2025-10-09T10:13:13-05:00 2024-12-31 582676261 Rogers & Company PLLC 8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600 Vienna VA 22182 990 2024-01-01 520642791 The Barker Adoption Foundation BARK 3016649664 7979 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda MD 208142429 Michael MacFarland Treasurer 3016649664 2025-10-07 1 1 Yong Zhang CPA P01249785 7038930300 2025-10-07 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Michael MacFarland 7979 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda MD 208142429 3535729 0 X www.barkeradoptionfoundation.org X 1945 DC Provide services and support relating to the placement for adoption and well-being of children. 23 23 49 45 0 0 2719144 2393337 1129031 1077457 58320 62380 5632 2555 3912127 3535729 5000 0 0 0 2352925 2555063 0 0 372836 1407992 1183049 3765917 3738112 146210 -202383 3608933 3122387 1717687 1433524 1891246 1688863 X The Barker Adoption Foundation provides life-long services for all in the adoption constellation and advocates for ethical, respectful, and child-centered adoption practices. 0 0 985888 227482 Mental Health Counseling & Post-Adoption Services: Barker provides comprehensive post-adoption support to all members of the adoption triad-adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families-across their lifespan. Services include search and reunion assistance, parent coaching, support groups, educational workshops, an annual conference, consultation services, homeland heritage tours, and individual and family mental health counseling. Barker's post-adoption & mental health counseling services are available to all touched by adoption regardless of whether their adoption experience was with Barker or another agency. 675280 422344 Domestic Program: Barker offers free, confidential, and unbiased counseling to individuals and couples who wish to explore making an adoption plan for their child, whether during pregnancy or while already parenting. Services are offered in both English and Spanish, in person or virtually, and include coordinating proper medical care, providing emotional support, resource referrals, and ongoing supportive services regardless of the decision made. Barker serves individuals and couples who wish to adopt infants domestically. Barker provides education, home studies, matching, placement, and post-placement supervision. Services are provided in a transparent and ethical manner, ensuring a child-centered approach.Barker has a cradle care program where its trained foster families provide nurturing temporary care for the baby while the birth parents take the time necessary to decide whether to parent or to place the child for adoption. 612402 183747 International Adoption Program: The Barker Adoption Foundation's International Adoption Program provides education, counseling, and comprehensive adoption services to families seeking to adopt children from other countries that allow US families to adopt internationally. While international adoption has decreased globally, Barker continues to support families who pursue international placements through accredited partners and provides ongoing training and post-placement supervision. The program also assists families with intercountry adoption finalizations and immigration processes. Barker ensures all international placements comply with The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, U.S. and foreign law, and ethical best practices. 592697 243884 Project Wait No Longer ("PWNL"): Project Wait No Longer is Barker's older child adoption program focused on placing children from U.S. foster care-typically older children, sibling groups, and children with complex needs-with permanent, loving families. PWNL provides prospective adoptive parents with intensive training, home study assessments, matching and placement services, and ongoing support. The program works closely with public child welfare agencies and seeks to reduce the number of children waiting for adoption by recruiting and preparing families who are committed to meeting their needs. 592697 243884 2866267 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 21 0 1 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 23 23 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 MD X The Organization 3016649664 7979 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda MD 208142429 Eugenia Collis Chair 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Adrian Washington Past Chair 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Alan Heymann 1st Vice Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Melissa Gray-Hughes 2nd Vice Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Benjamin Murray Secretary 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Michele Wilson Assistant Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael MacFarland Treasurer 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Christopher Young Assistant Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Kathryn Bucher Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rajiv Dembla Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mara Gandal-Powers Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jacqueline Young Perrins Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Aaren Keith Ricciotti Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 George Wolohojian Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alex Altman Sherman Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Daniel Hwang Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jo Ann Regan Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Charmayne Anderson Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Meghan Duffy Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Russ Guzdar Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Hemi Hunt Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Freeman Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Annie Lovejoy Jenkins Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 J McCray Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ellen Meade Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Hollar Executive Director 40.00 X 182689 0 15372 Nancy Wilkinson Dir of Finance & Administration 40.00 X 110972 0 24543 Beverly Clarke Sr. Dir., Clinical & Support Services 40.00 X 151477 0 5007 Saara McEachnie Dir. Of Domestic Adoption Programs 40.00 X 118876 0 4085 Michele Mazzei Dir. Of Development 40.00 X 113632 0 18572 Cynthia Cubbage Dir. Of Family and Post-Adopt Services 40.00 X 115720 0 3981 Linda Baxter Controller 40.00 X 111132 0 1018 904498 0 72578 7 0 1 0 Contour Strategies LLC 901 Brutscher Street Suite D130 Newberg OR 97132 Strategic planning, development, communi 170202 Design Data Systems 610 Professional Drive Suite 102 Gaithersburg MD 20879 IT 107333 2 799722 1593615 78625 2393337 Placement/PostPlacement 624100 397514 397514 Post Adoption Fees 624100 233961 233961 Application/intake fees 624100 184075 184075 Homestudy fees 624100 147944 147944 Adoption Education 624100 113963 113963 1077457 62380 62380 Other income 900099 2555 2555 2555 3535729 1077457 0 