Keystone Kidspace

Analysis

Keystone Kidspace is a registered charity in United States, based in York, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Keystone Kidspace reported income of $752k and spending of $1.2m, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $2.0m to $752k (-62%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Keystone Kidspace sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child Nuturing Center ($752k), United Community Ministries ($752k) and Stable Hands Inc ($752k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 32% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $238k. At year end it held assets of $5.9m against liabilities of $3.7m, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 15 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.