Kellin Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463497352
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Greensboro, NC, USA
Phone
3364295600
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,466,764
Expenses
$1,700,740
Assets
$2,323,551
Liabilities
$4,828

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JACOB WATKINS (PRESIDENT)
  • K MICHIE HARRIS DEW (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • KELLY GRAVES (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • KELLY GRAVES (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $146,256 total reported compensation
  • LYLAN WINGFIELD (VP AND CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $102,112 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The kellin foundation is a nonprofit(501c3) organization that supports children, families, and communities to achieve safety and wellness. We provide personalized and comprehensive community-based programming. Our goals are to assist individuals and communities with safety, restore hope, facilitate healing, and achieve holistic wellness. We believe that mental, physical, social and spiritual well-being all contribute to the ability of individuals to reach their full potential and thus we use an intergrated approach to our programming.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community response to america's addiction crisis - serving the youngest crime victims: the purpose of the program is to address an urgent gap in crime victim services related to america's drug crisis to support direct services to children and youth who are crime victims as a result of the addiction crisis. The program seeks to enhance the nation's capacity to assist crime victims and provide leadership in changing policies and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims of crime. Kellin foundation acheives this mission by developinginnovative training and techinal assistance and provides direct services to improve the overall quality of victim assistance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.1%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $74.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 41.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.1% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $146K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.