KIPP Miami
Legal name: Kipp Miami Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 814473475
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Miami, FL, US
- Phone
- 786-822-7702
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $25,501,212
- Expenses
- $24,811,186
- Assets
- $61,802,859
- Liabilities
- $53,207,271
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- KAYLA JOHNSON (MANAGING DIR): $163,180 total reported compensation
- JUDITH ALEGRE (SCHOOL LEADE): $134,773 total reported compensation
- COURTNEY BETHEL (MANAGING DIR): $132,139 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
KIPP Miami is creating a network of schools in Miami where our students are prepared to succeed in college and careers.
What it reported doing in 2024
During 2024-2025, kipp miami, inc. Saw many accomplishments as a region. We saw double digit gains in english language arts and civics proficiency year-over-year, which was an amazing improvement. Our elementary school was ranked 6th in kipp nationally for performance on the early literacy skills assessment and 5th for above average growth which we are extremely proud of. We retained staff at the highest rate in the organization's history, including a >10% increase in teacher retention rate. Additionally, we surpassed our goal for average daily attendance and saw 3% year-over-year growth.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $12,649.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.49; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.86; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 39.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $163K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.9M reported
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.