Childrens Grove

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475080774
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Columbia, MO, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,003
Expenses
$39,979
Assets
$62,754

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sarah Greenlee (President)
  • Kim Dude Lammy (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Sarah Greenlee (President)
  • Susan Heinsz (Treasurer)
  • Emily Arth (Director)

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

Childrens Grove is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire a culture of kindness and support the mental and emotional health of young people. Guided by the belief that a single act of kindness can change a life forever CG encourages individuals to practice compassion respect empathy and compassion in daily life. CG sponsors kindness clubs in nearly every elementary and middle school provides kindness libraries and partners with schools to install painted playground messages that reach thousands of children each year.

What it reported doing in 2024

Kindness Clubs: We believe you are never too young to help spread the message of kindness. Elementary and middle school students in the Columbia MO public school system can get involved in their schools Kindness Club to support kindness projects or programs that are particularly suited to their schools and community. This year over 700 children have participated. Childrens Grove provides the supplies to implement activities from an educator-designed curriculum which focuses on kindness to friends family self school pets and animals and the environment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.5%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 66.5%; rating input score 66

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.2%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.57; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.5% of revenue deployed · 66.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.