Kinship Plot INC

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Kinship Plot creates stories places and beautiful schemes of rooted belonging through affordable housing cultivation collaborative learning the arts and community gatherings.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 300 volunteers and 3 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
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
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$37K
to officers and key staff · 33% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 33% of spending; over 30%.
Part VII, Section A
26 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 26.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $101K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$249K
+127% vs prior year
Spent
$110K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$244K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$249K
FY2025▲ +127%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$16K
FY2022$35K
FY2023$75K
FY2024$110K
FY2025$249K
Net assets
$244K
FY2025▲ +121%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$11K
FY2022$29K
FY2023$60K
FY2024$110K
FY2025$244K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2022.

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

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $102K Management & general 7% · $8K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $37K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$29,998Pt VII · Sec A
Operations Director
$6,699Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Stephanie Vander Lugt’s $30K as Executive Director is at the 22nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Stephanie Vander Lugt$29,998$21,840$19,740$9,483
Wesley Vander Lugt$6,699$6,504$1,000—

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

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

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

Programs and updates

Kinship Plot INC is an education nonprofit based in Charlotte, NC, formed in 2021.

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3 programs · $97K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Oddkin Unite is a curated series of art-and-dinner gatherings where artists create and present new work and participants engage in meaningful dialogue that leads to resonance connection and bridge building across differences. In 2025 we commissioned 8 artists engaged 5 chefs and hosted 183 participants across 5 gatherings.

$37Kprogram expense
02

Through our Cultivation program we nurture both the land and our community through intentional care for the land and more equitable food access. In 2025 we grew 760 pounds of food engaged 286 people in garden workdays and events and ran a successful garden apprenticeship program.

$33Kprogram expense
03

We are building a pocket neighborhood of twenty-four affordable homes for low-income workforce households to foster housing stability resilience and belonging. In 2025 we met our goals for the predevelopment phase of this program.

$28Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$101K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$249K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$240K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4K
Money outPt IX
$110K
Ln 25
Programscol B$102K
Managementcol C$8K
Owns and owesPt X
$244K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$243K
Total assetsLn 16$245K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$240K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$235
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$231
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$249K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$65K
SavingsLn 2$178K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$243K
Accounts receivableLn 4$224
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$940
Other assetsLn 15$813
Total assetsLn 16$245K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$244K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6300
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$102K$243K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$106K$245K
LiabilitiesLn 26$825$1K
Net assetsLn 32$105K$244K
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 officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$37K$33K$3K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6K$6K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$3K$258$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$65$0$65$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$31K$31K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$50$50$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$7K$4K$3K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$326$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$525$0$525$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$19K$19K$196$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$110K$102K$8K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 13, 2026 $249K$110K$139K$244K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 10, 2025 $110K$110K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 27, 2024 $75K$60K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 22, 2023 $35K$29K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 19, 2022 $16K$11K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors D · Assets and endowments O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $248,869 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $92,068$239,528
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,972$3,862
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,975$5,248
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,626$231
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $109,641$248,869
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 $30,512$46,502
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $28,459$63,750
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $58,971$110,252
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $50,670$138,617
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $248,869 across 16 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $231 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$235
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$239,293
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,508
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$239,528
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,862 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,862
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $5,248 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$5,248
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,110 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$248,869
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $110,252 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 officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $33,347 · Management $3,350 · Fundraising $0$36,697
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,500 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$6,500
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 $3,047 · Management $258 · Fundraising $0$3,305
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $65 · Fundraising $0$65
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 $31,433 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$31,433
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $50 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$50
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,185 · Management $3,238 · Fundraising $0$7,423
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,431 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,431
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,141 · Management $326 · Fundraising $0$2,467
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 $0 · Management $525 · Fundraising $0$525
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,160 · Management $196 · Fundraising $0$19,356
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $102,294 · Management $7,958 · Fundraising $0$110,252
Part X · Balance sheet $244,937 assets, 30 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $59,465$64,575
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $43,023$178,385
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $111$224
X-5 Loans to officers and key peopleStart of year $0$0
X-6 Loans to other insidersStart of year $0$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$940
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart 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 $3,427$813
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $106,026$244,937
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $825$1,119
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-21 Escrow or custodial accountsStart of year $0$0
X-22 Loans from officers and insidersStart of year $0$0
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $825$1,119
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $105,201$243,818
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $105,201$243,818
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $106,026$244,937
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $243,818 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$248,869
XI-2 Total expenses$110,252
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$138,617
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$105,201
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$243,818

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