Boys & Girls Clubs in Illinois Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851740518
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Springfield, IL, USA
Phone
2175531599
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,023
Expenses
$301
Assets
$14,442
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALAN WINSLOW (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY ANN MAHON-HUELS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • WALLY GRAFFEN (DIRECTOR): $270,470 total reported compensation
  • MATT WATROUS (DIRECTOR): $178,958 total reported compensation
  • MIA WOODS (DIRECTOR): $172,535 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mission and significant activities to promote exclusively the social welfare of boys and girls in Illinois; to provide guidance and to promote the health, social, educational, vocational, character, and cultural development of boys and girls in Illinois without regard to race, color, creed, or national origin; and to receive, invest, and disburse funds, and to hold property for the purpose of the corporation.

What it reported doing in 2024

To promote exclusively the social welfare of boys and girls in Illinois; to provide guidance and to promote the health, social, educational, vocational, character, and cultural development of boys and girls in Illinois without regard to race, color, creed, or national origin; and to receive, invest, and disburse funds, and to hold property for the purpose of the corporation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most filed governance safeguards are in place. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 58.3%; rating input score 58; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Limited
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 97%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 47.98; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 53,741.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 79.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 51.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $270K · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.