The Finch Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 923997419
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Ottawa, KS, USA
- Phone
- 7852426400
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $29,266
- Expenses
- $10,420
- Assets
- $146,001
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BLAINE FINCH (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BLAINE FINCH (PRESIDENT)
- JOSH WALKER (VICE PRESIDE)
- RYAN HENNINGSEN (TREASURER &S)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
This corporation is organized not for profit and the nature of its business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: charitable purposes and educational programming and training to assist in the creation of a better, more just and prosperous world.
What it reported doing in 2025
Made a donation of 10,000 to an organization that serves as a community hub for the performing arts, live concerts and civic events in the ottawa area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 51.7%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 64.4%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.01; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -88.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 51.7% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.