Kansas City Local Organizing Committee

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923303914
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8163015448
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,000
Expenses
$21,829
Assets
$57,791
Liabilities
$9,501

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOE HUDSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LYNN CARLTON (BOARD MEMBER)
  • WILL GREGORY (SECRETARY)
  • JOE HUDSON (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Kansas city local organizing committee is dedicated to serving as the steward of civic engagement and cultural celeration for the greater Kansas city community. As fiscal agent and organizing body, our mission is to responsibly plan, fund, and execute world-class conferences, city celebrations, and signature events that elevate Kansas city's profile on the regional, national, and global stage. We are committed to fostering inclusive, impactful, and memorable experiences that unite our community, attract visitors, strengthen local partnerships, and drive economic vitality across the city. Through transparent financial stewardship, strategic collaboration with city leadership, community organizations, and private stakeholders, we ensure that every event hosted under our charge reflects the spirit, diversity, and ambition of Kansas city.

What it reported doing in 2025

Meetings with the volunteer board of directors, planning and engaging with contracted professionals to discuss upcoming Kansas ctiy events and celebrations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 94.8%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.65; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -37.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 94.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.