Kentuckians for Progress Inc Dba Kids First Louisville

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274218549
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Louisville, KY, USA
Phone
5025151919
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$55
Expenses
$26,107
Assets
$30,007
Liabilities
$5,413

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID NICKLIES (PRESIDENT, TREASURER)
  • WILLIAM SCHRECK (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAN HELSON (DIRECTOR)
  • DAVID NICKLIES (PRESIDENT, TREASURER)
  • WILLIAM SCHRECK (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

Kentuckians for progress, inc. Is dedicated to the development and promotion of the social and economic welfare of the greater Kentucky area. The corporation intends on educating the public about issues that may impact the social and economic welfare of the greater Kentucky area. For example, the corporation will encourage the public to support plans to improve Kentucky's infrastructure including, with limitation, highways, bridges, rail systems, airports and river transporation.

What it reported doing in 2025

The corporation is organized and operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare. The corporation shall receive contributions and shall distribute its funds for charitable and/or education purposes. The first initiative of the corporation was to promoate a proposal to build two new bridges connecting Kentucky with southern Indiana and restructuring the congested interstates in those areas. Part of that process included educating the public about the bridges project and its benefits. The bridges project is important to improve traffic congestion and trasportation pathways so that Kentucky may continue to grow its capacity for industry expansion and population growth. In addition, the corporation educated the public about key obstacles to the bridges project. To that end, the corporation maintained a website, rented billboards and issued statements to the press regarding issues surrounding the bridges project. The second initiative is to educate and inform the public regarding issues regarding the jefferson county public school system. It is the intent of the corporation to better the welfare of the children of jefferson county by improving their educational opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -47,367.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.