Changing a Destiny Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 852546536
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Waterford, WI, USA
- Phone
- 4148618749
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $132,676
- Expenses
- $124,713
- Assets
- $18,769
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dave Kohl (President)
People named in this filing
- Dave Kohl (President)
- Kathy Kohl (Executive Dir.)
- Jenifer Loew (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Changing A Destiny exists to provide an exemplary learning environment that embodies educational fundamentals, and nurtures and inspires boys and girls to become bold, mindful, and creative Christians.Changing A Destiny exists to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to non-Christians so that they may know the love of Christ, and grow into mature, fruitful Christian leaders who will, in turn, go into the world and reach others for Christ. Their faith-filled lives will be evident in how they act with honor and moral courage, lead with distinction, and serve God with a generous spirit.
What it reported doing in 2024
Changing A Destiny is dedicated to instructing students and families in the ways of Gods Word and of His love, mercy, and forgiveness; and to planting seeds of faith in Kilifi, Kenya, and neighboring communities through education, Bible studies, and friendship.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 31.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 36.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.5% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $124K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.