Kaizen Edge Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821165277
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Helotes, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2109002417
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,267
- Expenses
- $57,567
- Assets
- $3,816
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Micheal Hanson (President)
- Mikel Fraley (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Micheal Hanson (President)
- Jessica Fraley (Secretary)
- Charles Cosnowski (Treasurer)
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
Our mission is to "Empower Through Purpose" - that is what we do, by providing the extra support and encouragement that others may need. We do this through the art of focusing on the connection of mind, body, and spirit, as well as creating a positive safe community that is focused on helping others achieve their goals to success. The Kaizen Edge Foundation was created to empower, mentor, and develop people with developmental and physical disabilities along with the people who live and work with them. "Kaizen" is a Japanese word that means "continual improvement." We provide the opportunity for personal development to individuals who may not normally have access to these services due to disability. We provide an opportunity to allow everyone to develop physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually through martial arts, fitness, and life skills training. Our main focus is working with those who have disabilities and our youth volunteers who work alongside them.
What it reported doing in 2025
The Kaizen Edge Foundation continued its mission in three main areas: Adapted Martial Arts: Our adaptive martial arts and fitness methods are integrated therapeutically to help support current therapies such as PT, OT, ST, and ABA therapies in a single recreational modality. Our personalized adaptation for each student and our peer-to-peer mentorship are what make our program successful. Our students have the opportunity to compete at state and national level tournaments. Job and Life Skills: Kaizen Edge Foundation is dedicated to supporting and empowering those who need a little help and guidance to succeed in everyday tasks that many take for granted. Our job and life skills training is used to develop mental, physical, and social capabilities in a holistic environment and provide a sense of independence and achievement. Our goal is to come up with creative and innovative solutions to help develop future skills and goals. Our training includes product development, marketing, social skills, hygiene awareness, money management, and much more. Youth Enrichment Volunteers: Youth volunteers 13 and up are the adaptive martial arts coaches. This peer-to-peer mentorship allows our special needs students to be kids and have fun while learning. Our goal is the help nurture the next generation of leaders. Our youth volunteers learn how to overcome any personal blocks as they take the step into leadership roles. Our volunteers also get opportunities to get certified in CPR/First Aid and enroll in our Entrepreneur Program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $58K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.