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PO BOX 2643
Martinez CA 94553-0264
Martinez CA | IRS ruling year: 1968 | EIN: 94-1677726
TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MINORITY STUDENTS TRANSFERRING TO FOUR YEAR COLLEGES FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
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This charity's score is 85%, 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: 33% Accountability & Finance, 57% Impact & Results, 10% Leadership & Adaptability. Learn more about our criteria and methodology.
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The IRS is significantly delayed in processing nonprofits' annual tax filings (Forms 990). As a result, the Accountability & Finance score for Kennedy King Memorial College Scholarship Fund is outdated and the overall rating may not be representative of its current operations. Please check with the charity directly for any questions you may have.
Kennedy King Memorial College Scholarship Fund has earned a 90% for the Accountability & Finance beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon provides an assessment of a charity's financial health (financial efficiency, sustainability, and trustworthiness) and its commitment to governance practices and policies.
This Accountability & Finance score represents IRS Form 990 data up until FY 2020, which is the most recent Form 990 currently available to us.
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Not ApplicableBoard Composition - 20/20 - 35/35 ptsBoard Composition - 20/20 - 35/35 pts
Charity Navigator looks for at least 3 board members, with more than 50% of those members identified as independent (not salaried).
The presence of an independent governing body is strongly recommended by many industry professionals to allow for full deliberation and diversity of thinking on governance and other organizational matters.
Source: IRS Form 990
Independent Audit or Financial Review - N/A - 0/0 ptsIndependent Audit or Financial Review - N/A - 0/0 pts
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 |
|---|---|
| $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
Conflict of Interest Policy - Listed - 5/5 ptsConflict of Interest Policy - Listed - 5/5 pts
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a conflict of interest policy on the 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
Board Meeting Minutes - Documented - 5/5 ptsBoard Meeting Minutes - Documented - 5/5 pts
Charity Navigator looks to confirm on the 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
Document Retention and Destruction - Missing - 0/5 ptsDocument Retention and Destruction - Missing - 0/5 pts
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a document retention and destruction policy per the 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
Whistleblower Policy - Missing - 0/5 ptsWhistleblower Policy - Missing - 0/5 pts
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a whistleblower policy per the 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
Website - Listed - 5/5 ptsWebsite - Listed - 5/5 pts
Charity Navigator looks for a website on the 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
Full CreditPartial CreditNo CreditNot ApplicableLiabilities to Assets Ratio - 22.86% - 15/15 ptsLiabilities to Assets Ratio - 22.86% - 15/15 pts
The Liabilities to Assets Ratio is determined by Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets (most recent 990). This ratio is an indicator of an organization’s solvency and/or long-term sustainability.
| Liabilities to Assets Ratio | Amount of Credit Received |
|---|---|
| Less than 50% | Full Credit |
| 50% - 59.9% | Partial Credit |
| 60% or more | No Credit |
Source: IRS Form 990
Program Expense Ratio - 97.37% - 25/25 ptsProgram Expense Ratio - 97.37% - 25/25 pts
The Program Expense Ratio is determined by Program Expenses divided by Total Expense (average of most recent three 990s). This measure reflects the percent of its total expenses a charity spends on the programs and services it exists to deliver.
| Program Expense Percentage | Amount of Credit Received |
|---|---|
| 70% or higher | Full Credit |
| 60% - 69.9% | Partial Credit |
| 50% - 59.9% | Zero Points for Program Expense Score |
| Below 50% | Zero Points for Both Program Expense AND Liabilities to Assets Scores |
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
Source: IRS Form 990 (page 7), filing year 2020
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
Activities:
Scholarships (other) (BMF activity code: 040)
Foundation Status:
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)
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 (Kennedy King Memorial College Scholarship Fund) or EIN (941677726) in the 'Search Term' field.
This organization was impacted by COVID-19 in a way that effected their financial health in 2020. This normally would have reduced their star rating. Due to the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, we give charities such as this one the opportunity to share the story of COVID's impact on them, and doing this pauses our revision of their rating. Charities may submit their own pandemic responses through their nonprofit portal.
Kennedy King Memorial College Scholarship Fund reported being impacted by COVID-19 in the following ways:
Program Delivery
Administrative Capacity
How COVID-19 impacted the organization's operations financially:
We had some funders drop out and others increased donations. But overall, this was one of our strongest fundraising years.
How COVID-19 impacted the organization's delivery of programs:
We moved to an online scholarship application and interview process. This year we also celebrated our scholars through a virtual celebration!
