Nonprofit · EIN 84-2625009
DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC
Tax-exempt · FORT MILL, SC 29715
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $982,894 | $879,192 | $103,702 | $1,012,512 | $6,308 | $1,006,204 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $720,756 | $628,669 | $92,087 | $902,502 | $0 | $902,502 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $638,304 | $451,464 | $186,840 | $812,726 | $2,311 | $810,415 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $889,189
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $38,861
- Net income from fundraising events
- $53,639
- Other revenue
- $54,844
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $577,593
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $81,705
- Other salaries and wages
- $133,408
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $231,646
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $2,724
- Travel
- $1,515
- Program services (functional)
- $802,342
- Management and general (functional)
- $8,942
- Fundraising (functional)
- $67,908
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $902,502
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,012,512
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,308
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,006,204
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $707,187
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $299,017
- Gross receipts
- $1,004,465
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 400
- Year formed
- 2019
- State of legal domicile
- SC
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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caitlin Sund | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $81,706 | $81,706 |
| Anthony Boddie | Chairman Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Louise Southern | Board Member Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jason Fore | Board Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| James Holt | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Kendra King | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Adam Schorr | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bradley Sund | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caitlin Sund | Executive Director Officer, Key employee | 40 | $76,077 |
| Anthony Boddie | Chairman Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Emily Baldino | Secretary Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Fore | Board Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| James Holt | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Kendra King | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Adam Schorr | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Louise Southern | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Brad Sund | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caitlin Sund | Executive Director Officer, Key employee | 40 | $53,980 |
| Anthonie Boddie | Chairman Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Leventis | Treasurer Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Ruthie Ramirez | Secretary Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Emily Baldino | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Fore | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| James Holt | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Kendra King | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Adam Schorr | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Louise Southern | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Brad Sund | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Vladimir Tkach | Board Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3160 HIGHWAY 21 STE 103 PMB 70, FORT MILL, SC 29715-8888
- Mailing address (990-N for 2019)
- 1274 Lange Ct, Fort Mill SC 29715
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Caitlin Sund, 3160 Highway 21 Ste 103 70, Fort Mill, SC 29715
- Principal officer (990-N for 2019)
- Caitlin Sund, 1274 Lange Ct, Fort Mill SC 29715
- Signed the 990
- Caitlin Sund, Executive Director
- Phone
- (704) 497-4050
- Return prepared by
- V TKACH CPA PLLC
Mission
To be one more reason for families to say, "Yes" to vulnerable children through foster care, adoption, and kinship care. Defend the Fatherless meets this mission by serving the physical, emotional, educational, spiritual and financial needs of the local foster and adoptive community.
Program accomplishments
- In 2025 Defend the Fatherless had 543 visits to the Foster Closet and subsequently served 1,072 children. During a visit to the Foster Closet, families are able to "shop" at no cost for items including: diapers, wipes, clothing, shoes, socks, underwear, car seats, baby equipment and other essentials. Among other items, we have provided families with cribs, bassinets, bunk beds, twin beds, mattresses, swings, changing tables, exersaucers, strollers, double strollers, infant car seats, toddler car seats, swings, jumperoos, baby carriers, shoes, new socks, new underwear, diapers, wipes, clothes, winter coats, backpacks, school supplies, hats/gloves, bikes and blankets/sheets. Items are donated through the community and are not paid for by Defend. The items are then given away to families at no cost. The Beds for Kids In Care program (a sub program of the foster closet) experienced tremendous growth in 2025. It has been widely used by social workers in hopes of keeping sibling sets together or even in Family Preservation in effort to provide a safe and comfortable place for children to sleep while a biological parent is working with DSS. A total of 396 beds were provided.Expenses $486,785 · grants $474,681 · revenue $549,880
- For the fifth year, Defend the Fatherless partnered directly with the York County Department of Social Services (DSS) to provide Christmas to every York County child in foster care. This year, 162 children were served. Over $19,000 was raised through the on-line Santa's Helper campaign, 23 local churches and businesses hosted physical angel trees that helped to collect gift cards, totalling over $17,000. Funding for the program and through this joint community effort, equated to $36,000 and was collected to fund the program in just three short weeks! The gift cards collected were given directly to local foster families to allow them the joy of shopping for the foster children in their care and provide a connection opportunity between foster child and foster parent!Expenses $48,134 · grants $48,134 · revenue $55,168
- Defend the Fatherless collected 500 pairs of specifically wished for shoes through their Back 2 School Shoe Drive. This is equivalent to approximately $29,000 in shoe donations. Also collected were 150 backpacks and school supplies with a $40 value each which equals $6000. We also collected and gave away school supplies in the approximate dollar amount of $1000. Defend spent $1200 on this program for the purchase of additional shoes, socks and school supplies that were not donated in-kind.Expenses $37,237 · grants $37,237 · revenue $36,200
- Mental Health Scholarship Program: To help offset the cost of trauma based mental health services Defend the Fatherless offers a Mental Health Scholarship. Families are required to apply for the scholarship, services must be verified by Defend the Fatherless and receipts are required. Families are eligible to be reimbursed up to $500 per family per year.Expenses $11,541 · grants $11,541 · revenue $15,000
- Connection Events Program: Connection and respite continue to be a huge need for the families Defend the Fatherless serves. The family structure of the foster and adoptive family is unique and it is important for the families served by Defend the Fatherless to feel a sense of community and belonging. Defend hosted 47 Connection and Respite Opportunities up from 21 Connection and Respite Opportunities. Nearly 1,300 people were served through these engagement events.Expenses $10,099 · revenue $5,509
- Adoption Grant Program: In 2025 $6,000 was awarded to three different families each to offset the cost of adoption fees. Families applied for the adoption grant and the board of directors met to discuss who would receive the grants. Defend the Fatherless received $1,000 in restricted funding to assist with this program.Expenses $6,000 · grants $6,000 · revenue $1,000
- Allocation of wages, payroll taxes, and other operating expensesExpenses $202,546
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 84-2625009
- 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
- 2019
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,012,512
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,004,465
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $982,894 | $879,192 | $1,012,512 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $720,756 | $628,669 | $902,502 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $638,304 | $451,464 | $812,726 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2019 Officer: Caitlin Sund | December 31, 2019 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 84-2625009).
Questions about DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC
- What is the EIN of DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC is 84-2625009.
- Is DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2019.
- Are donations to DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does DEFEND THE FATHERLESS 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 DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Caitlin Sund.
- Who are the officers and directors of DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 8 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $81,706 (Caitlin Sund, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does DEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $982,894, expenses of $879,192 and total assets of $1,012,512 at year end.
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