Qualified Foster Care Organizations
Qualified Foster Care Organizations
$587 per Individual | $1,173 per Married Couple
Arizona Department of Revenue Form 352 Required
ww.bok. Per the Arizona Department of Revenue, a QFCO provides immediate basic needs to residents of Arizona who receive temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) benefits, are low-income residents of Arizona, or are individuals who have a chronic illness or physical disability, and provide immediate basic needs to at least 200 qualifying individuals in the foster care system.
A QFCO must meet ALL of the following provisions:
• Is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) or is a designated community action agency that receives community services block grant program monies pursuant to 42 United States Code Section 9901.
• Provide services that meet immediate basic needs.
• Serves Arizona residents who receive temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) benefits, are low-income residents whose household income is less than 150% of the federal poverty level, or are chronically ill or physically disabled individuals.
• Spends at least 50% of its budget on qualified services to qualified Arizona residents.
• Affirms that it will continue spending at least 50% of its budget on qualified services to qualified Arizona residents.
• Provides ongoing services to at least 200 qualified individuals in the foster care system.
• Spends at least 50% of its budget on ongoing services to qualified individuals in the foster care system.
Agape Adoption Agency of AZ
Agape is a Christian service organization with a passion to empower positive outcomes for children and families. Our approach is unique in its collaboration with birth parents, adoptive and foster families, government agencies and community service providers throughout the journey of life, love and healing.
When it comes down to it, few things so directly make the difference for children and families as a donation. Agape maximizes your giving, and additional tax credits and options take it even further! You will benefit children and families in foster care through Agape programs that support them in critical areas of need.
Tax Code 10031
Aid to Adoption of Special Kids (AASK)
Ensuring every child has someone who cares through foster care, adoption and mentoring programs.
Relationships matter, and with AASK’s foster care, adoption and mentoring programs, children in Arizona’s foster care system can build quality relationships with caring adults that help improve their confidence and sense of self-worth. Each year, AASK programs help over 700 children discover they are not alone and worthy of love and respect.
Tax Code 10026
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation creates opportunities to build self-esteem and empower children and youth in foster care by funding services to enrich their life experiences and ensure their successful transition to adulthood.
Being removed from home is a traumatic experience that changes the trajectory of a young person’s life. Founded in 1984, Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation works to help children and youth in foster care enjoy typical childhood experiences (Childhood Activities), achieve self-sufficiency and tap into their potential (Keys to Success) and get to and stay in college (Post-Secondary Programs). Your foster care tax credit donation can change the story of young people in foster care and let them know that someone believes in them and wants to invest in their dreams!
Tax Code 10023
Arizona Helping Hands Is Now The Foster Alliance
As the largest provider of essential needs for the foster community in Arizona, The Foster Alliance supplies brand-new beds, clothing, shoes, personal care items and more to foster children and the wonderful people who open their homes to them.
Today, 35 Arizonans will receive a phone call asking to open their homes to children in need of safety, above all else. The Foster Alliance exists to make it easier for them to say “Yes.” Last year, we showed up more than 19,000 times when foster children needed things like beds, cribs, shoes, clothing, diapers, pull-ups and wipes. These gifts keep siblings together and allow families to pay the rent without thinking twice. With 12,000+ children in state and tribal foster care, there are 12,000 reasons to lend a hand.
Tax Code 10003
Arizona Sunshine Angels
To promote the self-esteem of children in foster care who reside in residential group homes by providing them with essential needs to support education, independent living, self-worth and hope.
Arizona Sunshine Angels is a nonprofit that exists to support and enrich the lives of foster children in residential group homes in Maricopa County. Currently, we serve more than 700 children from ages 3 to 18 in 12 agencies.
Tax Code 10014
Catholic Charities Community Services
Catholic Charities Community Services, founded in 1933, strengthens children and families, serves and shelters our neighbors, welcomes immigrants and refugees and collaborates with the community.
