Just Keep Livin Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203921057
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-PF 2020
Location
Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
Phone
8187935700
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,992,561
Expenses
$5,273,463
Assets
$16,773,769
Liabilities
$156,351

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY (FOUNDER AND CEO)
  • BLAINE LOURD (CO-CEO)
  • SHANNON MABREY ROTENBERG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHANNON MABREY ROTENBERG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $291,048 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER RIZZO (PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $183,289 total reported compensation
  • LEON CLAYBORNE (PROGRAM MANAGER): $166,064 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 just keep livin foundation (jklf) was founded by camila and matthew mcconaughey with the mission to empower high school students just keep livin foundation by providing them with the tools to lead active lives and make healthy choices for a better future.

What it reported doing in 2024

After school programs: the just keep livin foundation implements after school fitness and wellness programs in 45 inner city high schools. In our programs, we encourage students to make positive life choices that improve their physical and mental health through exercise, teamwork, gratitude, nutrition, and community service. Our prescription is to prevent so we don't have to cure later in life.accomplishments (con sch o):1. 42 schools are part of the program2. Served over 3,000 students in 15 citiees3. End of year student survey results: a. Attendance: 84% of jkl students improved school attendanceb. Academics: 82% of jkl students improved or maintained their gradesc. Behavior: 93% of jkl students decreased their number of referrals or hadzero referralsd. Nutrition: 92% of jkl students made healthier nutritional choicese. Fitness: 95% of jkl students got more exercisef. Gratitude: 97% of jkl students increased gratitude in their daily livesg. Community service: 87% of jkl students participated in more communityservice activitiesh. Self esteem: 93% of jkl students developed more self-confidence andimproved their self-esteemi. Retention: 99% of jkl students stayed in schoolj. Graduation: 100% of 12th grade jkl students graduated

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.3%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 88.5%; rating input score 89; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Limited
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41.4%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.18; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.3% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $291K · 12 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 116 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 37 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.