Better Business Bureau Report for
Elizabeth Kates Foundation, Inc.

Better Business Bureau Report issued January 2011
Better Business Bureau Report expires January 2013


This BBB Accredited charity meets all 20 Standards for Charity Accountability. Find out more...


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Elizabeth Kates Foundation, Inc.
Address: 316 Oak Lane
  Richmond, VA 23226
Phone: 804-282-1391
804-784-4476
Web Address:
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1942, Virginia
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: To raise, acquire, receive, hold and administer a fund for the benefit of women prisoners of Virginia; and to provide educational, vocational, and rehabilitation work for women prisoners in penal institutions in Virginia.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Elizabeth Kates Foundation, Inc. (EKF) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

The Elizabeth Kates Foundation offers encouragement, rehabilitation and education to women prisoners in Virginia primarily through the support of college credit classes, vocational programs and a scholarship program for correspondence classes.

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, EKF's program expenses were:

  
College Classes 21,512
Vocational and recreational rehabilitation programs 9,626
miscellanious rehabilitation programs 1,799
Total Program Expenses: $32,937
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : none, none
Compensation*:
 $

Chair of the Board: Patricia Atherholt
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: community volunteer

Board Size: 16

Paid Staff Size: 0

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, grant proposals
Fund raising costs were 2% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $48,429, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on EKF's IRS Form 990-EZ for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.

Source of Funds  
contributions 48,429
investment income 4,039
Total Income $52,468


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 97%  Fund Raising: 2%  Administrative: 1% 

Total income   $52,468
  Program expenses $32,937
  Fund raising expenses 807
  Administrative expenses 243
 
Total expenses   $33,987
Income in Excess of Expenses   18,481
Beginning net assets   131,318
Ending net assets   149,799
Total liabilities   90
Total assets   $149,889


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