Kind
Kind reported $79.0 million in revenue and $79.6 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $80.60 went to program services, $14.37 to management and general costs and $5.03 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 100.0% of the total. Government grants made up 79.2%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $629,632 (PRESIDENT). 144 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 219% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $80MFor context, the median across 274 covered crime & legal-related charities: $87.85 programs, $11.30 management, $0.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $79M- Contributions & grants (non-government)$20.80 $16M
- Government grants$79.00 $63M
- Investment income$0.20 $154K
Other revenue was negative: −$177K. The bar shows the positive sources only.
The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 80.6% | 86.7% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 14.4% | 11.1% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 5.0% | 0.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.05 | $0.01 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 100.0% | 94.8% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 79.2% | 50.1% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $629,632 | $245,814 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.79% | 1.41% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 144 | 8 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 18 of 18 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseThrough strategic partnerships, kind provides pro bono legal representation for refugee and migrant children across the U.S. Kind's legal programs team is comprised of legal professionals who, together with our extensive network of partners from law firms and corporations, representing over 7,700 unaccompanied children in 2024. In addition to providing high-quality representation, the team provides holistic, trauma-informed, social services to kind's clients and informs critical legal strategy and impact litigation to protect the rights of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children in the…
Kind is working in and outside of the U.S. Toward a world where we share, across borders and continents, an absolute commitment to the protection of children from persecution, trafficking, and other harms. In complement to kind's domestic legal programs and advocacy work, kind's international work enables it to contribute to unaccompanied children's rights, protection, and well-being in their home countries and as they migrate in search of safety. Kind's steadfast commitment to providing legal representation to unaccompanied children everywhere we work, our programming in central america to…
Public outreach & education - kind continued its legislative and administration advocacy work to ensure that law, policy, and practice advance the protection of unaccompanied children in the united states. Kind worked throughout 2024 to ensure that all unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S. Border were able to access humanitarian protection through timely but fair immigration proceedings, were expeditiously reunited with family, and had access to services to help them comply with the immigration court system. Kind also worked to gain support for a greater commitment to the safe…
Highest reported compensation
2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRESIDENT Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $600,267 | $0 | $29,365 | $629,632 |
| CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $366,672 | $0 | $31,141 | $397,813 |
| SVP, GLOBAL LEGAL Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $346,644 | $0 | $40,630 | $387,274 |
| EVP, CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $348,380 | $0 | $31,115 | $379,495 |
| CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $312,382 | $0 | $27,773 | $340,155 |
| CHIEF GLOBAL POLICY & ADVOCACY Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $280,561 | $0 | $47,013 | $327,574 |
| CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $313,840 | $0 | $13,304 | $327,144 |
| SVP, GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $293,683 | $0 | $14,684 | $308,367 |
144 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Kind (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $2.4M (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b18 · 18 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4Yes
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
- Employees Part I, line 5644
- Volunteers Part I, line 61,600
Largest outside contractors
2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only| SG AL HOLDINGS LLC Fundraising consulting | $319,755 |
| RSM US LLP Audit, tax and financial consulting | $183,900 |
| CORE Z OPERATIONS LLC Event hosting and consulting | $150,598 |
| NORTH & MAIN STRATEGY LLC Management consulting | $144,000 |
Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 4 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.
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Every number above is copied from Kind's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Kind, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Questions people ask
How much of Kind's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, Kind reported that 80.6% of its $79.6 million in expenses went to program services, 14.4% to management and general and 5.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Kind pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Kind reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $629,632, for the role of PRESIDENT (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Kind get its money?
Of $79.0 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 100.0% came from contributions and grants (including 79.2% from government grants) and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Kind a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 26-2763038 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202533179349305713 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202443189349311264 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202322939349300827 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202222999349301652 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202133149349301028 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202003159349305905 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 26-2763038: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.