Kirkland Community Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464931717
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Kirkland, WA, USA
- Phone
- 4255053348
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $325,710
- Expenses
- $297,301
- Assets
- $450,577
- Liabilities
- $1,875
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JONATHAN HEUER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DALZIEL CARMIN (EXCUTIVE DIRECTOR (PART-YEAR)): $38,060 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The kirkland community foundation strengthens our community by directing charitable resources to impactful local nonprofits and projects, fostering a more vibrant, welcoming, and sustainable kirkland.
What it reported doing in 2024
Fisk family park - property preservation projectkcf helped preserve the historic fisk property on 6th street, transforming it into a public park that protects a vital piece of kirkland's history. Surrounded by trees and everest creek, this serene space offers a rare retreat in the city. At its heart, the iconic red fisk cottage stands as a testament to kirkland's rural past.through collaboration with donors, amazon, and community members, this project showcases the power of collective giving. By preserving this unique space, we ensure future generations can connect with kirkland's natural beauty and history. The fisk property park is a symbol of what we can achieve together.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 66.7%; rating input score 67
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 73%; rating input score 73; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.7%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 66.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $198K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $38K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 26 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.