The Kindness Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842299018
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Emmaus, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4842329674
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $496,603
- Expenses
- $242,925
- Assets
- $1,212,359
- Liabilities
- $268,166
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRIAN HOLTZHAFER (PRESIDENT)
- BRITTANY KAROLY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JENAE HOLTZHAFER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JENAE HOLTZHAFER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $72,119 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to provide a brighter future for youth in foster care by offering free essential resources and enrichment opportunities.
What it reported doing in 2024
The kindness exchangewe supply clothing, shoes, furniture and other essential items free of charge as youth in the foster care system are placed in their homes. By provising children with new or gently used clothing and other supplies, we hope to raise their self-esteem and confidence in any circumstance. Youth can visit and have a choice in what they want to wear and play with.we hope to defray any finanical burden, especially in emergency placement situations, where buying items like cribs, strollers, car seats and diapers can add up very quickly.our kindness connections program provides enrichment opportunities and new experiences such as free swimming lessons, dance classes, music and art classes, sports experiences, free summer camp connections, family activities and support groups. These free offerings allow foster youth to have equal opportunity to participate in typical childhood activities without the concern of financial burden on their foster families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 33.3%; rating input score 33
- Program expense ratio: 65.6%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.34 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: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 51.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.99; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 29.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 33.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 33.3% of revenue deployed · 65.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $159K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.