Since 1933, Catholic Charities has been dedicated to serving our most vulnerable neighbors throughout Arizona. With over 20 programs, we summarize our mission as: Serving and Sheltering Our Neighbors; Strengthening Children and Families; Welcoming Refugees and Immigrants; and Collaborating with Our Community. Give Today. Change Lives Tomorrow. Your foster care tax credit contributions can be directed to Central and/or Northern Arizona foster care and adoption services or allocated where they are needed most.
Tax Code 10000
Center for the Rights of Abused Children
Our mission is to protect children, change laws and inspire people. We believe every child deserves a safe and loving home.
The Center for the Rights of Abused Children helps abused children by providing legal advice and representation free of charge. Our pro bono Children’s Law Clinic is a lifeline for children as well as young adults who have aged out of foster care and face adulthood alone. We also offer customized trainings to foster parents, licensing workers, CASAs, GALs, lawyers and judges to help better understand the legal landscape and best practices surrounding foster care. With your help, we fight the big fights, working to end violence against children. Our work in courtrooms and legislatures has improved safety and protections for 775,000 children and counting.
Tax Code 10053
Child Crisis Arizona
Child Crisis Arizona provides children and youth in Arizona a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect, by creating strong and successful families.
With thousands of children in Arizona’s foster care system, the need for strong, well-prepared foster and adoptive families continues to grow. We have one of the largest foster care and adoption programs to license, train and certify individuals and families interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents. Our range of services and support, along with realistic training, prepares families for the placement of children of all ages and backgrounds. We serve single- and two-parent families from a no-limitation spectrum of religious beliefs, ethnicity and sexual orientations.
Tax Code 10012
Florence Crittenton
Transforming the lives of young women in need, Florence Crittenton has been a beacon of hope since 1896.
Florence Crittenton provides hope, healing and recovery to girls who have endured physical and sexual victimization, chronic neglect, homelessness, poverty, teen pregnancy, drug abuse and more.
Tax Code 10019
Hope and a Future
Hope & A Future serves abused and neglected children in the Arizona foster care system by helping them reach their potential and achieve their dreams.
Founded in 2004, Hope & A Future is celebrating 20 years of supporting Arizona foster kids. We receive no government funding and fully operate through donations and the Foster Care tax credit. Sixty-seven percent of foster kids drop out of high school, and only 3 percent ever graduate from college. Your donation allows us to form relationship-based connections through our summer camps, life-skills training, mentoring, tutoring and educational scholarships. Through these programs, we improve foster kids’ long-term outcomes by offering them hope and a brighter future.
Tax Code 10021
RISE Arizona Family Services LLC
Mission: “Creating opportunities for and with people.” Our foster care program includes licensing safe homes for children needing placement in a developmental home, community foster care or a therapeutic home.
The most nurturing place for children in foster care is in a family setting. Our main goal at RISE is to find loving and stable homes for children in foster care while their biological families work to create a secure home environment. Foster children need structure, stability and love during this difficult time. At RISE, we train, license and provide ongoing support to foster and adoptive families. Our family support specialists (or licensing workers) visit you in your home monthly to help guide you, and we offer 24/7 emergency support through our on-call services.
Tax Code 11060
Voices for CASA Children
Voices for CASA Children brings a voice to Arizona’s children by promoting and supporting volunteer advocacy for youth who have experienced abuse and neglect and are living in foster care.
VOICES is committed not only to children, but also to the CASA volunteers advocating for them. To improve a child’s well-being and outcomes, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA volunteers) are appointed by the judge to get to know the child, assess and monitor their needs and make recommendations in the child’s best interest. With your help, VOICES seeks to ensure each CASA is equipped with the information, support and resources needed to continually strengthen their advocacy. Our programs include ongoing education classes for CASA volunteers, child enrichment activities, CASA volunteer recruitment and retention and other resources.
Tax Code 10010
