Kent Youth and Family Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237090029
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Kent, WA, USA
Phone
2538590745
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,415,147
Expenses
$6,733,296
Assets
$4,177,602
Liabilities
$362,737

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRISTA HELVEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BRIAN SMITH (PRESIDENT)
  • CYNTHIA BOYD (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • GABY BEECHER (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • HANNAH CHELIMSKY (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STACIA RUSSELL (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $86,328 total reported compensation
  • TRISTA HELVEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $36,296 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Kyfs promotes healthy development of children, youth and families in south king county by providing professional counseling, education, and support services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Kent youth and family services provides professional behavioral health clinical services in the form of mental health counseling and substance use disorder treatment. The youth and family counseling program provides professional therapeutic services to children, youth and their families. Through individual, family and group sessions, youth and families learn healthier ways to manage emotions, conflict, and mental health challenges thereby allowing them to function better across environments. The substance use disorder program provides assessments, early intervention groups, treatment group, referral services, family support, parent coaching, and aftercare to meet the needs of parents and youth in the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $54.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 9.2%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 17 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $193K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.