Kinship Farm Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
384136612
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Beverly, MA, USA
Phone
9789225000
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Beautification and Aesthetics
Affiliation
Interfaith

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,583
Expenses
$157,120
Assets
$22,713
Liabilities
$4,123

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN WARD JOSTYN (PRESIDENT/FOUNDER/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • WILLIAM MACOMBER (DIRECTOR)
  • JULIE SNOREK (DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/15/25))
  • STOREY HIERONYMUS HAUCK (DIRECTOR (UNTIL 12/15/25))

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

Cultivating ideas and projects related to spirituality, relationships and the environment. Striving to love god and all creation as ourselves. Working in interfaith, ecumenical, and non-partisan ways.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grow food for good program - raised vegetable beds & hydroponic towers:- coordinated & delivered weekly garden produce donations from local backyard farmers & brought to local food pantry.- constructed 11 new raised bed vegetable gardens at 8 group homes and 2 housing authority properties on the north shore.- filled beds with organic soil & compost, planted vegetables & provided metal trellis.- partnered with the three sisters garden project in ipswich to host a private seedling sale for our gfg raised bed participants.- helped rebuild the community garden at gordon college in wenham, ma.- supplied a total of three hydroponic exo 7 tier (28 plants)tower gardens & light kits: two to the open door in gloucester, ma and one to the waldorf school in beverly, ma for indoor, year-round growth.- received a donated hydroponic tower from change in simple, inc. In beverly, ma and donated it to the garden school in beverly, ma.- benefited 450 people.

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: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.3%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74

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: -25.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 60.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.3% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $116K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.