Kit Cares Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833277426
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chestertown, MD, USA
Phone
7032828235
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$179,106
Expenses
$151,966
Assets
$108,745
Liabilities
$3,498

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WENDY CULP (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHEN MCAULIFFE (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WENDY CULP (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHEN MCAULIFFE (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • ANNE KELSO (TREASURER)

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

The mission of our organization is to create a community in chestertown that advocates for aninmals and children in a warm, friendly, and inquisitive way.

What it reported doing in 2025

Operates as a meeting space to discuss, engage, and advocate for animals, children, and the chestertown community in the company of cats.

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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97

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: 15.2%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $148K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.