Children's Center for the Visually Impai

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
440574397
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8168412284
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,236,300
Expenses
$3,860,577
Assets
$15,817,826
Liabilities
$131,171

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TREY WILLIAMS (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • MIKE JUDY (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • KERRY BOEHM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KERRY BOEHM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $168,746 total reported compensation
  • DANIELLE SCHULTE (DIRECTOR - THERAPY AND EARLY INTERVETION SERVICES): $117,182 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To prepare children with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities, to reach their highest potential in the sighted world.

What it reported doing in 2024

For more than 70 years, children's center for the visually impaired (ccvi) has provided high-quality education and support to children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities, in Kansas city and beyond. Each year, ccvi serves more than 300 children from birth through age 21. Through programs and services such as functional vision evaluations, early intervention, boost (building opportunities for our students and teachers), the mobile outreach vision education program, outpatient therapy, and professional development offerings, ccvi provides a customized, innovative, and collaborative approach led by highly specialized teachers and therapists. Ccvi serves children throughout the Kansas city metro area and across Missouri and Kansas, ensuring access to high quality vision services for children who are often underserved. More than 50% of the children served by ccvi live at or below the federal poverty line, making ccvi a critical and enduring resource for families across the region.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.1%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.3%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.1; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.1% of revenue deployed · 76.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $169K · 27 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $357K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.