Kate's Club

What it reported doing in 2025

Support services programs provide therapeutic and recreational support to grieving children and their families in metro atlanta and throughout Georgia. The children we serve are called members and they participate in developmentally appropriate activities led by licensed therapists, artists, and trained volunteers. These programs take place at our clubhouse location and activities include clubhouse saturdays and sundays, family clubhouses and nights, holiday h.u.g.s, new member orientations, park bench, caregiver workshops and outings. We also offer this programming virtually, and in total provided 237 clubhouse programs in 2025. Clubhouse saturdays and sundays are typically 6-hour program days that offer social, recreational and therapeutic activities facilitated by buddy volunteers and professionals with expertise in art, music and recreation therapy. Clubhouse programming is offered both in-person and virtually; and in 2025, total program attendance was 782 clubhouse members.the holiday h.u.g.s. (healing, understanding, giving and support) program gives families some extra support around sibling's, mother's, father's day and the winter holidays. Kate's club understands that the holidays can be a difficult time for their families and these four programs were held in 2025 with full attendance.each new clubhouse member and surviving parent or caregiver completed the new member orientation, and new members 8 years old and up completed a bereavement needs assessment. Park bench and caregiver workshops are support and educational programs for parents and caregivers of kate's club members. Park bench is held both in-person and virtually, and caregiver workshops are held in conjunction with member outings. In 2025, a total of 467 parents and caregivers participated in clubhouse programs. Kate's club's two new programs, lokate, our young adult program, and kate's hub, our online platform for young adults, parents and caregivers, professional and our volunteers - grew in 2025, together reaching 1,188 grieving adults.memory walk was held at blackburn park in brookhaven, Georgia in 2025.other program expenses are incurred in order to support the training of volunteers and the operation of program activities. In 2025, kate's club had 491 unique volunteers and 17 corporate volunteer groups.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 68.5%; rating input score 68
• Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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: 14.9%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.43; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings