Inspire Kc Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843035058
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8165164750
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Celebrations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$180
Expenses
$5,836
Assets
$10,549
Liabilities
$150,000

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHERYL KIMMI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LEA PETRIE (CHAIRMAN)
  • BARBARA DOOLEY (MEMBER)
  • MARK CONARROE (VP/SECRETARY)

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

Our mission is to inspire Kansas City and its visitors by revitalizing the urban experience, fostering community engagement and creatively transforming the city by presenting Arts and Cultural events for all to enjoy. In 2025, we focused on reorienting the organization in response to political and economic changes. The next phase is to find donors and sponsors for an initial festival planned for 2028.

What it reported doing in 2025

Research began in 2023 for Inspire KC's celebration of Kansas City. The next phase is to find donors and sponsors for an initial festival planned for 2028.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3,142.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.81; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 14.22; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -94.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -92.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.