2025-02-27T15:46:25-06:00 2024-06-30 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 2698 Mataro Street Pasadena CA 91107 990 2023-07-01 951977659 Wayfinder Family Services WAYF 3232954555 5300 Angeles Vista Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90043 Jay Allen CEO 3232954555 2025-02-27 1 1 Carlos A Davis CPA P02037008 6264036801 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Jay Allen 5300 Angeles Vista Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90043 48232549 0 X www.wayfinderfamily.org X 1953 CA Wayfinder's mission is to ensure that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn. 15 14 549 67 0 0 45731938 40782068 0 0 1414888 1176060 168480 1861204 47315306 43819332 3697243 2893714 0 0 30655073 31824270 0 0 1714997 13767911 11715475 48120227 46433459 -804921 -2614127 60686743 62952478 7417905 8421749 53268838 54530729 X Wayfinder's mission is to ensure that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn. Founded in 1953 as the Foundation for the Junior Blind, Wayfinder now is a human services agency with expertise in child welfare, mental health, visual impairment and multiple disabilities. We offer all services at no cost to our clients, most of whom are low-income and vulnerable. 1 0 14097866 2893714 Wayfinder's statewide Foster Care and Adoption programs match children and youth who have been displaced from their homes due to abuse or neglect with families that can provide safe, caring homes. Wayfinder recruits, trains and certifies resource (foster) families, some of whom ultimately adopt the children they foster. Also, Wayfinder offers therapeutic adoption support that includes case management, mental health therapy and mentoring to children and their adoptive families during and after adoption to promote stability and permanency. 4660898 Wayfinder's Temporary Shelter Care program, also known as The Cottage, is a 10-day shelter on our Los Angeles campus for children, ages 0 through 17, who have just been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. These children need temporary refuge until they can be placed with family members or foster families. Our professional staff stabilize children in crisis so they are ready to transition to a placement. Wayfinder is one of only four agencies selected by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services to provide this service-and the only one that accepts infants and toddlers. 5547942 Wayfinder operates five Group Homes in single-family homes, each housing up to six children or six young adults with multiple, profound disabilities. Residents receive round-the-clock care. All group homes are conveniently located in the South Los Angeles neighborhood near the Wayfinder campus so that residents can attend the Special Education School, use Wayfinder's recreational facilities or receive care from our 24-hour medical center. 4952420 Mental Health offers therapy to children, youth, adults and families in our programs, including traumatized foster youth in The Cottage. Also, Wayfinder remains one of only a handful of organizations in the state that offers mental health services to people with disabilities. Our counselors help clients build skills to cope with vision loss, traumatic experiences, unstable environments, abuse, neglect and more. Wayfinder's community mental health services assist residents in need in Los Angeles, Butte and Shasta counties. Our mental health care in the community is focused on preventative services to help build resilient individuals and families. 95590 Transition Services enables teenagers and young adults who are blind or visually impaired to explore careers and successfully transition to independent living, college or the workforce. The program offers virtual trainings and quarterly weekend workshops across California, and a four-week, in-person summer program in classrooms and dorms on the Cal State Los Angeles campus to increase workforce readiness and academic preparation. 692208 Camp Bloomfield and Recreation: Wayfinder's Camp Bloomfield provides children and youth who are blind, visually impaired, multi-disabled with memorable experiences in the outdoors. The camp program offers activities adapted for children of all ages and abilities that develop self-esteem and build independence.Wayfinder offers empowering sports, recreation and outdoor adventures that are adapted for children and teens with disabilities. 2569862 Davidson Program for Independence on Wayfinder's Los Angeles campus and the Hatlen Center for the Blind in San Pablo in Northern California are comprehensive residential rehabilitation programs for adults ages 18 and older who are blind or visually impaired, many with recent vision loss. Participants learn assistive technology, orientation and mobility (white cane and safe travel), braille, and independent living skills. Each client pursues individualized goals that lead to a confident transition to an independent life and education or employment.Assistive Technology Training provides instruction on the latest assistive technology devices and software for success in today's job market to adults with vision loss, ages 18 and older.Employment Services teaches adults who are blind or visually impaired the skills they need to join or rejoin the workforce. Participants attend training on our L.A. campus, remotely, or in person in their homes. Clients receive assessments, training and job placement, as well as coaching and instruction in orientation and mobility to find and keep jobs. Clients emerge as competitive candidates in the workforce. Also, Wayfinder helps employers adapt workspaces to increase accessibility.Older Individuals who are Blind (OIB) provides adults ages 55+ who are visually impaired with training in areas like the use of assistive technology, orientation and mobility so they can care for themselves, live independently and navigate their community. 