Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers
Legal name: Edward M Kennedy Academy for Health Careers Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272438940
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- Phone
- (617) 635-8450
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,200
- Expenses
- $182,187
- Assets
- $106,863
- Liabilities
- $70,843
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALBERT D HOLLAND (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ALBERT D HOLLAND (PRESIDENT)
- CAREN S WALKER (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Kennedy Academy for Health Careers is a college preparatory high school for Boston students exploring careers in health and health-related professions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Scholarships and support for students of the edward m. Kennedy academy for health careers charter public school.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1,686.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 74.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $180K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.