Downtown Kenosha Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465181193
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Kenosha, WI, USA
Phone
2626532780
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Urban, Community Economic Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$575
Expenses
$127,500
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEREK PETERSEN (President)
  • MICK KELLY (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • DEREK PETERSEN (President)
  • BRIT WINDEL (Director)
  • MICK KELLY (Vice President)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Downtown kenosha inc. Is a champion for a thriving and vibrant city center that honors traditions, celebrates progress, and engages our community in concerted efforts to foster a comfortable, welcoming and thriving environment where businesses, both new and old, prosper; where the community gathers; and where people of all ages and from all walks of life come to live, work, play, and invest.

What it reported doing in 2023

Four volunteer committees (design, organization, promotion, and economic restructuring) were established and each developed work plans to support local businesses and bring new customers downtown. Kenosha was designated a main street community in july 2013 and, in october 2014, downtown kenosha, inc. Received its 501(c)(3) status as a non-profit corporation. Downtown kenosha, inc. Hosts promotional events--including monthly second saturday events, a holiday tree lighting and downtown decorating event, a winter snow daze festival, and an easter event--to improve the perception of downtown and attract a growing customer base to downtown businesses. Downtown kenosha, inc. Also coordinated visits and worked on feasibility studies for prospective developers to redevelop vacant properties in the downtown area. Downtown kenosha, inc. Developed plans and applied for grants for infrastructure improvements and technical assistance to improve downtown kenosha? S public space, streetscape, roads, transit, and pedestrian access.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 75.1%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22,073.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 75.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $96K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 25 filed money-flow records
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.