The ADRP 2024 Service Project

Did you know... there are nearly 18,000 young people in foster care in Indiana alone? Foster Success is the only nonprofit organization in Indiana that supports teens & young adults transitioning out of the state’s foster care system. At the 2024 ADRP International Conference, attendees (you!) will have the opportunity to support the mission of Foster Success as the recipient of this year's service project.

Get to Know Foster Success

Foster Success Mission

Foster Success’s mission is to hear, support, and empower teens and young adults transitioning out of foster care on their journey to self-sufficiency.

Foster Success is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring teens and young adults transitioning out of foster care are educated, housed, financially stable, employed, and connected to a reliable support system by their 26th birthday. The only Indiana non-profit organization supporting 14-26-year-olds transitioning out of foster care, the impact is made through a variety of programs including Financial Empowerment, Educational Success, Workforce Readiness, Health & Well-Being, and Youth Engagement.

How ADRP Members Can Help Support the Mission
ADRP Conference attendees will get to hear about Foster Success’s work during the conference first-hand from a member of the organization. Participants will have two ways to support the mission of Foster Success. The first is by writing notes of encouragement that program staff can distribute to young people when they need a boost or to celebrate an accomplishment. Secondly, attendees can make a donation, either monetarily or by purchasing from the Foster Success Amazon wish list, which supplies their Basic Needs hygiene pantry. This pantry receives frequent requests from young people in need, which are mailed out state-wide. Let’s help empower these young adults to succeed!

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 Meet Travis D. Tester, MA, CFRE

Travis serves as the Chief Development & Communications Officer at Foster Success. In partnership with the CEO and Board of Directors, he leads the organization in partnering with donors, funders, and community partners through donor-centered comprehensive fundraising and communication strategies to achieve Foster Success’ goals and mission of supporting the successful transition of youth and young adults from foster care into adulthood.

Travis joins Foster Success from the University of South Carolina School of Law as interim senior director of development and alumni relations. He is an adjunct professor at Indiana University's Lilly School of Philanthropy. 

Travis earned his bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University and earned a master’s degree in Philanthropic Studies from Indiana University’s Lilly School of Philanthropy.  Travis serves as the board secretary and Present-Elect of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Indiana chapter and board member for Adoptions of Indiana. When he isn't connecting the community to the Foster Success mission, he's keeping up with his family and dogs, baking, perfecting his charcuterie skills, or speaking on fundraising panels or at conferences. 

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