Make Kids Matter

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
994496638
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Glendale, AZ, USA
Phone
6237592585
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,070
Expenses
$37,970
Assets
$41,776
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Matthias Brown (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Matthias Brown (CEO)

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

Make Kids Matter helps kids understand that they are important and capable of achieving anything. Our organization teaches the value of giving back, showing kids how their actions can make a positive difference in the world around them.

What it reported doing in 2025

Make Kids Matter supported children and families in Arizona's West Valley through literacy programs, food and clothing distribution, and youth engagement activities. We distributed donated products to schools, community centers, and families in need, and continued to strengthen community partnerships to expand our reach and impact.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85

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: 11.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 43.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.9% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.