Project Harmony

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470789054
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Omaha, NE, US
Phone
(402) 595-1326
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,466,254
Expenses
$15,051,171
Assets
$60,660,478
Liabilities
$1,245,546

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GENE KLEIN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • GENE KLEIN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $484,489 total reported compensation
  • CAREN DEAN (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $234,035 total reported compensation
  • AMY CHISHOLM (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $177,855 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of Project Harmony is to protect and support children, collaborate with professionals and engage the community to end child abuse and neglect.

What it reported doing in 2025

Missing and anti-trafficking youth services: the missing and anti-trafficking youth services efforts are targeting children in the community who are reported as missing or run-away from their caregiver's home. As a part of this response, the agency coordinates with local law enforcement to identify children who have repeatedly run from home to intervene early to prevent escalating behaviors or victimization. For youth known to be high risk children who may be involved in minor sex trafficking, or children who have been exposed to commercially explicit sexual material online, a youth specialist provides more intensive support to the youth. Advocacy, medical support (for the child) and mental health services are provided to the child and their protective caregivers. The program takes a multidisciplinary approach involving law enforcement, the judicial system, mental health care, medical care, and advocacy to ensure children are safe and protected. Homeland security and the us attorney's office are local partners as well, to ensure victims who may have been abused across state lines or in an online format are protected. In 2025, 1638 youth and caregivers received services through our missing and anti-trafficking youth services program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 64th 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: 2.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.03; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 78.7% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $12M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $484K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $120K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.