Kids Care Everywhere

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141994362
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Berkeley, CA, USA
Phone
5102131815
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$683,495
Expenses
$653,937
Assets
$143,257
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dr Ron Dieckmann (Executive Director and Chairman)

People named in this filing

  • Dr Ron Dieckmann (Executive Director and Chairman)
  • Chad Roberts (Officer)
  • Noemi Johansson-Miller (Officer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

KidsCareEverywhere's mission is saving children's lives in under-resourced health systems by empowerment of physicians with multi-media, state-of-the-art medical software, and through inspiration of young professionals to become future global healthcare leaders. With software donated to us, KidsCareEverywhere works with local health leaders to provide cost effective, sustainable and reproducible interventions.

What it reported doing in 2024

KCE's primary program is to distribute donated medical software and to train doctors and medical professionals in their use in clinical practice. Program services were conducted on site in one country - Somalia. This included training and distributing DynaMed medical software to several clinics and hospitals in Somalia. In addition, KCE focused its efforts in distributing and renewing the DynaMed software licenses virtually to users in the areas that KCE serves. These licenses spanned multiple countries, including Ghana, Peru, Nepal, Colombia, India, and Bangladesh. In total, 1478 licenses were provided to medical professionals in the areas that we serve. KidsCareEverywhere's mission is saving children's lives, by empowerment of physicians in under-resourced environments with multi-media, state-of-the-art medical software, and through inspiration of young professionals to become future global healthcare leaders. KCE is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to transforming pediatric care in under resourced communities by enabling doctors and medical professionals to care for sick children more effectively and at lower cost. Further information can be found at our website at www.kidscareeverywhere.org. This software is available primarily as a mobile application, resident on a smartphone. We also distribute a web based version of DynaMed, for use on laptops and desktop computers, useful particularly in hospital settings. DynaMed is gifted to KCE by EBSCO Health, Ipswich, Ma.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.5% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $639K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.