Kappa Detroit Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383091767
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Phone
2487362163
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$95,820
Expenses
$118,609
Assets
$457,069
Liabilities
$86,318

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Emmanuel Idowu (President)
  • Robert Kelly Jr (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Emmanuel Idowu (President)
  • Robert Kelly Jr (Vice President)
  • Benjamin L Smith III (Secretary)

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

The Kappa Detroit Foundation, is a 501(C)(3) organization dedicated to empowering individuals through scholarships, fostering a stronger Detroit community, and building lasting partnerships with organizations, businesses, and individuals of similar purpose to promote the growth and success of our community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Scholarships for Graduating High School Seniors - $10,400 * Objective: the objective of the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive is to support members of the community who suffer from food insecurity during the Thanksgiving Holiday Season. * Clients served: The Kappa Detroit Foundation Partnered with Detroit Donates to provide more than $11,600 in free meals to the community. Annual Turkey Drive - $5,934 * Objective: the objective of the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive is to support members of the community who suffer from food insecurity during the Thanksgiving Holiday Season. * Clients served: The Kappa Detroit Foundation Partnered with Detroit Donates to provide more than $11,600 in free meals to the community. Community Health Fair - $1,959 * Objective: the objective of the Community Health Fair is to 1) provide health screenings such as blood blood pressure checks as well as strengthen the awareness of healthy living factors. Participants received training in CPR, healthy eating tips from local medical professionals. * The event was publicized throughout the community and on social media and drew an estimated 50 - 60 participants

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 62% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.85; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.