549924 Strategic Initiatives: Initiative funds are used as seed funds for new programs or for the expansion of existing program. This year, initiative funds supported merger integration work, statewide impact efforts, data driven technology enhancements, and research of new funding opportunities. 1543841 Wayfinder's Special Education School offers children and youth, ages 5 to 22, who are visually impaired or have moderate-to-severe disabilities, a safe, positive environment for learning and growth. In the least restrictive environment in our state-certified, non-public school, teachers develop students' communication, mobility and functional skills to increase their independence. 1438227 Wayfinder's statewide Child Development Services provides early intervention in person or via telehealth to children birth to age 3 with vision impairment or multiple disabilities. Young children maximize any vision they have and reduce developmental delays. Parents learn to provide their child with therapeutic stimulation and to advocate for their child's education and care. 469757 Public Education Program: Through public education, Wayfinder informs and educates students, families, professionals and community members about important issues surrounding disabilities and child welfare. 2175508 The Haven provides long-term foster care, a group home and family finding for children and youth, ages 0-17, who enter the country unaccompanied by family. Our staff offer child-centered, trauma-informed services to refugee children, who have complex, intertwined needs, including health, mental health, behavioral, developmental or physical disabilities. We increase children's stability while locating capable relatives or a foster family. Wayfinder's Medical Center provides 24-hour services to children in our The Cottage, as well as children and young adults in Wayfinder's Group Homes and Special Education School. Many have complex, intertwined medical, mental health and behavioral needs, which our medical staff are adept at addressing. Medical department staff includes nurses and a psychiatrist, and we contract with a nurse practitioner, endocrinologist and behavioral psychologist.The Kinship Support Services Program supports grandparents, extended family members or close family friends who step up to raise children so they avoid the trauma of separation from their birth family. The program also assists kinship families that form voluntarily, without the assistance of a child welfare agency. Our program offers counseling, assistance with basic needs, support groups and workshops, respite resources and more.Our Family Finding Services search exhaustively for relatives or people close to children in foster care so they can establish supportive connections. "Upfront family finding" strives to locate relatives or family friends soon after a child is removed from the home, rather than the older model of finding connections when a youth is in danger of leaving foster care without family connections.Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Child and Family Development provide counseling and support services to prevent at-risk children from entering foster care. Parents whose children are in foster care receive Supervised Visitation and Coaching services to strengthen parenting and sustain family ties. 14487337 38794043 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 85 0 1 549 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA FL GA HI IL KS KY MD MI MN NJ NM NY NC OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WI MA X X X Fernando Almodovar Chief Financial Officer 3232954555 5300 Angeles Vista Blvd Los Angeles CA 90043 Glenn A Sonnenberg Chair of Board 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Linda Myerson Dean Vice Chair of Board 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Scott M Farkas Esq Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Erica Fernandez Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Elworth AE Williams Immediate Past Chair 1.00 X 0 0 0 Harold A Davidson DBA Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Timothy E Ford Esq Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Robert D Held Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Steve L Hernandez Esq Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jonathan I Macy MD Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 John Nicolaus Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Fernando Villa Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Tara Voss Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Stevie Wonder Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Miki Jordan CEO (end 6/30/23)/Consultant 40.00 X X 387119 0 21811 Jay Allen COO/CEO (transition 7/23) 40.00 X X 354212 0 39433 Blythe Maling Senior VP & Chief Develop. 