John Knox Village
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS THROUGH COMMUNITY LIVING, "ENRICHING LIVES, BUILDING COMMUNITY."
- Income
- $85.6 million
- Spending
- $86.6 million
- Spent on programs
- 93%
- Reserves
- -31.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 91%
- Employees
- 1,243
- Volunteers
- 297
- Highest pay
- $1.1 million, president and ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 38 out of 100. Higher than 8% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 140% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 11% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1593% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 35% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $33.2 million spent. A LEADING PROVIDER OF CARE AND SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS, JOHN KNOX VILLAGE IS COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING ITS MISSION OF "ENRICHING LIVES, BUILDING COMMUNITY" IN LEE'S SUMMIT AND BEYOND. EVERY YEAR, THE VILLAGE CHALLENGES ITSELF TO MAKE THE MOST OF ITS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EFFORTS. FOUNDED IN 1970, THE VILLAGE IS ONE OF THE FIRST LIFE PLAN COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION. NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION 501(C)(3), RUN BY A NINE-MEMBER VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MISSION: TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS THROUGH COMMUNITY LIVING "ENRICHING LIVES, BUILDING COMMUNITY." LOCATED IN LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, WITH HOME HEALTH OFFICES IN PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KANSAS. PROVIDES A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT INCLUDES INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING MEMORY CARE, HOME HEALTH, PRIVATE DUTY IN-HOME CARE, SKILLED NURSING (LONG-TERM CARE, REHABILITATION AND MEMORY CARE) AND HOSPICE SERVICES, AS WELL AS AMBULANCE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. ANNUALLY SERVES ABOUT 1,200 RESIDENTS ON ITS CAMPUS AND ABOUT 5,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS. WITH NEARLY 900 ASSOCIATES ON STAFF, THE VILLAGE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN LEE'S SUMMIT. THE VILLAGE'S LARGE SIZE AND ITS DIVERSE SERVICES AND AMENITIES ENABLES IT TO ALLOCATE MULTIPLE RESOURCES TOWARD ITS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITMENTS. IT SHARES FACILITIES; FACILITATES THE GIVING OF TIME AND TALENTS VIA A VARIETY OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES; OFFERS LEADERSHIP AND/OR MODEST FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; SHARES ENTERTAINMENT; AND PROMOTES EDUCATION AND INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES. VILLAGE RESIDENTS AND ASSOCIATES VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND TALENTS ON THE CAMPUS AS WELL AS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. IN 2024, 309 VOLUNTEERS (297 VILLAGE-SPECIFIC AND 12 HOSPICE-SPECIFIC) CONTRIBUTED 21,706 HOURS TO THE VILLAGE. OF THOSE HOURS, VILLAGE HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS LOGGED 1,134 HOURS BY MAKING MEMORY BEARS AND LAP BLANKETS AS WELL AS ASSISTING IN THE AREAS OF PATIENT CARE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE VILLAGE ALSO DONATES EVENT SPACES (IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000) AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES OR GENTLY USED ITEMS TO OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE SURPLUS EXCHANGE, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND THE LEE'S SUMMIT HOPE HOUSE. SCHOOLS, CAMPS, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, NURSING HOMES AND CHURCHES ALSO HAVE RECEIVED SURPLUS SUPPLIES. FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE VILLAGE RECEIVED AN OVERABUNDANCE OF HAND SANITIZER AND DONATED THE EXCESS TO CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, FOOD BANKS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. FINALLY, JOHN KNOX VILLAGE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVES VILLAGE RESIDENTS, ASSOCIATES AND CAMPUS GUESTS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WHICH HELPS ALLEVIATE FINANCIAL AND STAFFING TENSION FROM STRESSED CITY AND STATE PROGRAMS. PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ENABLE JKV PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROVIDE SECURITY ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES/AMBULANCE SERVICES (EMS), EMERGENCY SERVICE ADMINISTRATION AND MORE. EMS PROVIDES SERVICES TO LEE'S SUMMIT AND THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA FOR EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTS. FURTHERMORE, JKV EMS HAS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITIES OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, AND RAYTOWN, MISSOURI THAT ENABLE JKV EMS TO RESPOND IF A NEED ARISES DURING AN EMERGENCY. JKV EMS ALSO PROVIDES A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE TO 15 KC METRO HOSPITALS TO TRANSPORT MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS FROM EMERGENCY ROOMS TO IN-PATIENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS. IN 2024 EMS TRANSPORTED 1,997 PATIENTS WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VAN.
