KEYS FOR KIDS MINISTRIES INC
God's story opening hearts
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
There are 1.3 billion kids and teens who have yet to be reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Keys for Kids Devotionals
A quarterly printing of our daily devotional for children ages 6-12. This product is also featured daily online at our website: keysforkids.org, and on the radio on over 200 stations.
Keys for Camps
A partnership with Christian Camps that provides summer campers with our devotional book for a full year after their week at summer camp. This is a follow-up tool for the camps with those campers and allows the camper to stay in God's Word
Unlocked Devotionals
Daily readings for teens.
Keys for Kids Radio
Full-time radio of faith and fun for everyone.
Storytellers
Keys for Kids Ministries exists to ignite a passion for Christ in kids and their families. Our goal it to give every child and their family worldwide an opportunity to respond to the gospel of Christ in their own language. We're doing it more than ever before through our Keys for Kids Creature Feature Storyteller. Since 80% of the world's population are oral learners, printed material isn't as effective with them. These solar-powered MP3 devices and stuffed animal Storyteller holders come equipped with nearly 30 hours of Keys for Kids devotional stories plus a Bible in audio. They’re also equipped with a flashlight, headphones, and USB charging cable making it perfect for outreach work in hard to reach areas of the world. These units are currently available in Albanian, Arabic, English, Greek, Mecedonian, and Spanish. However, Bengali, Hindi, Mandarin, Nepali, Polish, Tamil, and Urdu are in various stages of development. Our goal is to provide Storytellers in the top 100 languages of the world, or languages to which we believe God is leading us to produce. Here's a video about the Storyteller.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
National Religious Broadcasters 1980
Photos
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total number of audience members
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children, Adolescents, Evangelicals, Protestants
Related Program
Keys for Kids Radio
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
Visits on keysforkids.net
Number of first-time donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescent parents, Grandparents, Single parents, Stepparents, Evangelicals
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of countries represented by visitors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Evangelicals, Protestants
Related Program
Keys for Kids Radio
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of books distributed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Evangelicals
Related Program
Keys for Kids Devotionals
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In 2022 we printed 200,000 devotional copies for Ukrainian refugee relief outreach.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We want to give every kids, teen, and family an opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We're sharing the gospel through our radio network and syndicated radio programming with Keys for Kids Radio. This pillar of our ministry is reaching people in North America, Asia, Europe, Middle East and South America.
Our publication/Storyteller programs are working together to expand our reach. Our publication department and Storyteller departments provides print resources in six languages (and growing). The program started in 2017. Our goal is 100 in the next 10 years. We also recently expanded our demographic to include teens with a program called Unlocked.
Our WORD with Zach summer reading program started in 2018. The goal it to not just promote reading, but introduce kids to Christ. The programming is growing (60% in 2019).
Keys for Camps is another program that's introducing kids and teens at camp to Keys for Kids and Unlocked. These publications are allowing kids and teens to read stories and other writings that help them understand the Bible better.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Keys for Kids Ministries offer multiple resources through multi-media outlets to provide Christian content for kids, teens, and families worldwide. We ALONE don't have the capability to address the world's spiritual needs, through cooperation, cooperatives, and partnerships we can aid it igniting a passion for Christ in kids, teens, and families worldwide. We have our own kids radio network. We have resources for radio for kids, teens, and parents heard on hundreds of radio stations around the world. We print devotionals (Keys for Kids and Unlocked) for kids and teens. These devotions are also available through mobile apps. Some of those devotions are available in other languages (Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish). We provide resources to Christian camps, churches, and Christian schools. We also provide audio resources (Bible, Keys for Kids, and Unlocked) on solar-powered MP3 players called Storytellers. These are available in Albanian, Arabic, Greek, English, Macedonian, Nepali, and Urdu. We're only limited by funding, staff, and partnerships. In 2023 we also opened our Chinese office.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We've made progress on just about every goal in our strategic plan. We're raising more money each year to accomplish our annual goals. We're making progress and growing our ministry reach. Storytellers are available in 7 languages. Five more languages are in process of being completed. Our radio syndication is growing. Our network is reaching more people. Our devotional subscriptions are growing in other countries. Ukraine, Russia, and Pakistan are the newest nations. The apps are being downloaded by more people. We're hiring staff to help us accomplish these goals, and we're seeing hearts and lives changed as they place their faith and trust in Jesus.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It's sometimes difficult to get people to complete the survey questions.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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KEYS FOR KIDS MINISTRIES INC
Board of directorsas of 10/25/2023
Mr. Duane Culver
Culver CPA Group
Mr Joe Moss
Eclarian
Scott Vander Veen
The Print Steward
Joe Moss
Eclarian, FreshPhone, Afterburner Hosting
Scott Cousino
Legacy Capital Planners, LLC
Lee Hageman
Duane Culver
Culver CPA
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Not applicable -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
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