Kerengende Foundation NFP

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833166337
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Belleville, IL, USA
Phone
6187674526
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$291,220
Expenses
$254,429
Assets
$166,450
Liabilities
$21,329

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Amber Clayborne (Executive Dir.): $53,750 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Kerengende Foundation NFP provides prevention education for child sexual abuse, and human trafficking, and supports youth survivors and their families with responsive services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Targeted Prevention and Education Program for youth and adults Youth Workshops: Kerengende Foundation provides prevention education to at-risk youth and their caregivers on the risks, signs, and impacts of child sexual abuse, human trafficking, online exploitation, and related issues. We provide prevention education on Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking, Online Exploitation, and more through workshops or our six-week Healthy Relationships curriculum. Kerengende Foundation also provides Safe Touches trainings to K-3rd graders, using a puppet-based program that teaches kids about safe and unsafe touches in an engaging and age-appropriate way. In 2024, Kerengende Foundation hosted 32 youth workshops and trainings, educating over 1,000 youth. 95% of our Healthy Relationships workshops participants agreed that they learned to identify if they are in an unhealthy relationship. Additionally, 100% of teachers whose students received Safe Touches workshops agreed that they will reinforce the sexual abuse prevention and body safety concepts taught in this workshop with these children.Adult and Organization Workshops: Kerengende Foundation offers workshops to entities such as school districts, nonprofits, law enforcement, faith-based organizations, and healthcare systems to build awareness of survivors' unique challenges and equip the community to offer compassionate support. In 2024, Kerengende Foundation experienced significant growth, hosting over 19 workshops, training more than 200 adults.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 55
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.9%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 50%; rating input score 50; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 42.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 48.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 39.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.9% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $203K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $54K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.