Kindertransport Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133567960
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
7854183276
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Secondary, High School

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,345
Expenses
$114,059
Assets
$136,175
Liabilities
$3,371

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ORA GORDON (PRESIDENT)
  • ALAN PEIZER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MELISSA HACKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JUDY LUDIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBIN SMALLBERG (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ORA GORDON (PRESIDENT)
  • ALAN PEIZER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MELISSA HACKER (EXECUTIVE 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To connect kindertransport survivors, their families and descendants.to educate about the kindertransports as an important part of holocaust history.to support and advocate for child refugees and children in need today.

What it reported doing in 2024

The kta produces a quarterly print membership newsletter, the kinderlink. The kta hosts online programs, kta books and more talks with authors and filmmakers and kta all generations social chats. The kta hosts in person gatherings where there are active chapters - in nyc in december commemorating world kindertransport day on dec 2, and in the bay area. The kta is a co-organizer of the world federation of jewish holocaust survivors and descendants annual conference. The kta is planning many events for the 85th year of the kindertransports - including an exhibit at the holocaust memorial and tolerance center in glen cove, ny (nov 2023-april 2024) and a trip to england in may 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91

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: -69.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $103K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.