To provide short-term help for medical needs to promote health equity for individuals with low incomes, health-related grants to selected organizations, nursing scholarships, and access to medical education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$159K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.1M a year · 28% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$159K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $59.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $116K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$173K
0.3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.0M
+495% vs prior year
Spent
$2.4M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$60.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.0M
FY2021▲ +495%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$7.0M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2025$6.1M
Expenses
$2.4M
FY2021▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$3.2M
FY2025$3.4M
Net assets
$60.3M
FY2021▲ +12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$53.7M
FY2021$60.3M
FY2022$49.1M
FY2023$54.0M
FY2024$59.8M
FY2025$63.5M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · 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 Jun 1975.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $1.9M Management & general 20% · $481K Fundraising 1% · $23K

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

19 people listed on the 990; $159K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$158,565Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member / Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member / Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member / Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member / Medical Ass
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member / Finance Com
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Elizabeth Radtke’s $189K as Executive Director is at the 68th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3128 $1–10M health care 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Elizabeth Radtke$188,634$181,149$174,249$162,511$158,565$154,090

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers emergency medical aid, school health grants, and health education to Kansas City.

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3 programs · $1.9M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Kansas City's Medicine Cabinet

Short-term medical assistance. See Schedule O for discussion of program service accomplishments.

$1.3Mprogram expense
02

Medical Education

Annual conference for medical professionals and other education programs, including resident and patient education, scholarships for nursing and respiratory therapy students, and continuing medical education for medical professionals.

$350Kprogram expense
03

Community Health Grants and Other Programs

See Schedule O for discussion of program service accomplishments.

$262Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$116K
Grants paid · 145 grants · $8.7M · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$1,510,134
Vibrant HealthKS · FY2025$150,000
Unitemized GrantFY2025$106,339
Kansas City Kansas Public SchoolsFY2025$26,000
Shawnee Mission School DistrictFY2025$25,000
Kansas City Missouri Public SchoolsFY2025$25,000
Independence School DistrictFY2025$25,000
Turner Usd 202FY2025$15,000
Raytown School DistrictFY2025$14,000
Fort Osage R-1 School DistrictFY2025$14,000
Belton School District #124FY2025$14,000
Hickman Mills School DistrictFY2025$13,500
North Kansas City SchoolsFY2025$12,000
Center School District #58FY2025$10,250
Lees Summit Cares INCMO · FY2025$10,000
Frontier Schools INCMO · FY2025$9,475
University AcademyMO · FY2025$9,000
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.0M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$5.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8K
Money outPt IX
$2.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.9M
Managementcol C$481K
Fundraisingcol D$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$60.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$992K
Total assetsLn 16$60.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$173K
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8K
Investment incomeLn 3$5.9M
Other incomeLn 4–11$600
Gains on assetsLn 7$5.1M
Total revenueLn 12$7.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$992K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$992K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$59.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$76K
Total assetsLn 16$60.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$173K
Net assetsLn 32$60.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$196K$992K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$53.7M$59.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$89K$76K
Total assetsLn 16$54.0M$60.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$254K$173K
Net assetsLn 32$53.7M$60.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$283K$283K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.1M$1.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$159K$79K$67K$13K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$253K$175K$77K$942
Other employee benefitsLn 9$115K$70K$41K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$7K$2K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$12K
Investment management feesLn 11f$214K$214K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$111K$87K$25K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$19K$13K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$3K$407$2K
Information technologyLn 14$48K$30K$14K$4K
TravelLn 17$2K$1K$497
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$6K$491
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$24K$13K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$68K$62K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$1K$661$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.4M$1.9M$481K$23K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $6.1M$3.4M$2.6M$63.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.0M$3.2M$1.8M$59.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.6M$3.0M−$1.3M$54.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.4M$2.5M−$89K$49.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $7.0M$2.4M$4.6M$60.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$2.4M−$1.2M$53.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $7,003,723 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $169,090$1,045,442
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$7,982
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,008,508$5,949,699
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $21$600
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,177,619$7,003,723
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,338,174$1,354,446
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $471,069$526,355
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $546,220$517,703
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,355,463$2,398,504
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,177,844$4,605,219
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $7,003,723 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $600 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,045,442
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,045,442
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Excluded from tax $7,982$7,982
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $814,100$814,100
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $5,135,599$5,135,599
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $600 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5,957,681$7,003,723
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,398,504 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $283,250$283,250
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,071,196$1,071,196
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $79,458 · Management $66,745 · Fundraising $12,713$158,916
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $174,682 · Management $77,106 · Fundraising $942$252,730
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $70,406 · Management $41,049 · Fundraising $3,254$114,709
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,991 · Management $5,012$7,003
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $12,500$12,500
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $213,662$213,662
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $86,824 · Management $24,613$111,437
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,315 · Management $5,920$19,235
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $407 · Management $2,107$2,514
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $29,639 · Management $13,782 · Fundraising $4,466$47,887
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,031 · Management $497$1,528
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $6,379 · Management $491$6,870
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $13,300 · Management $10,517$23,817
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $62,242 · Management $6,051$68,293
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,127 · Management $661 · Fundraising $1,169$2,957
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,895,247 · Management $480,713 · Fundraising $22,544$2,398,504
Part X · Balance sheet $60,443,981 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $196,397$991,840
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $30,806$1,167
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $17,487$17,229
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $89,118$75,849
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $52,832,727$58,479,071
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $831,817$878,825
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $53,998,352$60,443,981
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $16,041$19,761
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $111,972$153,274
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $56,593$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $69,650$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $254,256$173,035
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $47,285,112$52,746,419
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $6,458,984$7,524,527
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $53,744,096$60,270,946
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $53,998,352$60,443,981
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $60,270,946 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,003,723
XI-2 Total expenses$2,398,504
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$4,605,219
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$53,744,096
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,921,631
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$60,270,946

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