2025-05-22T08:06:54-07:00 2024-12-31 742981758 Dunagan Jack LLP 4833 Spicewood Springs Rd Ste 102 Austin TX 78759 990 2024-01-01 860968201 The MISS Foundation Mothers in Sympathy & Support MISS 6022796477 PO Box 9195 Austin TX 78766 Kelli Montgomery Exec Director 2025-05-22 true true Gary Joseph Jack P00184408 5124208997 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Kelli Montgomery PO Box 9195 Austin TX 78766 858413 false X www.missfoundation.org X 1996 AZ The MISS Foundation is a volunteer based organization providing C.A.R.E. [counseling, advocacy, research, and education] services to families experiencing the death of a child. 5 5 4 120 0 2333446 508474 447976 318118 32152 31821 6739 0 2820313 858413 170704 0 0 148833 100417 0 7967 726278 935815 1045815 1036232 1774498 -177819 3745697 3574984 0 3745697 3574984 Our vision is that no one has to walk alone in traumatic grief. This necessitates a compassionate community where grief and love, pain and beauty intersect. false false 942339 318118 Through our Compassionate Bereavement Care (CBC) Certification Program, we reached out to local communities, training 154 new providers to offer expert care in their own communities to families who have a child who is dying or who has died. Those who qualify as CBC providers in our network are trained in traumatic grief and include top-level physicians, mental health providers, nurses, social workers, funeral directors, therapists, hospice care, clergy and first responders. In 2024, we helped thousands of family members through our HOPE Mentor Program, counseling services, online forums, support groups and Selah Carefarm visits. We offered free and affordable counseling to those in need. Our staff of highly trained traumatic grief counselors provided 1821 counseling and crisis intervention hours, 3240 program hours, and contributed $280,462 of free counseling hours for families in need. We awarded 62 scholarships to families in need, totaling nearly $70,000 in therapeutic services to low-income grievers. Our volunteers sent 357 support packets to grieving families. We connected our HOPE mentors to bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents, averaging 740 volunteer hours. Our facilitators held support groups for grieving family members (virtual and in person). We also hosted International Kindness Project Day. Our founder, Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, and our counselors, worked year-round with individuals through crisis interventions, counseling intensives, traumatic grief programs and retreats. Our team also cared for 51 animals rescued from abuse and neglect, providing them with a forever sanctuary. Dr. Cacciatore was selected as a panelist for a congressional report, assigned to the National Institutes of Health, SAMHSA, and AHRQ. This Quality Bereavement Care report was submitted to Congress and details issues related to traumatic grief in the U.S. 942339 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 30 0 false 4 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 5 5 false false false false false false false true false false false false true true true true true true false false X Kelli Montgomery 6022796477 PO Box 9195 Austin TX 78766 Kelli Montgomery Exec Director 40.00 0.00 X 55583 0 0 Joanne Cacciatore President 30.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Alane Breland Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KD Frueh Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Steve Larsen Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Torrez Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 55583 0 false false false Emery Farm Enterprises 700 N Page Springs Rd Cornville AZ 86325 Farm operations 237535 E-Motion Inc 6 Woodrow Rd Hanover NH 03755 Motion-based program 128379 Center for Loss and Trauma 850 N Page Springs Rd Cornville AZ 86325 Counseling and training 102720 3 508474 23462 508474 Bereavement care training 624100 164040 164040 Counseling 624100 39160 39160 Other program revenues 624100 6609 6609 Respite Center 624100 44544 44544 Traumatic grief program 624100 63765 63765 318118 31821 31821 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 858413 318118 31821 X 0 0 0 0 55583 31682 16675 7226 0 35496 35496 0 0 9338 6888 1709 741 0 0 10226 10226 0 0 428 428 368932 368932 2372 2372 0 20048 20048 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72597 72597 0 Carefarm program expenses 152468 152468 Sponsored project 128379 128379 Professional training 62365 62365 Other expenses 43153 27772 15381 74847 55760 19087 1036232 942339 85926 7967 117162 107812 626850 756778 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 2848089 186371 2668595 2661718 48636 0 0 0 333050 0 3745697 3574984 0 0 X 3688097 3574984 57600 3745697 3574984 3745697 3574984 -177819 7106 X false false false X 241029 1393914 508678 2333446 508474 4985541 0 0 241029 1393914 508678 2333446 508474 4985541 2685314 2300227 3 6820 32152 31821 70796 0 6739 6739 5063076 1599730 0.45430 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 450000 450000 2311343 140678 2170665 48636 24907 23729 38110 20786 17324 2661718 Center for Loss Trauma Owned by officer 102720 Consulting and training false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft of Form 990 was prepared by the Foundation's CPA and reviewed by the Executive Director prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All members of The MISS Foundation Board of Directors, officers, employees, and volunteers have a duty to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest. Any board member with a conflict of interest should abstain from voting on related matters. The Board reviews and discusses all disclosures and may take action for violations of this policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Foundation's independent Board draws upon other board experience, business experience, discussions with other organizations, and any other sources considered necessary to determine compensation for the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Certain other documents are provided upon request.