Kimseattle
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 474130788
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2063214431
- Rating
- 50
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,385
- Expenses
- $23,607
- Assets
- $113,747
- Liabilities
- $60
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Patti Hearn (President)
People named in this filing
- Joan Block (Executive Dir.)
- Patti Hearn (President)
- Mark Reisman (Chairman)
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
We provide K-12 informal science education through authentic laboratory experiences. Our mission is simple: EXPOSE. HOOK. MENTOR. EXPOSE students to a broad spectrum of careers through hands-on experience at a young age (since you never know when an inspired moment might make a students pathway clear). HOOK by treating every student as capable in an authentic environment doing sophisticated labs based on modern scenarios, taught by professionals in the medical/scientific industry. MENTOR high school and college-age interns as they move into the next phase of their academic lives.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the academic year we were able to provide programming to over 1,500 students, an enrichment course, and offered two summer camps on college campuses. 80% of the programs consisted of the Heart Module. The remaining 20% included Birth, Babies & Biotech, Forensic Anthropology, Anatomy of Movement, Evolution & Adaption, Sports Medicine Enrichment and Summer Camps.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 90% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.8%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 31.6%; rating input score 32
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- 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: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -127.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.82; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -17.5% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -16% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.8% of revenue deployed · 31.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.