Elizabeth Ballard Community Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
480848472
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Lawrence, KS, USA
Phone
7858420729
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,818,057
Expenses
$1,369,751
Assets
$3,373,992
Liabilities
$12,407

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kyle Roggenkamp (Chief Executive Officer)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kyle Roggenkamp (Chief Executive Officer): $75,000 total reported compensation
  • Lori Johns (Chief Financial Officer): $70,000 total reported compensation
  • William Averill (Chief Operating Officer): $65,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Child Care Program - Provides quality, affordable early childhood education program for economically disadvantaged families in the community. Family Stabilization Program - Provides financial assistance for rent and utilities, pantry services and connection to community resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ballard's Early Childhood Program is committed to providing affordable, quality education for children ages 2-5 in an early childhood educational setting. The program is licensed for 48 students. Ballard assists families in closing the gap between school and home by focusing on trauma-informed care and kindergarten readiness. During 2025, our Education Program had 72 children enrolled. With our Family Stabilization Program, the Ballard Center connects hundreds of families each year to financial assistance so they can avoid eviction or utility disconnect. We also sponsor mobile food distribution events twice a month and maintain an onsite food and clothing pantry along with diapers and personal care items. During 2025, 649 household members received financial assistance; 10,733 community members were served at our mobile food distribution; 8,127 family members benefited from pantry services; and 763 children were impacted by our holiday Adopt-A-Family program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.3%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $53.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

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; 78th 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.46; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.3%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.3% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $996K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.