Keystone Kidspace

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300829212
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
York, PA, USA
Phone
7176506225
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,503,503
Expenses
$1,109,186
Assets
$5,847,223
Liabilities
$1,189,170

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER TANSEY (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA BRUBAKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ADAM MARSH (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JESSICA BRUBAKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $87,308 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Keystone kidspace was founded in 2013 to create a hub for child-centered active, educational programming for families with children of all ages. The programming is designed to meet the needs of the more than 50,000 families residing in york county, plus additional visitors from outside the area. By partnering with non-profits around the region, keystone kidspace will be a magnet that will bring families into york city, not only providing educational opportunities, but also supporting economic development in york city downtown core. The facility will be a hybrid, fee-based program combining revenues from memberships and admissions, with rental income from complimentary family-centris programs, retail and or restaurant tenants.

What it reported doing in 2024

Active space for children: keystone kidspace provides an indoor environment for physical activity, confidence building and skills buildings. This facility provides a safe, self-contained environment for children to exercise both their bodies and minds.hands on educational programs and exhibits: through flexible gallery space, keystone kidspace will partner with high-quality providers to bring diverse content to the community. Exhibits are active and experimential, with educational content in the arts, science, math and music. This type of programming is currently not broadly available to our community. Flexible space for complimentary family centric programming: many smaller children's programs have limited options for programming space (i.e. Educational camps, lego programs, robotic programs, art classes, writing workshops, etc.) these flexible spaces provide classroom options for smaller groups on a short-term basis. In turn, keystone kidspace provides assistnce with audience development and marketing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.6%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $58.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 68.3%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.27; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 41.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.6% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $826K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $87K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.