Essential Families Midwest Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844124831
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8162485316
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,002,325
Expenses
$681,261
Assets
$966,957
Liabilities
$441,024

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Terri English-Yancy (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Terri English-Yancy (CEO): $79,253 total reported compensation
  • Kenneth Yancy (Chief Mktg Ofcr): $38,523 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Essential Economic Mobility Program, Essential Resources, Essential Telehealth for the summary

What it reported doing in 2024

Essential Families Midwest Inc. confronted urgent challenges facing Kansas Citys underserved families through innovative services in 2024. By efficiently leveraging grants, our team delivered life-changing Essential Economic Mobility support in three core areas: Essential Resources: Over 600 families gained food, financial relief, digital skills, and access to stable housing and health care. Essential Telehealth: More than 800 individuals received trauma-informed counseling, and crisis intervention, regardless of insurance status or transportation barriers. Essential Families stands apart with its commitment to 24/7 real-time impact reporting, enabling funders and stakeholders to track measurable outcomes and transparent progress at any moment. This accountability ensures that every dollar invested translates into sustained community benefit. We urge Grantmakers and funders: Compare our 2024 results with other supported organizations, youll see Essential Families delivers measurable, impactful, and desperately needed services to children and families who otherwise would go unserved. Continued investment is essential to expand these vital safety nets, address persistent waitlists, and secure a more resilient future for Kansas City families in the year ahead.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 67% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 39.7%; rating input score 40
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.3%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 56% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 78.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 98.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27% of revenue deployed · 39.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 0 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $271K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.