Kids Sew Genius Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850817377
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Decatur, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7069623451
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,745
- Expenses
- $4,773
- Assets
- $15,096
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAKISHA CLARKE (CEO)
People named in this filing
- LAKISHA CLARKE (CEO)
- ROLETA MCMILLER (TREASURER)
- LATRICIA LEONARD (SECRETARY)
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
To empower the youth and young adults by giving them access to resources and opportunities that promote self-sufficiency, financial literacy, community involvement, skill development, education, and entrepreneurship. We provide tools that help them to pivot out of poverty and lead a successful life.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our mission is to identify, develop, and nurture different gifts, talents, and skills of our youth while providing them with access to resources that help them live and lead a productive life. Our mentorship program gives youth and young adults access to business owners to learn valuable skills and trades. We provide clothes, hygiene items, and school supplies to children in need. We provide mentorship to youth and young adults. We partner with local nonprofits and businesses to serve and usher resources to the community.
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 and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.4%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99
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: 51%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.16; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 81.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -28.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 86.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.4% of revenue deployed · 98.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.