Northeast Kansas Community Action Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
480721487
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Hiawatha, KS, USA
Phone
7857422222
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,384,226
Expenses
$9,306,938
Assets
$4,810,310
Liabilities
$3,581,279

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEANETTE COLLIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEANETTE COLLIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $149,886 total reported compensation
  • ROBERT GRISSOM (CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER): $121,355 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities, and empower low-income individuals and families to become self-sufficient by creating economic, educational and other opportunities for and providing a range of services to low-income families and individuals; mobilizing resources directed to the elimination of poverty and educating the public on issue of poverty and community revitalization, including economic development.

What it reported doing in 2024

The community services block grant (csbg) funds provided by the Kansas housing resources corporation is the foundational funding for nek-cap, inc. In its sixteen-county service area of atchison, brown, doniphan, jackson, jefferson, jewell, leavenworth, marshall, mitchell, nemaha, osborne, pottawatomie, republic, riley, smith, and Washington counties. These funds are utilized to empower individuals and families by providing family development advocacy (case management), parenting skills classes, nutrition education, and life skills training. Through family development advocacy, eligible clients benefit through assessments using the family development partnership scale in determining where clients are on the continuum of crisis to thriving in areas such as: education, employment, housing and community, transportation, services and resources, family relations, family finances, child care and parenting. After the assessment process is completed, families are supported at varying levels with specific services, either directly provided or through referrals with appropriate agencies and organizations with whom nek-cap, inc. Has developed working partnerships. Csbg funds have enabled nek-cap, inc. To secure other resources and funding such as: grants from united way chapters: salvation army; emergency solutions grant (esg) and continuum of care (coc) grants through hud; catholic charities; partnerhsip with local food banks; and other sources that make it possible to provide emergency assistance including rent and utility support, prescription assistance, small repairs, and identification documents such id's or birth certificates. Nek-cap, inc.'s csbg program "filling the gap" program provides shelf-stable meals and milk to low-income children for 10 weeks during the summer and over the winter school break (depending on funding availability) in the Kansas counties of jewell, mitchell, osborne, republic, smith, and Washington. In addition, nek-cap, inc.'s csbg program supports several of the agency housing programs, including the mckinney-vento homeless programs esg and coc, and provides the required match component. Csbg supports esg & coc by funding the housing family advocate positions who work directly with clients and provide family development advocacy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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

STRONG - 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: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.