Colin F Kennedy Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812116726
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Columbus, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6143070888
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $86,738
- Expenses
- $79,586
- Assets
- $82,775
- Liabilities
- $82,775
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
People named in this filing
- Martin Kennedy (Vice Chair - Director)
- Nick Lippa (Chair - Director)
- Patrick Kennedy (Treasurer - 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide educational, athletic, artistic and other opportunities to underprivileged youth.
What it reported doing in 2025
Grants provided to primary and secondary educational programs in support of after school and summer programs, enrichment programs, life skills, college visits, school uniforms, school supplies, clothing and footwear for physical education benefitting approximately 300 individuals and their families, as well as the countless individuals they interact with in their endeavors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 91%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 91% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $72K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.