Kairos Philanthropy Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883880219
IRS 990-PF coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Wilmington, DE, USA
Phone
2039935258
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,104,116
Expenses
$393,495

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

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 3 filed grant rows totaling $279,113. The stated grant purposes included wild new forest was established in 2016 and incorporated as an independent, not-for-profit, community interest company (cic) in dec 2019. over the last five years we have developed an extensive portfolio of ecological survey and research projects in and around the new forest national park, and in jan 2024 wild new forest became hosting partner of the new forest biodiversity forum, a network of place-based, philanthropic funds focussed on protecting, preserving and restoring the natural environment. funds operate in ibiza, mallorca, menorca (spain); tuscany and sicily (italy); argolic gulf, cyclades islands, ionian islands (greece); cyprus, turkey, lamu (kenya) st vincent and the grenadines, barbados; sri lanka; malta, and devon and the highlands & islands of scotland (uk)., and galapagos conservation trust was launched in 1995 and is the only uk-registered charity to focus exclusively on the conservation and sustainable development of the galapagos archipelago. we deliver programmes that fill gaps in scientific and socioeconomic knowledge, fund local scientists, ngos and community groups, and partner with ecuadorian authorities. we advocate for change to protect the wildlife of galapagos, while amplifying the local voices of galapagos across the uk and beyond. galapagos conservation trust is a uk registered charity (no.1043470) and a company limited by guarantee (no. 3004112)..

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 75% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 73
  • Cost Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 89

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 73.4%; rating input score 73; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 70.9%; rating input score 71; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 39.02; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 73.4% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 89th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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.