The Kindness Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454279819
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Costa Mesa, CA, USA
Phone
3103424758
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$135,835
Expenses
$274,130
Assets
$204,468
Liabilities
$3,416

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIEL GUTIERREZ (PRESIDENT / CHAIRPERSON)

People named in this filing

  • DANIEL GUTIERREZ (PRESIDENT / CHAIRPERSON)
  • SHANNON KIRK (VICE CHAIRPERSON)
  • GLENN BROWN (SECRETARY)

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

To provide assistance to cpk (California pizza kitchen) employees who have a sudden financial emergency due to a catastrophe or crisis in their lives.

What it reported doing in 2025

The primary purpose of the kindness fund is to provide assistance to cpk (California pizza kitchen) employees who have a sudden financial emergency due to a catastrophe or crisis in their lives. These donations are made through genuine acts of kindness by cpk employees for cpk employees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.6%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -101.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $235K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.