accreditation does not mean that the charity's programs or services have been evaluated or endorsed by BBB or that BBB has made a determination as to the charity's competency in performing services.

Stated Purpose:
To connect youth waiting in foster care with adults who become stable forces in their lives, and to support those relationships so they last a lifetime.

Year, State Incorporated:
1977, CO

Raise the Future uses an evidence-based, holistic model to connect the longest waiting youth in foster care to permanent, loving families and to help these families succeed. While the foster care system serves many children, “hard to place” youth – youth who are older, have siblings, developmental delays, and/or are a minority ethnicity – may remain in care for years and are at a greater risk of aging out of the system without support. During this critical window, Raise the Future implements wraparound services, including intensive recruitment, and comprehensive pre- and post-adoption supports that reduce the time youth wait, increase chances of adoption by up to three times, and help sustain permanency by providing trauma-informed training and care. Since its founding in 1983, Raise the Future has successfully connected more than 10,000 youth with permanent families.

Raise the Future recognizes the incredible potential for systemic change and is a leader in building trauma-informed communities with “felt safety” reinforced at every touchpoint. Through its services to professionals, Raise the Future is working to transform mental health outcomes for communities, as they do for foster care youth who connect with a consistent, loving caregiver for life: 110% more likely to go to college, 75% higher incomes, 50% less likely to experience homelessness, 200% more likely to seek and receive mental health support.

For the year ended June 30, 2020, Raise the Future's program expenses were:

Intensive recruitment services $2,924,379
Family support program $1,522,878
Media-based recruitment services $867,745
National systems change $402,244
Mentoring program $259,859
Total Program Expenses $5,977,105

Chief Executive
Lauren Arnold, CEO

Chair of the Board
Ms. Jamie Moyer, Head of Global Product Marketing

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Equinix

Board Size
20

Paid Staff Size
94

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Membership appeals, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 11.89%

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Raise the Future's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2020.

Source of Funds
Government support $3,306,407
Foundations $2,156,510
Special events - net direct to donor expenses, $94,925 $604,151
Corporations and individuals $472,217
Gain on sale of property and equipment $462,145
In-kind donations $341,984
Investment income - net $47,258
Other income $37,719
Total Income $7,428,391

Programs: 80% Fundraising: 11% Administrative: 9%

Total Income $7,428,391
Total expenses: $7,505,231
  Program expenses $5,977,105
  Fundraising expenses $817,984
  Administrative expenses $710,142
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-76,840
Beginning Net Assets $3,524,407
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $3,447,567
Total Liabilities $975,114
Total Assets $4,422,681

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Report completed by:
BBB Great West - Pacific