Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas

Legal name: Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481181305
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Overland Park, KS, United States
Phone
913-433-2100
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,728,799
Expenses
$30,831,392
Assets
$10,820,967
Liabilities
$3,252,545

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAUREN SOLIDUM (PRESIDENT/CEO/DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LAUREN SOLIDUM (PRESIDENT/CEO/DIRECTOR): $247,650 total reported compensation
  • ANTHONY FUNK (CFO): $178,224 total reported compensation
  • KEVIN BENTLEY (COO): $165,098 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We welcome all our neighbors in need, whether they need emergency assistance such as food and clothing, or a path towards self-sustainability through financial education, skills training and more. Pregnancy Support and Adoption Welcoming a child is a very important and life-changing event. Throughout the years, we have walked with hundreds of women as they sought to make the best choices for themselves and their child—through parenting, or by creating an adoption plan. When Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas opened over 65 years ago, Adoption was one of our flagship programs. We are honored to be a part of helping adoptive families lovingly welcome their children and nurture open-adoption relationships.

What it reported doing in 2024

The respect life program offers pregnancy and adoption support services to those in need. Services provided in this program include caring and confidential counseling for those experiencing an unexpected pregancy. Respect life also works closely with birth parents and adoptive couples to match newborn babies with their forever families. The program also connects seniors 55+ with at-risk children in wyandotte county schools, daycare centers, and head start programs. Over 37,000 service hours spent tutoring and mentoring youth were provided by our foster grandparent program participants. Our charity services reflect the catholic values of mercy, justice, and solidarity. As we strive to uplift the marginalized and build a more just and compassionate society.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 40% for direct work, and 60% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $40.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 93.1% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $28.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $248K · 22 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.4M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.