Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232613869
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone
7172365680
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,086,861
Expenses
$4,038,521
Assets
$4,261,424
Liabilities
$1,807,401

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KARI KING (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
  • KELLY HOFFMAN (VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY)
  • BECKY LUDWICK (VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC P)

Highest reported compensation

  • KARI KING (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $221,270 total reported compensation
  • STEVE DOSTER (STATE DIRECTOR OF MISSION: READINESS): $189,476 total reported compensation
  • KELLY HOFFMAN (VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY): $188,395 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

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What it reported doing in 2025

Provided public education materials to the media, interested stakeholder organizations, policymakers and the general public on key aspects of child well-being: - produced and distributed special reports and briefs on critical issues impacting child well-being including: - state of children's health care in Pennsylvania 2025- state of early care and education in Pennsylvania 2025- state of the child in Pennsylvania 2025- supporting success for Pennsylvania's students in foster care: data, outcomes, and stories from the field - support infant and toddler early intervention in Pennsylvania in the fy 2025-26 state budget- infant and toddler early intervention: what initial data reveals for Pennsylvania- a first look statewide data on Pennsylvania's career and technical education system- kindergarten immunizations: measles, mumps, and rubella (mmr) trends in Pennsylvania - medicaid: important for military families & future readiness- produced a series of data-driven fact sheets containing data at the statewide, congressional district, county, state legislative district and/or school district levels on issues such as child care, pre-k, home visiting, wic enrollment, medicaid and chip enrollment, etc. - produced and released regular policy updates on progress in children's policymaking, distributed via email in a bi-weekly e-newsletter (distribution list of nearly 10,000 individuals) and made publicly available online. - presented publicly in-person and virtually on key children's issues, including at legislative and executive branch meetings and hearings, as well as statewide and national seminars and conferences.- used social media tools to provide timely information.- served as a resource on children's policy issues for the media.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 98
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $86.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.4%; rating input score 98; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 95.7%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $221K · 26 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 19 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 11 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.