KC Cheese for Youth

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923624060
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lowell, MI, USA
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development - Agricultural

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,690
Expenses
$38,081
Assets
$144,412
Liabilities
$3,779

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Renee McCauley (President)

People named in this filing

  • Renee McCauley (President)
  • Cindy Flynn (Treasurer)
  • Thomas Oesch (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 purpose of the KC CHEESE for Youth is to engage in educational enrichment for youth interested in the dairy and agriculture industries through connecting individuals with interactive experiences and resources or educational opportunities to develop future community leaders and to engage in programs and activities related thereto. 1. Connectivity connecting and community 2. Hands-On create to do and learn in a hands-on fashion 3. Education learning opportunities 4. Exhibition skills and resources 5. Spokespeople training and encouraging a proactive and positive presence around fair and the community - serving as role models 6. Enrichment programs and networking The purpose is to develop a firsthand experience and appreciation of dairy cattle and dairy farming. We value the importances of modern dairy farming practices dairy farm education hands-on cow activities and exhibition. Dairy is more than a project but an experience.

What it reported doing in 2025

We also connect with 135 youth at the Kent County Youth Fair. We coordinate educational workshops and create an environment to exhibit dairy cattle. Our program also encourages youth to develop leadership and responsibility.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 49.8%; rating input score 50

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -48.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.79; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -93.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74% of revenue deployed · 49.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.