Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Illinois Capital Region Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
370997310
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Springfield, IL, USA
Phone
2177531216
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$518,318
Expenses
$515,570
Assets
$373,971
Liabilities
$162,193

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRAD ZARA (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVE TRETTER (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • GREGG FORMIGONI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MIA WOODS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MIA WOODS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $98,119 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help children reach their full potential through life-changing, professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships.

What it reported doing in 2018

In 2018, bbbs served 316 children in sangamon, christian, montgomery, and macoupin counties, who need a positive adult influence in their lives. These children are dealing with issues such as low self-esteem, abuse and poverty.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 80.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $413K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2016 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.