Kanakuk Ministries
Kanakuk Ministries
Branson MO | IRS ruling year: 2015 | EIN: 43-1815310
Organization Mission
Equip and evangelize the next generation to reach the world for Christ.
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Branson MO | IRS ruling year: 2015 | EIN: 43-1815310
Organization Mission
Equip and evangelize the next generation to reach the world for Christ.
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This charity's score is 89%, earning it a Three-Star rating. If this organization aligns with your passions and values, you can give with confidence.
This overall score is calculated from multiple beacon scores, weighted as follows: 90% Accountability & Finance, 10% Leadership & Adaptability. Learn more about our criteria and methodology.
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Score
Most Recent Fiscal Year:
FY 2022
This beacon provides an assessment of a charity's financial health (financial efficiency, sustainability, and trustworthiness) and its commitment to governance practices and policies.
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Industry professionals strongly recommend an independent governing body to allow for full deliberation and diversity of thinking on governance and other organizational matters. We check to see that a majority of board members are identified as independent on their tax form.
Source: IRS Form 990
Industry professionals strongly recommend an independent governing body to allow for full deliberation and diversity of thinking on governance and other organizational matters. For most organizations, we check to see if the organization has at least three independent board members. For large, donor-funded organizations, we check to see if the organization has at least five independent board members
Source: IRS Form 990
An Audit, Review, or Compilation provides important information about financial accountability and accuracy. Organizations are scored based on their Total Revenue Amount:
Total Revenue Amount | Expectation to Receive Credit |
$2 million or higher and 40% or higher donor support | Expected to complete an audit and have an audit oversight committee |
$1 million or higher | Expected to complete an audit |
$500,000 - $1 million | Expected to complete an audit, review, or compilation |
Less than $500,000 | No expectation (removed from scoring methodology) |
Source: IRS Form 990
A diversion of assets — any unauthorized conversion or use of the organization's assets other than for the organization's authorized purposes, including but not limited to embezzlement or theft — also can seriously call into question a charity's financial integrity. We review the charity's most recent IRS Form 990 to see if the charity has reported any diversion of assets.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for a website on the IRS Form 990 as an accountability and transparency metric.
Nonprofits act in the public trust and reporting publicly on activities is an important component.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a conflict of interest policy on the IRS Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy protects the organization and by extension those it serves, when it is considering entering into a transaction that may benefit the private interest of an officer, director and/or key employee of the organization.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a whistleblower policy per the IRS Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy outlines procedures for handling employee complaints, as well as a confidential way for employees to report financial or other types of mismanagement.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a document retention and destruction policy per the IRS Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy establishes guidelines for the handling, backing up, archiving and destruction of documents. These guidelines foster good record keeping procedures that promote data integrity.
Source: IRS Form 990
Charity Navigator looks to confirm on the IRS Form 990 that the organization has this process in place as an accountability and transparency measure.
An official record of the events that take place during a board meeting ensures that a contemporaneous document exists for future reference.
Source: IRS Form 990
For almost all charities, we check the charity's IRS Form 990 to see if it discloses that the Form 990 is available on the charity's website. As with the audited financial statement, donors need easy access to this financial report to help determine if the organization is managing its financial resources well.
Source: IRS Form 990
The Liabilities to Assets Ratio is determined by Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets (most recent IRS Form 990). This ratio is an indicator of an organization's solvency and/or long-term sustainability.
Source: IRS Form 990
The Program Expense Ratio is determined by Program Expenses divided by Total Expense (average of most recent three IRS Forms 990). This measure reflects the percent of its total expenses a charity spends on the programs and services it exists to deliver.
Source: IRS Form 990
This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
Presented here are up to five of this organization's highest compensated employees. This compensation data includes salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and is displayed exactly how it is reported to the IRS. The amounts do not include nontaxable benefits, deferred compensation, or other amounts not reported on Form W-2. In some cases, these amounts may include compensation from related organizations. Read the IRS policies for compensation reporting
Doug Goodwin, President
$148,737
Mark Webster, Director Of Development
$135,747
John Jensen, Cbo/secretary
$104,103
Bruce Koerber, Controller/treasurer
$84,309
Debbie-jo White, Vice President/vice Chairman
$50,013
Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2022
Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Foundation Status:
Church 170(b)(1)(A)(i) (BMF foundation code: 10)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (Kanakuk Ministries) or EIN (431815310) in the 'Search Term' field.
Not Currently Scored
Kanakuk Ministries cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Results methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
Not Currently Scored
Kanakuk Ministries cannot currently be evaluated by our Culture & Community methodology because we have not received data from the charity regarding its Constituent Feedback or Equity Practices strategies.
Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization.
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This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission
Equip and evangelize the next generation to reach the world for Christ.
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
Evangelize and equip the next generation to reach the world for Christ.
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: Fill overnight kid camps to reach over 11,000 campers year summer.
Goal Type: Focus on core programs to achieve mission and scale back on programs not seen as core.
Goal Two: Expand our day camp operations to serve over 10,000 campers each summer.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Three: Expand our discipleship programs to include high school and gap year students.
Goal Type: New program(s) based on observed changes in needs among our constituencies/communities served.
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
Describe an investment in leadership
Partnered with GiANT to make leadership tools and resources available to all employees. Also provide onsite training for supervisors and other leadership. Host annual retreats for ministry leadership to grow and encourage one another. Expand bench strength of future ministry leaders by adding more entry positions.
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:
Strategic Partnerships
Networks of Collective Impact Efforts
Thought Leadership
Raising Awareness
What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?
Collaborate with other large Christian Camps to share best practices and address common challenges. Partner with international ministries in Haiti, Lebanon and Egypt to advance Christian ministries and care for children. Partner with Christian colleges and universities to provide outreach events to connect students to Christian groups. Partner with parents to provide ongoing discipleship of campers through "I'm Third" groups.
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
The COVID-19 pandemic created great challenges for our summer camp ministry in 2020 and 2021. It also created an amazing opportunity to serve children who had spent much of the last year in virtual settings. Kanakuk is proud to have made significant changes to ensure the safety and health of our guest and staff allowing the opportunity to serve over 10,000 people in 2020. We changed operating procedures, invested in new filtration and sanitation, and constructed COVID Safe Areas to care for sick individuals. Together, we helped bring refreshment, joy and hope to people who were lonely and frustrated with the pandemic. In 2021, we resumed operations of our traveling day camps and served over 19,000 campers while still operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, our summer camps operated at near capacity with only limited cases of COVID-19. We are thankful for the positive support we received from parents and the generous donations to help recover from our loses in 2020. It was a hard, but amazing year to see how the Lord provided for our guests and ministry.
Impact & Results
Accountability & Finance
Culture & Community
Leadership & Adaptability
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