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Name:	Foster Care Coalition of Greater St. Louis, Inc.
Address:	111 N. 7th St., Suite 402
	St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone:	314-367-8373 800-367-8373
Web Address:	www.foster-adopt.org
Also known as: Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition Little Wishes

Foster Care Coalition of Greater St. Louis, Inc. (FCC) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

The Foster Care Coalition of Greater St. Louis is a private non-profit agency founded in 1989 that works to create permanency in every foster child’s life by recruiting and supporting foster and adoptive families. Our vision is for a community that embraces its most vulnerable members, ensuring that each child in foster care has an opportunity for a healthy, successful life. The Coalition recruits safe, appropriate and caring individuals who open their hearts and homes for children who have been physically or sexually abused, abandoned or neglected. Additionally, the Coalition provides critical support services to give these families the tools they need to help our children heal. These services include support groups for parents and for teens, family and educational advocacy, 24/7 Crisis Intervention, trainings and workshops, respite help, a resale store, and more. Together with KSDK NewsChannel 5, we produce a weekly segment, “A Place to Call Home” which features children available for adoption. Innovative and unique adoption programs, created by the Coalition, have success rates of nearly 70%. Of the foster parents who use our support services, 98% continue to foster compared to just 40% nationally.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, FCC's program expenses were:

Retention	715,535
Recruitment	570,492
Total Program Expenses:	$1,286,027

Chief Executive : Melanie Scheetz, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$71,061

Chair of the Board: Jane Dueker
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: President, Stinson Morrison

Board Size: 23

Paid Staff Size: 23

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, television, radio, grant proposals, membership

Fund raising costs were 12% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,853,738, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

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 FCC's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds
Contributions	796,450
Grants	744,620
United Way	186,195
Special Events (net)	115,645
Return on investment	11,986
Other income	10,828
Merchandise sales	3,343
Total Income	$1,869,067

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 83%  Fund Raising: 14%  Administrative: 3%

Total income				$1,869,067
	Program expenses			$1,286,027
	Fund raising expenses			217,770
	Administrative expenses			51,403
Total expenses				$1,555,200
Income in Excess of Expenses				313,867
Beginning net assets				935,986
Ending net assets				1,249,853
Total liabilities				92,000
Total assets				$1,341,853