Robert E and Elizabeth L Kahn Family Foundation

Overview

Mission

Supporting creative clinical or relevant pre-clinical research in neuroscience, biopsychology, pediatrics and interdisciplinary medicine with focus on funding students, early stage investigators or imaginative pilot projects showing prospect for further conventional support.

What it reported doing in 2025

To serve as a supporting organization for the University of New England.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
046894552
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018
Headquarters
East Kingston, NH, USA
Phone
6037021377
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 59
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -59.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.3; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 77%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $285K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1M · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 annual filings from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • James D Herbert PhD (Trustee): $1,027,687 total reported compensation
  • Alicia Fereday (Trustee): $211,234 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.