How this organization adapted to changing conditions caused by COVID-19:
We moved to an online scholarship application and interview process. This year we also celebrated our scholars through a virtual celebration!
Innovations the organization intends to continue permanently after the pandemic:
The online application process is a keeper as it will help us to manage the scholar paperwork and payment process much easier and systematically.
Kennedy King Memorial College Scholarship Fund has earned a 80% for the Impact & Results beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
This beacon estimates the actual impact a charity has on the lives of those it serves, and determines whether it is making good use of donor resources to achieve that impact.
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Program
Undergraduate Scholarships
Activities
Kennedy King Memorial College Scholarship Fund grants scholarships to beneficiaries.
Program Type
Postsecondary Scholarships
Beneficiaries Served
Students;Minorities;People living in poverty
Program Geography
Martinez, CA
Time Period of Data
7/1/2016 to 6/30/2017
Outcomes: Changes in the lives of those served by a nonprofit. They can be caused by the nonprofit.
Costs: The money spent by a nonprofit and its partners and beneficiaries.
Impact: Outcome caused by a nonprofit relative to its cost.
Cost-effectiveness: A judgment as to whether the cost was a good use of resources to cause the outcome.
Outcome Metric
Increase in income for a scholarship recipient
Outcome Data Source
Ratings are based on data the nonprofit itself collects on its work. We use the most recent year with sufficient data. Typically, this data allows us to calculate direct changes in participants' lives, such as increased income.
Method for Attributing Outcomes
We don't know if the observed changes were caused by the nonprofit's program or something else happening at the same time (e.g., a participant got a raise). To determine causation, we take the outcomes we observe and subtract an estimate of the outcomes that would have happened even without the program (i.e., counterfactual outcomes).
We estimate the increase in income caused by a nonprofit's scholarship program in two steps. First, we compare the estimated postsecondary graduation rate of its scholars to that of comparable students who did not receive a scholarship (the “counterfactual”). Our estimates are drawn from rigorous social science studies of similar scholarship programs. The result is the number of scholars whose graduation was caused by the nonprofit. Second, we compare the earnings of graduates to non-graduates based on publicly available census data, matching on student demographic characteristics. We apply the earnings boost owing to a degree to those scholars whose graduation was caused by the nonprofit. Both steps are necessary to properly net out counterfactual successes from observed successes. Otherwise, we would be attributing changes (increase in graduation rate and increase in earnings) to the nonprofit when they would have happened anyway. Few nonprofits estimate the counterfactual themselves, so we construct our own counterfactual estimate based on research and publicly available data.
Cost Data Source
After estimating the program's outcomes, we need to determine how much it cost to achieve those outcomes. All monetary costs are counted, whether they are borne by a nonprofit service deliverer or by the nonprofit’s public and private partners.
Cost Calculation
$256,047 program costs + $13,498 partner costs + $13,498 beneficiary costs = $283,043 total costs
We calculate impact, defined as the change in outcomes attributable to a program divided by the cost to achieve those outcomes.
Impact Calculation
$283,043 total costs / $413,622 additional income = roughly $13,000 increases income for a scholarship recipient in need by $19,000.
Benchmark for Rating
Impact & Results scores of postsecondary scholarship programs are based on income generated relative to cost. Programs receive an Impact & Results score of 100 if they increase income for a recipient by more than $1.50 for every $1 spent and a score of 80 if income increases by more than $0.85 for every $1 spent. If a nonprofit reports impact but doesn't meet the benchmark for cost-effectiveness, it earns a score of 65.
Determination
Cost-effective
Kennedy King Memorial College Scholarship Fund reported its two largest programs on its FY 2020 Form 990 as:
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
AWARDED 28 UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS OF $10,000 TO MINORITY STUDENTS FROM CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AWARDED 5 GRADUATE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP(S) OF $5,000 EACH TO FORMER KENNEDY-KI ... (More)
AWARDED 28 UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS OF $10,000 TO MINORITY STUDENTS FROM CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AWARDED 5 GRADUATE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP(S) OF $5,000 EACH TO FORMER KENNEDY-KING SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. AMOUNT ADJUSTED BY FORFEITED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS BY RECIPIENTS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS IN PRIOR YEARS WHO DID NOT FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT OR FUNDS RETURNED FROM THE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THE STUDENT IS TRANSITIONING TO ANOTHER INSTITUTION. SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED FOR YEAR IS $305,000. (Less)
Spent in most recent FY
Percent of program expenses
AWARDED 32 SCHOLARSHIPS OF $1,000 EACH TO CONTRA COSTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TO ENABLE THE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR FIRST TWO YEARS OF CREDIT ENABLING THEM TO TRANSFER TO A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE OR ... (More)
AWARDED 32 SCHOLARSHIPS OF $1,000 EACH TO CONTRA COSTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TO ENABLE THE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR FIRST TWO YEARS OF CREDIT ENABLING THEM TO TRANSFER TO A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE MADE TO THE STUDENTS B (Less)
Kennedy King Memorial College Scholarship Fund 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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Kennedy King Memorial College Scholarship Fund has earned a 100% for the Leadership & Adaptability beacon. See the metrics below for more information.
