Kansas Methodist Foundation

Legal name: Kansas Methodist Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
480697195
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Hutchinson, Kansas, United States
Phone
620-664-9623 (local); 888-453-8405 (toll free)
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,705,931
Expenses
$2,733,939
Assets
$81,641,440
Liabilities
$49,675,251

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DUSTIN PETZ (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DUSTIN PETZ (PRESIDENT): $169,345 total reported compensation
  • TYLER CURTIS (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $119,247 total reported compensation
  • GLORIA MARKUS (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $97,473 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

At Kansas Methodist Foundation, we empower churches, individuals and organizations to activate their treasures for lasting good. We guide them to embrace an abundance mindset, refine their vision for ministry/mission, and put financial tools in place to make the vision a reality. Kansas Methodist Foundation empowers faithful people, churches, and organizations to imagine the possibilities for ministry, then turn them into reality.** We help you embrace an abundance mindset, create a common vision for ministry/mission, and put financial tools in place to make the vision a reality. Individuals Support your church and other ministries important to you in a simple, tax-advantaged way. By sharing your vision, others will be inspired to join in your mission. The third step is creating promotional materials that help share your vision and asking congregation members to be involved. If you...

What it reported doing in 2025

Investment administration and distribution of funds from methodist churches and institutions related to the methodist movement within Kansas and Nebraska

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.9%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 88.7%; rating input score 89; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41.9%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 29.86; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 62.9% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $169K · 22 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 65 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 62 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.