Kidizenship Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852586243
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
9176860895
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,896
Expenses
$70,453
Assets
$72,986
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • AMANDA LITTLE (DIRECTOR)
  • RYAN DERENBERGER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • FREYJA BALMER (TREASURER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Kidizenship is a non-partisan, non-profit media platform for middle and high school students that reaches beyond the classroom. We merge civics education with creative self-expression and community action. Kidizenship hosts creative civics contests and publishes powerful content by and for young people about building a brighter future and an inclusive, just, and sustainable democracy.our youth civics magazine, watch us rise, publishes profiles of youth leaders, personal essays, interactive quizzes, historical investigations and resources for young citizens come of age.

What it reported doing in 2024

The student united news (sunn) network, a community of student newsrooms across the country that pitch us their best content for consideration in the sunn post, a national, nonpartisan student newspaper that aggregates, syndicates, and commissions excellent journalism from high schools nationwide. Sunn seeks to mentor and reward the next generation of journalists, as part of a more informed democracy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85

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: 43.6%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 47.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 69.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $60K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.