National Kidney Foundation of Florida Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592190073
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Orlando, FL, USA
Phone
8009279659
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Kidney Disease

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,322,582
Expenses
$1,242,257
Assets
$2,148,344
Liabilities
$281,709

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

Leadership & pay

34 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUGLAS RAY (PAST-PRESIDENT)
  • MARVE ANN ALAIMO ESQ (PAST-PRESIDENT)
  • AMY KOZSUCH (PAST-PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW HELFAN (PAST-PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN SACKET (PRESIDENT)
  • ANTHONY DEFEO MD (PAST-PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SAVANNA LANZA (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $105,000 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 mission of the national kidney foundation of Florida is to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of patients and families affected by these diseases and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Item 1. Public education - nkff provides literature and holds speaking engagements to educate the public of the needs of kidney patients and to teach about the early detection of the disease.item 2. Nkff holds professional educational seminars designed to bring up-to-date renal-specific information to nurses, social workers, technicians, and dieticians who care for kidney patients. During the last fiscal year, the nkff partnered with several organizations to conduct virtual educational opportunities for healthcare professionals in addition to holding the renal professional forum (rpf). 84 professionals attended rpf and received up to 18 continuing education credits for attending all sessions.item 3. Patient advocacy - nkff is unique in that it has a full-time experienced patient advocate. The advocate travels around the state offering programs designed to appeal to the specific audience. His recent presentations are to health care professionals, corporations, transplant centers, the naacp and other organizations, college students, and the general public. He is also available 7 days a week by phone or email to patients or the general public.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Multi-channel. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, 29% for grants, and 16% for affiliated organizations.
  • 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 89.5%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 70.4%; rating input score 70; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.7% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 34 of 34 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 34 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 32 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.