Northwest Kansas Foundation for Hope
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271874384
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Colby, KS, USA
- Phone
- 7854432896
- Rating
- 97
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $79,521
- Expenses
- $79,370
- Assets
- $196,395
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CRYSTAL POUNDS (CO-PRESIDENT)
- RONI DIETZ (CO-PRESIDENT)
- JENNA GATZ (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CRYSTAL POUNDS (CO-PRESIDENT)
- RONI DIETZ (CO-PRESIDENT)
- JENNA GATZ (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 organization is organized exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3). The corporation shall award grants to help offset expenses for cancer patients in the nine county area of northwest Kansas - cheyenne, decatur, gove, logan, rawlins, sheridan, sherman, thomas and wallace counties. All funds, whether income or principal, and whether acquired by gift or contribution or otherwise, shall be devoted to said purpose.
What it reported doing in 2024
It is the foundation's goal to help offset patient expenses for local families afflicted with cancer. Northwest Kansas foundation for hope supports families in cheyenne, decatur, gove, logan, rawlins, sheridan, sherman, thomas and wallace counties.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 64% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.2%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.47; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.2% of revenue deployed · 95.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $75K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.