Kids at Hope

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860980161
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
6024484845
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$477,059
Expenses
$411,270
Assets
$242,285
Liabilities
$14,924

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICK MILLER (FOUNDER CEO)
  • DR JOHN PARSI (EXECUTIVE VP PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RICK MILLER (FOUNDER CEO): $100,395 total reported compensation
  • DR JOHN PARSI (EXECUTIVE VP PRESIDENT): $34,327 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Empowers every parent and caring adult with the knowledge and skills necessary to enhance the relationships that inspire the success of each child, no exceptions.

What it reported doing in 2020

Provided training and materials developed programs which helped child development, enriched the community, and enhanced school activities. In response to the covid 19 pandemic, kids at hope designed and offered multiple virtual trainings and workshops including world conference on hope and youth, a parents journey, and inspiring and empowering hope. The virtual conference, world conference on hope and youth, had almost 500 registrants. Kids at hope has trained about 80,000 adults since its formation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 19th 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: 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: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $323K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $100K · 24 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.