Berrien Kennel Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
386019231
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Benton Harbor, MI, USA
Phone
2697576238
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,236
Expenses
$10,593
Assets
$183,342
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REGINA HESS (PRESIDENT)
  • KIM MCKIM (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • REGINA HESS (PRESIDENT)
  • JILL RAUH (RECORDING SECETARY)
  • CONNIE PETERSON (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote pure bred dogs, public ed, shows

What it reported doing in 2025

Berrien county youth fair to support the dog dept and activities held at the annual fair. Support of the dept increase awareness of pure bred and education of public

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 63% 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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 19.6%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 24.6%; rating input score 25

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41.9%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.31; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 19.6% of revenue deployed · 24.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.