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Human Services : Social Services
Board Leadership
Sheila Casey
Chair
CEO
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Chief Executive Officer
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Blue Star Families (BSF) strengthens military families every day. Through career development, caregiving, and our leading research on military family life, we're striving to better understand and provide solutions to the challenges facing today's military families. In April of 2009, a group of military spouses got together in the hopes of making a difference in the lives of military families. They knew the issues surrounding military families and saw a need for a platform where military family members could join forces with the general public and their communities to address the challenges of military life. Since then, BSF has grown from a few military spouses around a kitchen table to more than 150,000 members and over 35 communities and chapters around the globe. Our programs and services reach more than 1.5 million military family members every year.
Blue Star Families (BSF) strengthens military families every day. Through career development, caregiving, and our leading research on military family life, we're striving to better understand and provide solutions to the challenges facing today's military families. In April of 2009, a group of military spouses got together in the hopes of making a difference in the lives of military families. They knew the issues surrounding military families and saw a need for a platform where military family members could join forces with the general public and their communities to address the challenges of military life. Since then, BSF has grown from a few military spouses around a kitchen table to more than 150,000 members and over 35 communities and chapters around the globe. Our programs and services reach more than 1.5 million military family members every year.
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96.00
Program Expenses (Percent of the charity's total expenses spent on the programs and services it delivers) |
82.1% | |
Administrative Expenses | 8.9% | |
Fundraising Expenses | 8.8% | |
Fundraising Efficiency | $0.07 | |
Working Capital Ratio (years) | 0.85 | |
Program Expenses Growth | 22.4% | |
Liabilities to Assets | 7.4% |
Charity Name & State | Overall Score | Overall Rating |
---|---|---|
Blue Star Families (CA) | 95.00 | |
Operation Healing Forces (FL) | 93.88 | |
Building Homes for Heroes (NY) | 93.42 | |
Operation Homefront (TX) | 87.44 | |
USO of Metropolitan New York (NY) | 86.91 |
REVENUE | |
Contributions | |
Contributions, Gifts & Grants | $6,001,577 |
Federated Campaigns | $0 |
Membership Dues | $0 |
Fundraising Events | $0 |
Related Organizations | $0 |
Government Grants | $168,734 |
Total Contributions | $6,170,311 |
Program Service Revenue | $0 |
Total Primary Revenue | $6,170,311 |
Other Revenue | $38,937 |
TOTAL REVENUE | $6,209,248 |
EXPENSES | |
Program Expenses | $3,800,735 |
Administrative Expenses | $367,120 |
Fundraising Expenses | $535,947 |
TOTAL FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES | $4,703,802 |
Payments to Affiliates | $0 |
Excess (or Deficit) for the year | $1,505,446 |
Net Assets | $3,628,173 |
Program names and associated costs are listed for the top programs as reported on the charity's most recently filed Form 990. The top programs displayed will include the largest three programs, or those programs covering at least 60% of the charity's total expenses, whichever comes first.
Program Name | Amount Spent | % of Program Expenses |
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Community Development | $2,580,357 | 67.9% |
Research and Policy | $826,399 | 21.7% |
Technology Engagement for Members | $393,979 | 10.4% |
Form 990 FYE | Date Published | Overall Score | Overall Rating | ||||||
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CN 2.1 | |||||||||
2018-12 | 10/01/2020 | 95.00 | |||||||
2018-12 | 03/01/2020 | 93.55 | |||||||
2017-12 | 12/20/2019 | 96.04 | |||||||
2017-12 | 03/01/2019 | 95.13 | |||||||
2016-12 | 06/01/2018 | 95.14 |
The data displayed on this tab is provided by the IRS in the form of Publication 78 and the Business Master File (BMF).
EIN | 80-0369895 |
Name in IRS Master File | BLUE STAR FAMILIES INC |
NTEE Code | W30 |
NTEE Classification | Military, Veterans' Organizations |
NTEE Type | Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other |
Classification | Charitable Organization |
Subsection | 501(c)(3) (View the list of codes) |
Activities | |
Foundation Status | Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) |
Deductibility | Contributions are deductible |
Affiliation | Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). |
Group Name | [Not Applicable] |
Ruling Date | September, 2009 |
Filing Requirement | 990 (all other) or 990EZ return |
Fiscal Year End | December |
IRS Forms 990 (provided courtesy of Foundation Center) |
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Compensation | % of Expenses | Paid to | Title | |
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$194,759 | 4.14% | Kathy Roth-Douquet | President, CEO |
Charity Name & State | Overall Score | Overall Rating |
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Blue Star Families (CA) | 95.00 | |
Fisher House Foundation (MD) | 94.10 | |
Gary Sinise Foundation (CA) | 98.23 | |
The Greater Jacksonville Area USO (FL) | 90.73 | |
Bob Woodruff Family Foundation (NY) | 95.83 |
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Blue Star Families
P.O. Box 230637
Encinitas,
CA 92023
tel: (202) 630-2583
EIN: 80-0369895
Sheila Casey
Chair
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Chief Executive Officer
Charity Navigator
299 Market Street Suite 250
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
EIN: 13-4148824
BRIDGE ID: 3108588923