Kids4peace International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205419759
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2018
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2025443000
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Interfaith Coalitions
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,852,133
Expenses
$1,894,290
Assets
$333,443
Liabilities
$412,268

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Diane Nancekivell (President)
  • Joshua Thomas (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Joshua Thomas (Executive Director): $90,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Kids4Peace is a grassroots, interfaith peace organization dedicated to ending conflict and inspiring hope in Jerusalem and other divided societies around the world, through summer camps and year-round programs. Kids4Peace builds trust, respect and understanding among youth and families from different religious and cultural backgrounds.

What it reported doing in 2018

Core Youth Programs: Kids4Peace chapters in the USA connect youth from different religions and backgrounds and empower them to be agents of change. Youth practice dialogue skills, learn about issues of violence and inequality in their communities, and develop campaigns to advance justice and peace. Kids4Peace Jerusalem brings together more than 250 Israeli & Palestinian teens for after-school and summer programs focused on interfaith dialogue, nonviolence, and social change. Youth learn about each other's histories, religions and cultures while developing leadership skills to be advocates for peace in their schools and communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.3%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 63.8%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.24; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 41.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.3% of revenue deployed · 63.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2014 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.