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YOU GOTTA BELIEVE - THE OLDER CHILD ADOPTION & PERMANENCY MOVEMENT INC
NEW YORK, NY · EIN 113272603 · Form 990 · FY2024 · NTEE P31 · Human Services · Medium ($1M-$10M)
revenue
$2.2M
expenses
$2.5M
net assets
$3.0M
employees
31
volunteers
10
program ratio
81%
mission · from form 990

YOU GOTTA BELIEVE! THE OLDER CHILD ADOPTION AND PERMANENCY MOVEMENT, INC. WAS FOUNDED IN 1995 AS A HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM. YOU GOTTA BELIEVE SEEKS TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER DIRE OUTCOMES FOR PRE-TEENS, TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN FOSTER CARE BY CONNECTING THEM WITH PERMANENT, LEGAL AND MORAL HOMES BEFORE THEY AGE OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.

profile · synthesized from sources

Nonprofit organization founded in 1995 focused on preventing homelessness and negative outcomes for older children in foster care. Works to secure permanent, legal, and loving homes for pre-teens, teens, and young adults before they age out of the foster care system. Operates primarily in New York.

named programs · 2 · from sources

What they call their work

Older Child Adoption Program
Connects pre-teens, teens, and young adults in foster care with permanent adoptive families to prevent aging out without legal family ties
Permanency Movement Initiative
Advocacy and outreach campaign aimed at increasing adoption rates for older youth in foster care through public awareness and policy engagement
activities · 1 group

What they do

  • Foster Youth Transition Support 1 activity
    • Securing permanent homes for older foster youth to prevent homelessness
      Prevents homelessness and other adverse outcomes for older youth in foster care by securing permanent, legal, and moral homes before they age out of the system.
financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$2.16M
Contributions & grants$1.30M60%
Program service revenue$603K28%
Investment income$81K4%
Other revenue$172K
expenses
Total expenses$2.47M
Program expenses81%
Admin / overhead10%
Fundraising10%
Salaries & benefits$1.64M
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$3.21M
Cash$200K
Investments$1.90M
Liabilities$181K
Net assets$3.03M
Liquid reserves10.2 mo
5 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue -1.9%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

paid leadership · 2
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
JENNIFER PINDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40 $181K
JENNIFER LUCAS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 30 $53K
board members · 16
  • AMBER WILLIAMS — TRUSTEE (TERM AUG 2024)
  • BRIAN FOSTER — TRUSTEE
  • BRIGITTE MCCRAY — TRUSTEE
  • DANIEL TAITZ — TREASURER
  • JAMES A ACEY-VAN BRUNT — TRUSTEE
  • JOHN WEITZER — TRUSTEE
  • JUAN BATTLE — PRESIDENT
  • MARIA LLERENA — VICE PRESIDENT
  • MARK BASILE — TRUSTEE
  • MATT ANSEL — SECRETARY
  • NICOLE GREEN — TRUSTEE
  • PAUL CARLESIMO — TRUSTEE
  • ROBIN ROSENBLUTH — TRUSTEE
  • ROMY COQUILLETTE — TRUSTEE
  • SABRINA GLASER — TRUSTEE
  • SHRINKHALA BASNET — TRUSTEE
strategies · 1

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Permanency Before Aging Out
    methodology: permanency_before_aging_out
    By securing permanent, legal, and moral families for older youth in foster care before they age out, we prevent long-term instability and homelessness, because early family permanency provides the relational and structural support necessary for successful adulthood.