Community Kids

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Grand Rapids, MI501(c)(3)ReligionEIN 36-4903764Revenue $285K in FY2024

On file with the IRScommunitykids.org1123 Kalamazoo Ave Se, 49507-1435 · Grand Rapids, MITax-exempt since Apr 2019Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Community Kids is a faith based, inner city youth organization. Community Kids exists to transform communities through kids by providing long-term, life-changing, worldview-expanding relationships, led by Jesus Christ. Community Kids activities include Mentoring, Bible Clubs, Camps, and Retreats.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 4 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $6K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$52K
to officers and key staff · 23% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 55% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 23% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$285K
+46% vs prior year
Spent
$224K
To programs
75%
Net assets
$119K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$285K
FY2024▲ +46%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$209K
FY2021$192K
FY2022$217K
FY2023$196K
FY2024$285K
Expenses
$224K
FY2024▼ -13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$185K
FY2021$179K
FY2022$223K
FY2023$259K
FY2024$224K
Net assets
$119K
FY2024▲ +105%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$115K
FY2021$128K
FY2022$122K
FY2023$58K
FY2024$119K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2019.

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

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $168K Management & general 23% · $51K Fundraising 3% · $6K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $52K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Mission/Vision Director
$44,800Pt VII · Sec A
$7,538Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Donald Irving’s $45K as Mission/Vision Director is at the 45th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2132 $100K–1M religion 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Donald Irving$44,800$44,800$40,600$40,000$40,000
Robert Summerfield$7,538$27,030$40,600$40,000$40,000

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides faith-based mentoring, clubs, camps, and retreats to transform inner-city youth.

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3 programs · $128K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Camps and Retreats

approximately 200 kids and family members were able to attend camp or a retreat.

$56Kprogram expense
02

Mentoring

Community Kids provides mentors to work along side the parents. The mentors build relationships with the kids and families in order to provide additional structure and support for the kids. Community Kids has approximately 25 mentors that mentor 50-60 kids.

$53Kprogram expense
03

Ministry Care

The organization was able to provide for certain needs of the kids, families, volunteers, and mentors involved with Community Kids. These needs include food, household products, school supplies, gas, rent, utilities and various other needs. Community Kid was able to care for approximately 300 people.

$19Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$285K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$285K
Money outPt IX
$224K
Ln 25
Programscol B$168K
Managementcol C$51K
Fundraisingcol D$6K
Owns and owesPt X
$119K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$119K
Total assetsLn 16$119K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$285K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Total revenueLn 12$285K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$119K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$119K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$119K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$119K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$58K$119K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$58K$119K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$58K$119K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$52K$22K$30K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$44K$44K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$5K$2K$0
Management feesLn 11a$22K$8K$14K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$345$345$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$2K$3K$0
Information technologyLn 14$6K$0$0$6K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$3K$2K$824$0
TravelLn 17$14K$14K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$7K$6K$1K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$64K$64K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$224K$168K$51K$6K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $285K$224K$61K$119K 990 PDF
FY2023 $196K$259K−$63K$58K 990 PDF
FY2022 $217K$223K−$6K$122K 990 PDF
FY2021 $192K$179K$13K$128K 990 PDF
FY2020 $209K$185K$24K$115K 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $285,458 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $196,132$285,458
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $196,132$285,458
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $176,717$103,326
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $82,591$121,097
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $259,308$224,423
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$63,176$61,035
Part VI · Governance 4 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $285,458 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$285,458
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$285,458
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$285,458
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $224,423 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $22,400 · Management $29,938 · Fundraising $0$52,338
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $43,646 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$43,646
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,052 · Management $2,290 · Fundraising $0$7,342
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $7,568 · Management $14,102 · Fundraising $0$21,670
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $345 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$345
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,710 · Management $2,564 · Fundraising $0$4,274
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $5,656$5,656
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,471 · Management $824 · Fundraising $0$3,295
IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,768 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$13,768
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,770 · Management $1,442 · Fundraising $0$7,212
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $63,874 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$63,874
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,003 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,003
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $167,607 · Management $51,160 · Fundraising $5,656$224,423
Part X · Balance sheet $119,371 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $58,336$119,371
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $58,336$119,371
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $58,336$119,371
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $58,336$119,371
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $58,336$119,371
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $119,371 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$285,458
XI-2 Total expenses$224,423
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$61,035
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$58,336
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$119,371

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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