Midland Kids First

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260748605
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Midland, MI, USA
Phone
9898592591
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Delinquency Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$104,752
Expenses
$172,991
Assets
$488,507
Liabilities
$20,624

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NOEL CONTARDI (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

  • NOEL CONTARDI (PRESIDENT &): $69,449 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 organization's mission is to recognize the strengths and assets of midland county's youth in order to provide valuable input and participation by assisting in identifying needs, creating solutions and validating effectiveness, to build capacity at all levels to intervene early in the lives of those families viewed at risk of becoming involved in the legal system, to mobilize the community to promote values and norms that support compassion, respect, rehabilitation, and accountability while ensuring community safety, and to support leadership that is responsive to this unified commitment that focuses first on integrated community-based programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Probate court fund was established to receive and disburse contributions from the community-at-large intended to benefit at-risk youth who have become court wards. The judge of the 42nd circuit court's family division (hon. Dorene s. Allen) has designated midland kids first as the fiduciary for these funds. Midland kids first seeks to provide additional assistance to the community schools and families to help strengthen a positive environment for the youth in the community. Wraparound services program to purchase the services and supplies for children with severe emotional disturbances and children with cognitive impairments or autism spectrum disorder who are at risk of being removed from the family home, at risk of an out-of-community placement, reunifying from a structured placement, and/or has other risk factors that exceed the capacity for traditional community-based options for youth and family treatment. Strengthening families program is an evidence-based intervention program focused on serving troubled or disadvantaged youth by improving the quality of family life in previously dysfunctional families. Summer activities program provides opportunities for children in the midland juvenile care day treatment program to practice skills they have learned through programming and therapy. Experiences provide exposure to positive peers, future careers, and structured use of free time. Enhanced youth services program - midland kids first collaborates with community partners to develop programs to help high-need, high-risk and emotionally disturbed youth stay with their families thereby diverting them from entry into the juvenile justice system.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 66.7%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -65.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.82; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 66.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $115K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $69K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.