The Children's Campus of Kansas City Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200905393
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Kansas City, KS, USA
Phone
9132812648
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$964,408
Expenses
$1,090,081
Assets
$10,992,947
Liabilities
$588,495

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA LONDON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TRINA SPENCER (SECRETARY): $255,832 total reported compensation
  • PAULA NETH (DIRECTOR): $199,242 total reported compensation
  • LISA LONDON (PRESIDENT): $111,087 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of the cckc, incorporated in 2004, is to assure that children birth to five years of age who are most at risk for academic failure access the resources they need to succeed.

What it reported doing in 2024

Operation of the cckc building: under the supervision of the cckc board of directors, cckc manages building operations for the campus. The campus houses three not-for-profit tenants. Rent from each tenant is used to cover building operating costs and debt service costs. Cckc entered into a building operations support contract with one of the building tenants. According to the contract, the tenant assigned a point of contact between the cckc board of directors, building tenants, and building management company. This point of contact is responsible for coordinating communication between tenants regarding building closures and events in shared building spaces, notifying the building management company of work orders and other tenant requests, and reporting building operations matters to the board of directors. Cckc undertook building operations and the building support contract to satisfy article iv of cckc's articles of incorporation: "the purpose of the corporation is to operate exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, as such terms are defined in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended (the "code"). In fulfilling its purpose, the corporation shall be operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of university of Kansas center for research, inc., the family conservancy, and the university of Kansas, it being the intent to qualify the corporation as a type i supporting organization of such supported organizations under the provisions of section 509(a)(3) of the code."

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 40%; rating input score 40; 10th 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: -13%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.08; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $256K · 6 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.