Play to Learn Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611714726
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Blue Springs, MO, USA
Phone
8168063639
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,248
Expenses
$20,174
Assets
$491,130
Liabilities
$-762

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANET CLARK (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JANET CLARK (PRESIDENT): $1,103 total reported compensation
  • CARRIE LOCK (SECRETARY): $360 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

See statement o

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide a safe and loving, christ-centered environment where children and families can learn and grow. Through early childhood programs, adult education and mentoring, and community outreach, we encourage spiritual, intellectual, and emotional growth and development of positive life skills. We strive to promote a peace-filled community of acceptance, compassion, and support for all those involved in play to learn ministries.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 87% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -41.6%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 24.34; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.