- $33.0 million spent. A LEADING PROVIDER OF CARE AND SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS, JOHN KNOX VILLAGE IS COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING ITS MISSION OF "ENRICHING LIVES, BUILDING COMMUNITY" IN LEE'S SUMMIT AND BEYOND. EVERY YEAR, THE VILLAGE CHALLENGES ITSELF TO MAKE THE MOST OF ITS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EFFORTS. FOUNDED IN 1970, THE VILLAGE IS ONE OF THE FIRST LIFE PLAN COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION. NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION 501(C)(3), RUN BY A NINE-MEMBER VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MISSION: TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS THROUGH COMMUNITY LIVING "ENRICHING LIVES, BUILDING COMMUNITY." LOCATED IN LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, WITH HOME HEALTH OFFICES IN PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KANSAS. PROVIDES A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT INCLUDES INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING MEMORY CARE, HOME HEALTH, PRIVATE DUTY IN-HOME CARE, SKILLED NURSING (LONG-TERM CARE, REHABILITATION AND MEMORY CARE) AND HOSPICE SERVICES, AS WELL AS AMBULANCE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. ANNUALLY SERVES ABOUT 1,200 RESIDENTS ON ITS CAMPUS AND ABOUT 5,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS. WITH NEARLY 900 ASSOCIATES ON STAFF, THE VILLAGE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN LEE'S SUMMIT. THE VILLAGE'S LARGE SIZE AND ITS DIVERSE SERVICES AND AMENITIES ENABLES IT TO ALLOCATE MULTIPLE RESOURCES TOWARD ITS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITMENTS. IT SHARES FACILITIES; FACILITATES THE GIVING OF TIME AND TALENTS VIA A VARIETY OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES; OFFERS LEADERSHIP AND/OR MODEST FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; SHARES ENTERTAINMENT; AND PROMOTES EDUCATION AND INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES. VILLAGE RESIDENTS AND ASSOCIATES VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND TALENTS ON THE CAMPUS AS WELL AS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. IN 2024, 309 VOLUNTEERS (297 VILLAGE-SPECIFIC AND 12 HOSPICE-SPECIFIC) CONTRIBUTED 21,706 HOURS TO THE VILLAGE. OF THOSE HOURS, VILLAGE HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS LOGGED 1,134 HOURS BY MAKING MEMORY BEARS AND LAP BLANKETS AS WELL AS ASSISTING IN THE AREAS OF PATIENT CARE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE VILLAGE ALSO DONATES EVENT SPACES (IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000) AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES OR GENTLY USED ITEMS TO OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE SURPLUS EXCHANGE, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND THE LEE'S SUMMIT HOPE HOUSE. SCHOOLS, CAMPS, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, NURSING HOMES AND CHURCHES ALSO HAVE RECEIVED SURPLUS SUPPLIES. FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE VILLAGE RECEIVED AN OVERABUNDANCE OF HAND SANITIZER AND DONATED THE EXCESS TO CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, FOOD BANKS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. FINALLY, JOHN KNOX VILLAGE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVES VILLAGE RESIDENTS, ASSOCIATES AND CAMPUS GUESTS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WHICH HELPS ALLEVIATE FINANCIAL AND STAFFING TENSION FROM STRESSED CITY AND STATE PROGRAMS. PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ENABLE JKV PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROVIDE SECURITY ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES/AMBULANCE SERVICES (EMS), EMERGENCY SERVICE ADMINISTRATION AND MORE. EMS PROVIDES SERVICES TO LEE'S SUMMIT AND THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA FOR EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTS. FURTHERMORE, JKV EMS HAS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITIES OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, AND RAYTOWN, MISSOURI THAT ENABLE JKV EMS TO RESPOND IF A NEED ARISES DURING AN EMERGENCY. JKV EMS ALSO PROVIDES A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE TO 15 KC METRO HOSPITALS TO TRANSPORT MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS FROM EMERGENCY ROOMS TO IN-PATIENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS. IN 2024 EMS TRANSPORTED 1,997 PATIENTS WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VAN.
