The Kita Centerinc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463190172
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2015
Location
North Berwick, ME, USA
Phone
2072051183
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Camps

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,214,673
Expenses
$230,189
Assets
$3,418,521
Liabilities
$297,002

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MORGAN MOSHER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SYDNEY MOSHER (SECRETARY): $70,000 total reported compensation
  • STEVEN KARAISKOS (MEMBER): $2,099 total reported compensation
  • ERIN BELL (MEMBER): $1,099 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To prevent suicide by creating intentional environments that foster connections and nurture a lifelong engagement with mental wellness.

What it reported doing in 2024

We offer an environment for individuals impacted by suicide risk and suicide loss, utilizing a combination of community and professional support. Our approach follows a dual-process model, incorporating both restorative and therapeutic programming. At the core of our initiatives is our flagship program, camp kita-a free summer camp designed specifically for children who have experienced the loss of someone to suicide. The camp provides each child with a network of peers & professional counselors to help them better understand the unique feeling of loss that suicide leaves behind on its survivors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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: 90
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $54.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 81%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.85; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 40% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $182K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 6 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $2.4M reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.