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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Full CreditPartial CreditNo CreditNot ApplicableMission - 10/10 ptsMission - 10/10 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission
Our mission has been to offer scholarship opportunities for outstanding but underrepresented minority students in the Contra Costa College system who are transferring to a four-year college or university. These students are principally those that identify as socially, economically, or educationally disadvantaged. Underrepresented minorities are determined using data from the California College and University systems. We draw our scholars from the three Contra Costa community colleges so that they can transfer to a four-year institution and complete their education. We also support former scholars pursuing their graduate degree and award grants to current Contra Costa County community college students facing extreme hardships.
Vision - 10/10 ptsVision - 10/10 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
We believe education enables access to opportunities, more equitable wealth distribution, and promotes social justice.
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Goals - 20/20 ptsGoals - 20/20 pts
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: Strengthen our alumni network to increase board participation by former scholarship recipients, improve career networking, and provide internship opportunities to current scholarship recipients
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Two: Increase the visibility of the scholarship fund within the communities we serve to find will qualified applicants meeting the criteria for the scholarship through communications and social media.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Three: Develop and grow our donor base as many are aging out and the need is greater than ever. We want to make the organization self-funded so the mission can continue regardless of yr/yr economic change.
Goal Type: Invest in the capacity of our organization (financial, management, technical, etc.).
Leadership Development - 15/15 ptsLeadership Development - 15/15 pts
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
We are a 100% volunteer board and while we do not have formalized leadership development, many of our board members are experienced in business and some serve on other boards. We have started assigning mentors to new board members to increase their knowledge of how the board functions and also assign them to a committee so they can work and learn from others. In addition, we work with social media consultants who also work with many other local non-profits and in the past year we have updated our website, established regular communications on social media, and started working on additional PR plans. We also host a celebration ceremony (dinner during non-covid) and invite local government, educational, and business leaders in addition to the recipient scholars and their families.
Mobilizing for Mission - 15/15 ptsMobilizing for Mission - 15/15 pts
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
Strategic Partnerships
Networks of Collective Impact Efforts
Raising Awareness
We work closely with the Contra Costa Community College District including having members from this organization on our board. we work with social media consultants who also work with many other local non-profits and in the past year we have updated our website, established regular communications on social media, and started working on additional PR plans. We are members of Network for Good and also reach out to other local non-profits from time to time.
Adaptability Story - 30/30 ptsAdaptability Story - 30/30 pts
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
Our standard process was to interview prospective scholars in person and once selected have a celebratory dinner in May. The pandemic made us change quickly to an online mode. We adapted our interview process using Zoom and Google Drive. We also worked quickly to adapt an online application process that we are now using for the second year and continue to adapt it to our needs such as scholarship application. We have started our 2022 selection process with 100% implementation of applications on-line, have included zoom Q&A sessions, and will interview students again using Zoom. In 2020, we had to cancel our May celebration dinner due to Covid. In 2021, we implemented a successful virtual celebration to include scholars selected for the scholarship in addition to our donor and supporter constituency,. We updated our website in 2020 and continue to enhance it. We realize many of the communications we used to have in person have moved online and having a clear website is critical to communicate effectively and efficiently. We have also completed our first year of implementing our social media strategy on LinkedIn and Facebook. Our board meetings have had to continue via Zoom and we are becoming more adept at managing the organization in a virtual world. However, we do miss having our board getting together in person for an annual retread in which we conducted some strategic planning. That being said, we are focusing our strategy and vision on a couple of key components which will help the organization thrive until our mission is accomplished.
Impact & Results
Accountability & Finance
Culture & Community
Leadership & Adaptability
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