- $14.1 million spent. ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AND ALZHEIMER'S ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY - SEE SCHEDULE O A LEADING PROVIDER OF CARE AND SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS, JOHN KNOX VILLAGE IS COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING ITS MISSION OF "ENRICHING LIVES, BUILDING COMMUNITY" IN LEE'S SUMMIT AND BEYOND. EVERY YEAR, THE VILLAGE CHALLENGES ITSELF TO MAKE THE MOST OF ITS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EFFORTS. FOUNDED IN 1970, THE VILLAGE IS ONE OF THE FIRST LIFE PLAN COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION. NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION 501(C)(3), RUN BY A NINE-MEMBER VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MISSION: TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS THROUGH COMMUNITY LIVING "ENRICHING LIVES, BUILDING COMMUNITY." LOCATED IN LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, WITH HOME HEALTH OFFICES IN PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KANSAS. PROVIDES A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT INCLUDES INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING MEMORY CARE, HOME HEALTH, PRIVATE DUTY IN-HOME CARE, SKILLED NURSING (LONG-TERM CARE, REHABILITATION AND MEMORY CARE) AND HOSPICE SERVICES, AS WELL AS AMBULANCE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. ANNUALLY SERVES ABOUT 1,200 RESIDENTS ON ITS CAMPUS AND ABOUT 5,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS. WITH NEARLY 900 ASSOCIATES ON STAFF, THE VILLAGE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN LEE'S SUMMIT. THE VILLAGE'S LARGE SIZE AND ITS DIVERSE SERVICES AND AMENITIES ENABLES IT TO ALLOCATE MULTIPLE RESOURCES TOWARD ITS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMITMENTS. IT SHARES FACILITIES; FACILITATES THE GIVING OF TIME AND TALENTS VIA A VARIETY OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES; OFFERS LEADERSHIP AND/OR MODEST FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; SHARES ENTERTAINMENT; AND PROMOTES EDUCATION AND INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES. VILLAGE RESIDENTS AND ASSOCIATES VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND TALENTS ON THE CAMPUS AS WELL AS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. IN 2024, 309 VOLUNTEERS (297 VILLAGE-SPECIFIC AND 12 HOSPICE-SPECIFIC) CONTRIBUTED 21,706 HOURS TO THE VILLAGE. OF THOSE HOURS, VILLAGE HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS LOGGED 1,134 HOURS BY MAKING MEMORY BEARS AND LAP BLANKETS AS WELL AS ASSISTING IN THE AREAS OF PATIENT CARE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE VILLAGE ALSO DONATES EVENT SPACES (IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000) AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES OR GENTLY USED ITEMS TO OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE SURPLUS EXCHANGE, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND THE LEE'S SUMMIT HOPE HOUSE. SCHOOLS, CAMPS, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, NURSING HOMES AND CHURCHES ALSO HAVE RECEIVED SURPLUS SUPPLIES. FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE VILLAGE RECEIVED AN OVERABUNDANCE OF HAND SANITIZER AND DONATED THE EXCESS TO CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, FOOD BANKS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. FINALLY, JOHN KNOX VILLAGE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVES VILLAGE RESIDENTS, ASSOCIATES AND CAMPUS GUESTS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WHICH HELPS ALLEVIATE FINANCIAL AND STAFFING TENSION FROM STRESSED CITY AND STATE PROGRAMS. PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ENABLE JKV PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROVIDE SECURITY ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES/AMBULANCE SERVICES (EMS), EMERGENCY SERVICE ADMINISTRATION AND MORE. EMS PROVIDES SERVICES TO LEE'S SUMMIT AND THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA FOR EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTS. FURTHERMORE, JKV EMS HAS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITIES OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, AND RAYTOWN, MISSOURI THAT ENABLE JKV EMS TO RESPOND IF A NEED ARISES DURING AN EMERGENCY. JKV EMS ALSO PROVIDES A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE TO 15 KC METRO HOSPITALS TO TRANSPORT MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS FROM EMERGENCY ROOMS TO IN-PATIENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS. IN 2024 EMS TRANSPORTED 1,997 PATIENTS WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH VAN.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending March 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1982.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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