K2 Globeathlete

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
392293571
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$98,871
Expenses
$90,001
Assets
$22,100

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kana Kendziera (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Kana Kendziera (CEO)
  • Yuko Kajino (Manager)
  • Yoko Koyama (Director of Exchange Program)

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

Mission statement: The organization aims to empower youth through athletic development leadership education and cross-cultural exchange. K2 GlobeAthlete provides sports training mentorship and community programs that promote physical fitness teamwork discipline and global understanding among young people.

What it reported doing in 2025

Program 1: Youth Volleyball Training and Clinics. K2 GlobeAthlete organized and operated youth volleyball practices clinics and skill-development programs for children and adolescents. Programs emphasized physical fitness teamwork discipline and character development through structured athletic training. Instruction was provided by experienced coaches including former professional and national-level athletes. Approximately 120 youth participants benefited from this program during the year. Program2: Tokyo-U.S. Exchange Student Support Program. K2 GlobeAthlete supported an exchange student program funded by the City of Tokyo under which selected students were granted the opportunity to study in the United States. Participating students spent one academic year enrolled at a U.S. college where they pursued higher education and engaged in cultural exchange experiences. The program promoted international education cross-cultural understanding and personal development through academic study and community involvement. Approximately 25 students benefited from this program during the year. Program 3: U.S.Japan International Volleyball and Cultural Exchange Camps. K2 GlobeAthlete organized international travel camps between the United States and Japan that combined volleyball training with cultural exchange and educational experiences. These programs promoted cross-cultural understanding global awareness and personal development through sports-based activities. Approximately 17 youth participants benefited from these international exchange programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.4%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.4% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $87K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.