Spark Kindness INC EIN 46-5037162 Form 990 (PDF) Claim this org

Spark Kindness INC

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Helps families and communities raise kind, empowered youth. For fiscal year 2025 it reported $429K in revenue, $376K in expenses, and $214K in net assets.Pt I

Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Youth Development
Location
Natick, MA
Website
sparkkindness.org
Filings
6 on file (2020–2025)
Revenue
$429KFY2025
Expenses
$376K
Net assets
$214K
People
17
Filings
6
Updates
0
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EIN  46-5037162 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Natick, MA
Form 990 (PDF)
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Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Helps families and communities raise kind, empowered youth.
Leadership
Christine Fortune Guthery · Exec. Director · $72K
Money in and out
$429K revenue, $376K expenses
Bottom line
74% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$429K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$376K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$214K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $53K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.74 Management & general $0.09 Fundraising $0.17
Program efficiency
74%
of spending reaches programs▲ +5% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
4.0mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +5% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+12%
revenue over expenses, this year▲ +22% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$429K
FY2025▲ +14%
Expenses
$376K
FY2025▲ +11%
Total assets
$226K
FY2025▲ +29%
Total liabilities
$12K
FY2025▼ -12%
Total revenue
$429K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$376K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$214K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$53K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$226K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B74%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 317
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 415
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

1 program service account for $277K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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Spark's Programs and Impacts Include

The resilient community speaking series - spark hosts 20-30 educational speaker events annually, with an average attendance of 250-400 community members per event. All resilient community programs are offered in american sign language and we offer multilingual programming in portuguese and SPANISH.SMALL group programming - workshops…

$277Kprogram expense

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Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CSpark Kindness INC
EINHdr · item D46-5037162
Principal addressHdr · item CNatick, MA
WebsiteHdr · item Jsparkkindness.org
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MMA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFYouth Development (O50)
Ruling yearIRS BMFDec 2014

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a17
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b15
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$72,116Pt VII · Sec A
Assoc. Ex. Dir.
$60,960Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Christine Fortune Guthery’s $72K as Exec. Director is at the 64th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1984 $100K–1M youth development 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Christine Fortune Guthery$72,116$75,891$43,834$35,230$35,570$34,375
Michele Marotta$60,960$61,148$56,060$57,640$55,649$40,868

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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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$416K · 97%
Other revenue$11K · 3%
Contributions & grants97%$416K
Other revenue3%$11K
Program service revenue$2K
Investment income$40
— government grantsLn 1e$22K
Total revenueLn 12$429K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.74 Management & general $0.09 Fundraising $0.17
Program services74%$277K
Management & general9%$34K
Fundraising17%$66K
Total functional expensesLn 25$376K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$113K
Total assetsLn 16$226K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$12K
Total net assetsLn 32$214K
Months of cash on handcomputed3.6

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2025 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $113K · Operating expenses (Pt IX) $376K · Less non-cash grants $40K · Cash operating expenses/yr $336K
4.0 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $277K · Total expenses $376K
74%
Management & General
Management & general $34K · Total expenses $376K
9%
Fundraising
Fundraising $66K · Total expenses $376K
17%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $54K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $333K
$0.16 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $416K · Total revenue $429K
97%
Government reliance
Government grants $22K · Total revenue $429K
5%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $2K · Total revenue $429K
0.3%
Investment reliance
Investment income $40 · Total revenue $429K
<0.01%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $2K · Total expenses $376K
0.4%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $429K · Prior year $375K
+14%
Revenue CAGR
FY2019 $238K · FY2024 $429K
+13%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $214K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $429K · Expenses $376K
+12%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $226K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $214K · Total assets $226K
95%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) $0 · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) $0 · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $226K
0%
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Christine Fortune Guthery · Reported title Exec. Director · Highest reported compensation $72K · Total expenses $376K
19%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $271K · Total expenses $376K
72%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 74%
Overhead ratio 9%
Fundraising cost ratio 16%
Revenue growth 14%
Investment management fee ratio 0%
Legal fee ratio 0%
Accounting fee ratio 1%
Fundraising fee ratio 0%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2025 (Latest)$429K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2024$375K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$374K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$288K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$217K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2020$238K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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