My Kota Bear Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833691111
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Warren, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9732205799
- Rating
- 39
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $112,301
- Expenses
- $43,033
- Assets
- $82,734
- Liabilities
- $39,145
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR ESNEY SHARPE (PRESIDENT)
- KAWANA CURRY (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SHIRLEY SMITH (FOUNDER)
- DR ESNEY SHARPE (PRESIDENT)
- KAWANA CURRY (VICE 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The specific objectives and purpose of this organization shall include:(a.) raising funds to give back to nicu families in communities via donation of preemie and baby clothing, diapers, car seats, gift cards such as for gas, uber, etc. In addition to providing cameras for hospital nicu's so that families can see their babies when they cannot be there with them physically.(b.) to spread awareness and preventative measures of premature birth (c.) to provide and/or coordinate health education, through seminars, meetings, one on one conversations and social media of ways to care for your preemie after the family leaves the hospital.
What it reported doing in 2024
My kota bear's mission is to bring awareness and support to nicu families, otherwise known as the neonatal intensive care unit, within essex and warren counties in New Jersey communities and surrounding areas including New York areas.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 61.7%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.92; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 45.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 66.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.