Junior League of Kansas City, MO

Legal name: Junior League of Kansas City Missouri

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
440546100
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2022
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8164442112
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Service Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$716,799
Expenses
$851,076
Assets
$7,027,889
Liabilities
$143,739

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COURTNEY RAUPP (PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH KOCI SCHEILZ (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • ASTRA GARNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ASTRA GARNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $81,721 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri, is an organization of women committed to advancing women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community volunteers and grants (cv&g) is jlkcmo's community outreach program that partners with organizations with a shared goal of positively affecting the Kansas city community. All Kansas city nonprofit organizations located within the five-county metropolitan area are eligible to apply for funding and volunteers to support an on-going program or project. Community kits- the junior league of Kansas city provides customized kits to local community organizations to help meet basic needs and offer relief. Assembled by league members, these kits include family hygiene kits, adult hygiene kits (female and male), family activity kits, adult activity kits, and kids craft kits. Kits are based on standard offerings but can be tailored to specific requests.healthy u family meals- one in five children in our region is food insecure, and many families do not qualify for federal assistance, making access to healthy food and healthcare challenging. Jlkc's healthy u family meals program addresses these needs by providing nutritious groceries, creating healthy menus, and sharing engaging cooking videos to support families. Volunteers play key roles from menu planning to assembling grocery boxes for distribution.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 77.6%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $506.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 35.7%; rating input score 36; 27th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.26; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 77.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $660K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $82K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.