KANDU Industries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391023165
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Milton, WI, US
Phone
608-755-4123
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational Rehabilitation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,287,408
Expenses
$2,803,445
Assets
$12,926,953
Liabilities
$4,331,752

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL DAVIS (PRESIDENT)
  • ARON BUSSAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KATHY HANSEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATHY HANSEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $129,696 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive in life and enjoy it to its fullest.

What it reported doing in 2024

Client services - adult day services/memory care programs emphasizes improvement in physical, mental, and social well-being through expert care and an understanding of each participant's individual abilities. Daily living skills training provides meaningful, safe, and structured guidance to the corporation's clients expanding social, emotional, and personal development by broadening existing strengths with the goal of creating greater independence in their daily life. Kandu's day-habilitation program provides engaging, member-centered activities that help build independence, social skills, and confidence, both on-site and in the community. Members learn to maintain and increase their independence in a variety of daily living tasks, from grocery shopping and cooking, to hygiene, and budgeting.vocational rehabilitation, a partnership with Wisconsin's department of workforce development, is a federal/state program designed to help people with disabilities obtain, maintain, and improve their employment outcomes. The corporation provides vocational services and work skills training for persons with barriers to employment who require on-going additional supervision, training, and support. By providing co-manufacturing services such as assembly, kitting, packaging, and labeling to area manufacturers, individuals are provided many job assignments to develop skills, encourage flexibility, and prepare the corporation's clients for community employment.pre-vocational employment services are aimed at preparing an individual for paid or unpaid employment. The services do not include activities that are specifically job-task oriented but focus on concepts such as accepting supervision, attendance, task completion, problem solving, and safety. Supported community employment connect clients with area businesses to help identify and develop employment opportunities in the community for persons with barriers to employment. One on one coaching and individualized training helps the corporation's clients learn their job responsibilities and ensure their success.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.2%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.6%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.61; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 47.2% of revenue deployed · 71.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 12 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $624K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.