Kids First Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
621593698
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
6154797841
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nerve, Muscle and Bone Diseases

Reported finances

Revenue
$40,589
Expenses
$64,695
Assets
$201,148
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GREGORY MENCIO MD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WILLIAM ANDREWS MD (DIRECTOR)
  • JOSEPH D TOBIAS MD (DIRECTOR)
  • LAURA MYERS MD (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide surgical treatment to children abroad at no cost to the recipient.

What it reported doing in 2025

During may 2025, a group of orthopaedic surgeons along with other team members under their direction travelled to san miguel de allende in the state of guanajuato, mexico.during the trip 163 children with pediatric orthopaedic problems were examined and surgical procedures were performed on 42 of them.in july 2025, one of the surgeons returned for a post op clinic during which he saw 25 children.the surgeons do not charge or accept payment for any of their services.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -59.4%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.11; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -92.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $60K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.