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(CalStrat), is Wayfinder's consultant dedicated to successfully navigating through the myriad pathways of California's political, legislative, regulatory, and media environments. CalStrat offers state and local legislative and regulatory advocacy services. 419880 419880 419880 419880 419880 419880 419880 6802 6802 419880 419880 7554 7554 419880 1.00000 0 0 2989000 1640445 4629445 21443762 13251182 8192580 7984006 7370592 613414 1754724 970993 783731 14219170 Right-of-use liabilities 1414326 1414326 X 47853799 3876018 268502 4144520 43709279 110053 110053 43819332 46591908 268502 268502 46323406 110053 110053 46433459 Part V, Line 4: The donor has stipulated that the principal of the Endowment Fund is to be kept in tact in perpetuity and only the interest and dividends there from may be expended for the needs of the organization and children. Part X, Line 2: Wayfinder Family Services is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by Wayfinder Family Services in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Wayfinder Family Services' returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. 1 Foster Family payments 388 2893714 Part I, Line 2: All foster parents receive payments based on the child's age or "Level of Care" as determined by DCFS through an approved review process. X X X X X 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miki Jordan CEO (end 6/30/23)/Consultant 387119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21811 0 408930 0 0 0 Jay Allen COO/CEO (transition 7/23) 335864 0 18348 0 0 0 39433 0 0 0 393645 0 0 0 Fernando Almodovar Chief Financial Officer 256079 0 28744 0 0 0 26703 0 22357 0 333883 0 0 0 Blythe Maling Senior VP & Chief Develop. Officer 269943 0 6289 0 0 0 23911 0 17082 0 317225 0 0 0 Carmen Garcia Chief People Officer 214353 0 13628 0 0 0 20430 0 17592 0 266003 0 0 0 Dawn Vo-Jutabha Chief Operating Officer (start 3/23) 193597 0 14015 0 0 0 22243 0 12125 0 241980 0 0 0 Carol Ramirez VP and Chief Program Officer 184615 0 6617 0 0 0 7862 0 0 0 199094 0 0 0 Part I, Line 4b The following participated in a 457(b)Plan: Miki Jordan Emenhiser - $13,673 Jay Allen - $20,500 Blythe C. Maling - $13,937 Donna Roberts - $8,367 Carmen Garcia - $11,369 Fernando Almodovar - $14,577 Dawn Vo-Jutabha - $10,470 Part II: Miki Jordan was CEO of Wayfinder Family Services until June 30, 2023. After her tenure as CEO ended, she continued to work for Wayfinder Family Services as a consultant. In the current tax return, $266,626 of the reported compensation was for duties as CEO and $120,493 was for her duties as a consultant. Miki Jordan Former CEO 120493 Consulting 0 X 2210 X 115379 At cost X 1 1491 FMV X 3 1549 At cost X Gift cards 20 8915 Purchased value X Edu. supplies 4 7397 At cost 0 1 0 Part I, Column (b): The quantity of items reported is determined by the number of donors. Form 990, Part III, line 2 The Haven provides long-term foster care, a group home and family finding for children and youth, ages 0-17, who enter the country unaccompanied by family. Our staff offer child-centered, trauma-informed services to refugee children, who have complex, intertwined needs, including health, mental health, behavioral, developmental or physical disabilities. We increase children's stability while locating capable relatives or a foster family. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Reported and made available to the Board before filings with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The Board of Directors is required to read and sign a comprehensive Conflict of Interest Policy every year. 100% participation is mandatory. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Compensation Committee of the Board provides oversight with respect to executive compensation at Wayfinder. Executive compensation is defined as the compensation to the organization's CEO and his/her direct reports (COO, CFAO, CDO). The Committee: Reviews the annual salary and compensation package of the CEO and key employees. - Annually reviews the CEO's performance and the annual salary and compensation package of the CEO's direct reports. - Reviews and approves executive employment agreements (if and when appropriate), severance arrangements (if and when appropriate), and changes in control provisions/agreements (if and when appropriate). - Retains (and terminates) any consulting firms to be used to assist in the evaluation of executive compensation. This is done at the time of hiring, and when appropriate thereafter. Reviews comparable industry salary of the CEO, CFO, COO and CDO. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Conflict of Interest Policy is available upon request to the public. The Form 990 and financial statements are available on our website, upon request and also on Guidestar.org.