Children’s Services Fund of Jackson County
Legal name: Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822446441
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Kansas City, MO, United States
- Phone
- (816) 832-6340
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $34,432,049
- Expenses
- $29,887,106
- Assets
- $30,542,526
- Liabilities
- $4,876,159
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBERT WHITTEN (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- ROBERT WHITTEN (CEO): $239,956 total reported compensation
- JOVANNA ROHS (CPO): $203,090 total reported compensation
- MOJI SHOGBAMIMU (CFO): $176,447 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Investing in the Mental Health and Well-Being of Jackson County Kids. CSF is an innovative way to support child well-being projects. While we are funded by a Jackson County sales tax, we are a stand-alone organization led by an independent board. We are committed to community equity. Our board is balanced to reflect our county, and we work to educate and support all applicants, so everyone—including small organizations and first-timers—has a fair shot at funding. We believe in fresh solutions, constant progress and collaboration. Our work allows us to see the whole-county picture, so we can connect like-minded partners and promote new collaborations. CSF strives to be ethical, accountable, innovative, collaborative and inclusive. Our vision is to create commun.
What it reported doing in 2024
The children's services fund ('csf') was created to allocate resources generated by a jackson county sales tax to assist partner agencies in 10 service areas in increasing, expanding, improving, and/or initiating services that protect the social-emotional well-being and safety of children and youth aged nineteen years or younger, and strengthen their families.(continued on schedule o)in 2024, csf awarded grants to the following programs:- prevention: $6,772,349 to 47 organizations to serve 47,484 children- individual, group, and counseling: $6,195,939 to 35 organizations to serve 11,275 children - community based intervention: $5,227,709 to 23 organizations to serve 9,136 children- services to teen parents: $149,222 to serve 32 children. - temporary shelter: $660,000 to 3 organizations to serve 966 children. - transitional living: $1,763,330 to 8 organizations to serve 540 children.provide supportive services to promote the wellbeing of children and families with psychological evaluations, mental health screenings, and therapy.allowed children and youth to access behavioral health interventions in their home and communities.services to teen parents: young parents are supported in development of positive parenting skills, receiving adequate counseling and behavioral health services.temporary shelter: provide up to 30 days of shelter for youth experiencing abuse, neglect, homelessness, or other housing barriers.transitional living: counseling and supportive services for youth as they transition from homelessness to safe living arrangements.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 95% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.3%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.2%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 82.3% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $240K · 10 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $255K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 255 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 252 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.