Kelly Childrens Home Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814840157
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Washington, NC, USA
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Foster Care

Reported finances

Revenue
$145,023
Expenses
$150,492
Assets
$132,297

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alexis Kelly (President & Founder)

People named in this filing

  • Jumario Artis (Board Member)
  • Niadra Pratt (Board Member)
  • Ashlee Craig (Operations Director)

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

KCH offers a vital refuge and support system for youths and families experiencing crises such as homelessness abuse or neglect. Our mission extends to providing a nurturing residential environment for young adults transitioning out of foster care empowering them with crucial life skills mentorship and optimism for a sustainable and independent tomorrow. We house up to 16 young adults and serve as Safe Place agency crisis intervention for youth.

What it reported doing in 2025

Christmas Blessings at Kelly Childrens Home. Each holiday season Kelly Childrens Home KCH brings hope and compassion to youth and families in crisis through its Christmas Blessings program a meaningful outreach designed to meet practical needs and uplift spirits during a potentially challenging time of year. With the support of generous donors and community partners KCH provides children and teens with essential necessities like toothbrushes toiletries socks clothing shoes and winter jackets for warmth and comfort. Additionally blankets are offered to families and individuals lacking adequate heating during the cold winter months. Tailored toys and gifts bring joy and excitement to each child while holiday meals and festive activities foster connection joy and a sense of belonging. For many of the children and families served these basic items are not guaranteed making the holidays particularly burdensome.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 3
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2.6%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 3

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.8%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 72.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2.6% of revenue deployed · 2.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.