Kauffman Family Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911575122
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2066222294
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Private Independent Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,320
- Expenses
- $300,789
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Type i supporting organization under irc section 509(a)(3) to the seattle foundation.
What it reported doing in 2011
The kauffman family foundation is organized and operated as a supporting organization to the seattle foundation. The seattle foundation makes grants for the benefit of residents of the greater puget sound area. The kauffman family foundation makes grants in support of the seattle foundation's charitable purpose.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 1
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2,158.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 177.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 38.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $296K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.