Level Up Kansas Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923253383
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Wichita, KS, USA
Phone
3162681152
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,513,684
Expenses
$2,560,222
Assets
$143,196
Liabilities
$149,716

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN ROLFE (Ex-Officio Director/ President/ CEO Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN ROLFE (Ex-Officio Director/ President/ CEO Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce)
  • JOY EAKINS (VICE-CHAIR - ENDING JUNE 2025)
  • MARK HUTTON (CHAIR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Level Up Kansas targets unskilled/untrained adult workers in an effort to inform them about training and certification programs, as well as connect them with learning institutions and financial aide resources. The goal of the program is to increase the Kansas skilled workforce benefiting employers while also lifting up low wage Kansans.

What it reported doing in 2024

Level Up Kansas targets unskilled/untrained adult workers, especially in the 25-45 age demographic. Level Up Kansas encourages them to seek out and explore information that highlights career opportunities and couples that with accompanying educational requirements and connections to career and technical institutions where training is available. For its year ending June 30, 2025, Level Up Kansas had over 210,600 website visits that generated in excess of 24,400 leads resulting in over 7,700 intakes/referrals. Once the individuals are connected with the learning institutions, they will activate enrollment and connect students to financial aid resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.2%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 94.4%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.05; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -64.7% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.2% of revenue deployed · 94.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $2.4M reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.