Binam Illinois NFP

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205467767
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Evanston, IL, USA
Phone
7738657978
Rating
43
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,932
Expenses
$11,886
Assets
$2
Liabilities
$19,832

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gertrude Wotchie (President)
  • Nathalie Ndongmo (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Gertrude Wotchie (President)
  • Philippe Nguendang (Treasurer)
  • Nathalie Ndongmo (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Charitable Community Assistance to families and individual members and non-members.

What it reported doing in 2024

Assistance to Families with difficulties feedingTotal number of Families assisted in 2024 is & about 100 individuals fed in the Park during BBQ event foster Beach Chicago

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16.8%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 17

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 9,916; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -31.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16.8% of revenue deployed · 16.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.