Apraxia Kids

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251858159
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Wexford, PA, USA
Phone
4127857072
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Pediatrics

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,215,270
Expenses
$1,169,772
Assets
$652,260
Liabilities
$119,411

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Angela Grimm (Executive Dir.): $139,692 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Apraxia Kids is the leading nonprofit that strengthens the support systems in the lives of children with apraxia of speech by educating professionals and families; facilitating community engagement and outreach; and investing in the future through advocacy and research.

What it reported doing in 2024

During this period, 83,943 members joined our support groups sharing resources, utilizing our educational materials, along with seeking guidance from other families and professionals. We enhanced our website with more downloadable content, allowing for easier access to our free resources and education with over 1.1 million website views. Apraxia Kids continues to enhance programs and resources for our families such as our Insurance Advocacy Guide which was designed to provide families and therapists with resources and information to help advocate for insurance coverage. In addition, our interactive IEP Road Map (individualized Education Plan) and our Parent Portal continue to be utilized by our apraxia community. All of these resources are FREE of charge providing families and caregivers the necessary resources to guide them as they navigate their apraxia journey. Our annual conference was held virtually in 2025 with 704 individuals worldwide in attendance. Virtual educational sessions, resources and social engagement activities were available throughout the live portion of the conference. We provided scholarships to 67 families in need of support to attend our National Conference to further their education. In addition, we awarded 3 scholarships to graduate students studying to be a speech language pathologist. We continue to find ways to invest in community outreach developing statewide resources for our families. Our national Walk for Apraxia events were in person offering a virtual option for families to raise awareness and donations in 62 cities with over 8,500 participants. We continued our speech tablet program, distributing speech tablets, protective cases and applications to children from low to moderate income families. Apraxia Kids continues to support research assisting researchers throughout the world to recruit subjects for their apraxia research studies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 87%; rating input score 87; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.7%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.