Zeta Kappa Lamda Education Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421408585
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Ankeny, IA, USA
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $43,711
- Expenses
- $46,233
- Assets
- $29,193
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Phillip D Hall (President)
People named in this filing
- Phillip D Hall (President)
- Donald Butler (Tresurer)
- James Neely (Director)
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
ZKL Education Foundation advances its mission to bridge educational and leadership opportunities for students and develop better citizens for our community. The primary goal of our organization is to develop tomorrows leaders and professionals by investing in todays youth.
What it reported doing in 2025
Student Mentoring Program - working with Middle High School students who could be at-risk or are a problem student. We have been working with 25-30 Students in various sessions during the school year.
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 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.1%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 45.5%; rating input score 46
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: -5.8%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 36; 36th 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: 43.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.1% of revenue deployed · 45.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.