Aurora Area African American Men of Unity

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010731449
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Aurora, IL, USA
Phone
6306061910
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,250,797
Expenses
$1,022,683
Assets
$1,028,672
Liabilities
$216,719

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ISAAC WILSON (PRESIDENT)
  • RICKY RODGERS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RICKY RODGERS (VICE PRESIDENT): $149,693 total reported compensation
  • RANDY RYDER (COUNCIL): $47,497 total reported compensation
  • ELIZABETH HOWELL (COUNCIL): $46,557 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To be positive role models, mentors and father figures to at risk youth ages 7-18 to educate, motivate and equip them with tools to overcome adversity, space for healthy development and readiness for achievement of school and life success. To reduce conflict among different demographics to promote law abiding citizens and a thriving community, city and state. To provide supportive services to individuals and families to improve their quality of life and access to opportunity.

What it reported doing in 2024

Street outreach and mentoring intervention (somi) requires a coordinated effort between street outreach, case manager and victim services working cohesively with individuals and families impacted by gun violence to reduce harm, connections with gang affiliation, substance abuse, verbal threatws, physical abuse, bullying or trolling on social media platforms. Victims and offenders are offered restorative justice practices, peace circles and mediation to prevent the risk of future acts of violence, criminal behavior and recidivism for youth ages 11-24.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 90% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.6%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $156.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 48.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.6% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $780K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.