64935 333576 118837 155321 59418 1931063 1653302 160792 116969 14433 14433 95975 86720 1001 8254 180016 141986 24035 13995 21473 21473 370854 189157 54928 126769 184293 145359 24607 14327 83592 65933 11161 6498 138396 109158 18479 10759 109455 86331 14614 8510 21549 21549 84484 84484 754 595 100 59 29279 23093 3910 2276 49842 39312 6655 3875 Child placement 74594 74594 Bad debt expense 12004 9468 1602 934 Corporate registrations 1641 1294 219 128 Taxes and licenses 839 662 112 65 3738112 2866267 499009 372836 361550 295116 1372571 1085232 645546 611639 21845 51127 34514 40886 274240 253103 29094 21137 1143813 1017250 3608933 3122387 215658 182790 22592 15574 1479437 1235160 1717687 1433524 X 1110992 1043941 780254 644922 1891246 1688863 3608933 3122387 -202383 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1826284 2590846 2369048 2719144 2393337 11898659 1826284 2590846 2369048 2719144 2393337 11898659 4096629 7802030 10385 8270 6807 58320 62380 146162 4228 13685 1773 5632 2555 27873 12072694 5785840 0.64630 0.62470 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10, Explanation of Other Income: Other Income - 2020 Amount: $ 4,228. 2021 Amount: $ 13,685. 2022 Amount: $ 1,773. 2023 Amount: $ 5,632. 2024 Amount: $ 2,555. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 16101019 3280 2187589 864614 17427274 14083695 10178 2880501 873355 16101019 18656734 2130 -3673837 901332 14083695 16150922 336347 2940914 771449 18656734 14236539 34186 2575178 694981 16150922 1.00000 0 1 1 147805 147805 0 126435 105298 21137 21137 Deferred compensation plan assets 77624 Right-of-use asset - operating lease 931263 Due from Friends of Barker 8363 1017250 Deferred compensation plan liabilities 77624 Deposits 81970 Lease liability - operating lease 1056660 Lease liability - finance lease 18906 1235160 X 3570829 35100 35100 3535729 0 3535729 3773212 35100 35100 3738112 0 3738112 Part V, Line 4: The Friends of Barker, a related Type I Section 509(a)(3) supporting organization maintains a Board-Designated Quasi-Endowment fund (also referred to as "Legacy Funds I & II") to provide for the long-term needs of the organization and to secure Barker's services for future generations. The mission of The Friends of Barker is to collect and invest public support for the benefit of The Barker Adoption Foundation, a public charity which operates a licensed adoption agency. Part X, Line 2: Management has evaluated the Foundation's tax positions and concluded that the consolidated financial statements do not include any uncertain tax positions. X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Susan Hollar Executive Director 182689 0 0 0 0 0 14152 0 1220 0 198061 0 0 0 Beverly Clarke Sr. Dir., Clinical & Support Service 151477 0 0 0 0 0 3787 0 1220 0 156484 0 0 0 X 5 78625 Fair Market Value 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 Members include adoptive parents, adoptive persons, birth parents, and friends and patrons. All members, regardless of their affiliations with the Foundation, shall have the same rights and priviledges of membership. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a Trustees are elected through vote of the membership at the annual meeting of members. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b The Bylaws may be amended at the annual meeting of the membership, or at a special meeting of members called for that purpose. Amendments to the Bylaws may be proposed by the Board of Trustees or any twenty members. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A draft copy of the Form 990 is reviewed by the Board of Trustees Treasurer, Executive Director, Director of Finance and Administration, and the Chair of the Board of Trustees. Any changes are communicated to the accountant and are updated. A final copy is approved and signed by the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Procedures for addressing conflicts of interest - Specific transactions: Where an actual or potential conflict exists between the interests of the agency and an interested party with respect to a specific proposed action or transaction, the Barker Adoption Foundation shall refrain from the proposed action or transaction until such time as the proposed action or transaction has been approved by the disinterested members of the Board of Trustees of the organization. The following procedures shall apply: 1) An interested party who has an actual or potential conflict of interest with respect to a proposed action or transaction of the corporation shall not participate in any way in, or be present during, the deliberations and decision making of the organization with respect to such action or transaction. The interested party may, upon request, be available to answer questions or provide material, factual information about the proposed action or transaction. 2) The disinterested members of the Board of Trustees may approve the proposed action or transaction upon finding that it is in the best interests of the corporation. The Board shall consider whether the terms of the proposed transaction are fair and reasonable to the organization and whether it would be possible, with reasonable effort, to find a more advantageous arrangement with an entity that is not an interested party. 3) Approval by the disinterested members of the Board of Trustees shall be by vote of a majority of Directors in attendance at a meeting at which a quorum is present. An interested party shall not be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present, or for purposes of determining what constitutes a majority vote of Directors in attendance. 4) The minutes of the meeting shall reflect that the conflict disclosure was made, the vote taken and, where applicable, the abstention from voting and participation by the interested party. Violations of conflict of interest policy: If the Board of Trustees has reason to believe that an interested party has failed to disclose an actual or potential conflict of interest, it shall inform the person of the basis for such a belief and take the appropriate action. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The Foundation's Executive Committee periodically benchmarks the Executive Director's salary through data gathered by outside organizations, taking into consideration the cost of living in a particular area, as well as the credentials, experience, tenure, and performance. It is the Board that decides the compensation of the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Foundation's governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: The Barker Adoption Foundation's Finance Committee is responsible for the oversight of the consolidated audit, including the selection of the independent accountant. The process is consistent with previous years. Friends of Barker Inc 7979 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda MD 208142429 521994867 To collect and invest public support for The Barker Adoption Foundation. DC 501(c)(3) Line 12a, I The Barker Adoption Foundation 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Friends of Barker Inc C 799722 Cash grant