Kalamazoo in Bloom Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382584023
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Kalamazoo, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2695486232
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $143,110
- Expenses
- $147,206
- Assets
- $119,197
- Liabilities
- $2,418
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ARLEIGH SMYRNIOS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MONIKA TRAHE (EXECUTIVE DI)
- ARLEIGH SMYRNIOS (PRESIDENT)
- LINDA WHITLOCK (VICE PRESIDE)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of kalamazoo in bloom is to plant locally grown flowers and plants in public spaces to beautify our metropolitan communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Organize community beautification efforts to celebrate the history and traditions of the area's plant industries.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.8%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.9%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.8% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $141K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.