Kennedy Childrens Center

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New York, NY501(c)(3)Since 1959EducationEIN 13-5671639Revenue $24.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRSkenchild.org2212 Third Avenue, 10035-3535 · New York, NYTax-exempt since Mar 1946Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide educational and therapeutic services to children with developmental disabilities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 17 volunteers and 353 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $516K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.5M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 69% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $383K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$13.7M
69% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 69% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$24.2M
+1% vs prior year
Spent
$24.1M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$6.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$24.2M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$19.3M
FY2021$17.4M
FY2022$21.3M
FY2023$20.9M
FY2024$23.9M
FY2025$24.2M
Expenses
$24.1M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$18.9M
FY2021$18.7M
FY2022$18.3M
FY2023$21.0M
FY2024$22.9M
FY2025$24.1M
Net assets
$6.1M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$4.2M
FY2023$4.3M
FY2024$5.6M
FY2025$6.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $21.7M Management & general 9% · $2.2M Fundraising 1% · $187K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

25 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$322,266Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Program Officer
$209,159Pt VII · Sec A
CFO & Treasurer
$208,992Pt VII · Sec A
COO & Secretary
$200,637Pt VII · Sec A
Education Director
$136,102Pt VII · Sec A
Education Director
$135,932Pt VII · Sec A
Director of IT Services
$135,540Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Clinical Administration
$132,438Pt VII · Sec A

Jeanne Alter’s $322K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 69th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jeanne Alter$322,266$301,057$274,606$255,727$245,056$229,877
Mary McKillop$209,159$194,199$177,321$164,024$158,151$149,462
Bhupendra Shah$208,992$198,905$181,439$167,825$160,668$149,700
Carolyn Cleveland$200,637$181,620$160,155$135,473$107,407—
Kristy Chau$136,102$132,501$125,051$111,883$107,287$100,495
Geraldo Feliciano$135,932$130,047$119,092$110,193—$100,151
Joe Spanberger$135,540$127,683$121,127$108,238——
Tristan Dulangon$132,438———$106,324—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers educational and therapeutic services for children with developmental disabilities.

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1 program · $21.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Special education pre-school providing instruction and therapies for children with developmental disablities, ages 3-5. During fiscal year 2025 this program's average enrollment was 354 children per month.

$21.7Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$24.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$22.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$153K
Money outPt IX
$24.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$21.7M
Managementcol C$2.2M
Fundraisingcol D$187K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.2M
Total assetsLn 16$19.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$13.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$497K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$22.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$69K
Other incomeLn 4–11$153K
Total revenueLn 12$24.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.5M
SavingsLn 2$2.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$90K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.3M
Other assetsLn 15$6.5M
Total assetsLn 16$19.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$13.7M
Net assetsLn 32$6.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5353
VolunteersI 617
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.3M$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$83K$90K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.9M$5.3M
Total assetsLn 16$20.5M$19.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14.9M$13.7M
Net assetsLn 32$5.6M$6.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$811K$811K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$14.5M$13.8M$557K$128K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$316K$308K$5K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.3M$2.1M$157K$21K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.1M$1.0M$101K$10K
Legal feesLn 11b$9K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$74K$74K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.2M$1.1M$71K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$153K$153K
Office expensesLn 13$1.2M$1.1M$65K$23K
OccupancyLn 16$1.2M$1.1M$113K
TravelLn 17$11K$10K$863
InterestLn 20$204K$156K$47K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$665K$632K$33K
InsuranceLn 23$127K$113K$14K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$293K$293K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$24.1M$21.7M$2.2M$187K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $24.2M$24.1M$149K$6.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $23.9M$22.9M$930K$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $20.9M$21.0M−$107K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $21.3M$18.3M$3.1M$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $17.4M$18.7M−$1.3M$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $19.3M$18.9M$381K$2.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $24,222,541 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,165,879$1,063,815
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $22,553,843$22,937,245
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $33,353$68,860
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $121,278$152,621
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $23,874,353$24,222,541
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $17,790,294$18,984,386
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,154,343$5,089,366
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $22,944,637$24,073,752
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $929,716$148,789
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $24,222,541 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$85,000
VIII-1e Government grants$496,862
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$481,953
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,063,815
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $22,937,245$22,937,245
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $68,860$68,860
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $152,057$152,057
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $564$564
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $22,937,245 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $221,481$24,222,541
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $24,073,752 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $811,196$811,196
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $13,794,153 · Management $557,304 · Fundraising $127,685$14,479,142
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $308,040 · Management $5,198 · Fundraising $3,176$316,414
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,080,044 · Management $157,229 · Fundraising $21,446$2,258,719
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,007,492 · Management $101,036 · Fundraising $10,387$1,118,915
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $9,159$9,159
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $74,332$74,332
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,119,046 · Management $71,442 · Fundraising $0$1,190,488
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $152,976$152,976
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,088,575 · Management $65,440 · Fundraising $23,485$1,177,500
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,073,415 · Management $112,524$1,185,939
IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,006 · Fundraising $863$10,869
IX-20 InterestPrograms $156,394 · Management $47,479$203,873
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $632,182 · Management $32,801$664,983
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $113,083 · Management $13,599$126,682
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $292,565$292,565
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $21,674,995 · Management $2,211,715 · Fundraising $187,042$24,073,752
Part X · Balance sheet $19,767,773 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,479,308$2,543,785
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $784,023$2,704,108
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,411,622$2,296,998
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $327,001$330,697
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,886,129$5,315,826
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $83,268$90,440
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,508,298$6,485,919
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $20,479,649$19,767,773
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,222,897$971,766
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $1,747,070$1,706,680
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,366,259$4,818,609
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $14,864,233$13,715,994
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,235,463$5,812,879
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $379,953$238,900
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,615,416$6,051,779
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $20,479,649$19,767,773
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,051,779 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$24,222,541
XI-2 Total expenses$24,073,752
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$148,789
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,615,416
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$172
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$287,402
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,051,779

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