Kurason I Sengsong Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
661019882
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Tamuning, GU, USA
Phone
6716884752
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$184,112
Expenses
$169,650
Assets
$27,885
Liabilities
$2,060

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Myracle Mugol (President)

People named in this filing

  • Juanita Blaz (Executive Dir.)
  • Barbara Burkhardt (Secretary)
  • Myracle Mugol (President)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Kurason I Sengsong (KIS) was formed to separate from parent organization, The Ayuda Foundation. KIS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to support under- resourced youth with educational enrichment and life skills activities, to provide individuals-in-need of free resources and services, to restore neighborhood parks, and educate food sustainability. All while addressing the importance of role models and volunteering in our community.

What it reported doing in 2023

Environmental programs include restoration of neighborhood parks and address sustainable food education. Dededo Rainforest Restoration: Every Saturday, 4-6 volunteers were led by Citizen Forester. KIS has stewardship of an adjacent 11-acre wetland public parcel. Since taken over, 1/3 acre has been cleared of invasive species, 1/3 acre is about to undergo intensive reforestation. KIS proudly provided protection and habitat to island? s only native animal, the Guam tree snail. Neighborhood Park Campaign: KIS volunteer group goes outside the Community Center to neighborhood parks within the Kaiser Subdivision for mission outreach. Guam Native Plant Society: Recently grew over 1,500 followers on Instagram and Facebook with the goal to decrease native plant ? blindness?, correct public record on native plants, and create resources for public use with trail plant labeling, educational and actual plant experiences. Amateur and professional Guam native flora and fauna enthusiasts are welcome. GNPS plant nursery benefited greatly from seedlings and propagation assistance under the guidance of the Dept. of Agriculture. Native Plant Nursery: Recently doubled in size to accommodate 4,500 plants under propagation. The nursery will provide material for the upcoming rapid reforestation project at the 11-acre Nature Park, also anticipation to provide plants and planning for selected reforestation projects at schools, mayor? s offices/parks and governmental grounds. Kurason I Sengsong Native Plant Nursery works in cooperation and support of the Dept. of Agriculture? s Forestry Division. Community Garden: Garden plotting since 2014, 22 allotments were constructed by volunteer days of service. The community is invited yearly to enroll as Community Garden members. Quarterly meetings are held for workshops, plant and seed sharing, and food demonstrations. Urban Farmers: Up to 4 families quarterly participate in planting, maintaining and harvesting crops within the Community Gardens and Agroforests. Tilapia and honey were included in crop harvesting, with workshops and community building exercises to be provided and goal to harvest up to 2000LB of food for consumption by Urban Farmer Families. Craft Food Entrepreneur: sought volunteers and environmental interns to harvest and process crops in certified craft kitchen for sale, with proceeds to support KIS missions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 9
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 10

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.9%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9% of revenue deployed · 9.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.