The Kennek Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472142054
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Marblehead, MA, USA
- Phone
- 7816310366
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Gift Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $58,419
- Expenses
- $53,194
- Assets
- $7,501
- Liabilities
- $10,434
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHEILA M DUNCAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SHEILA M DUNCAN (PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN J DONAHUE (SECRETARY)
- PATRICIA A NARCESSIAN (TREASURER)
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
Kennek activities consist of, but are not limited to, visiting children's hospitals with gifts of plush toys and books to brighten the day of children who are ill, making appearances at shelters for the homeless with donations and gifts for the children, delivering hope to wounded vets and, at times, assisting animals in need here in the united states and throughout the world.with funding from generous sponsors and corporate partners, kennek identifies those most in need and delivers much needed hope to children and their families after crises and natural disasters.kennek also has plans to help fund a children's television series, which will be centered around teaching children how to handle life's "bumps in the road" gently and with humor.the philanthropic outreach of the kennek foundation builds on a reputation of compassion and caring for those who need it most.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 32
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 51%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.39; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 51% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 51/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.