C and W Market Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822114121
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Evanston, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8778295500
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $135,234
- Expenses
- $128,618
- Assets
- $28,841
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sydni Craig (President)
People named in this filing
- Clarence Weaver (Director)
- Wendy Weaver (Secretary)
- Sydni Craig (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
C & W Market Foundation? s Food Insecurity Program is dedicated to addressing hunger and ensuring that individuals and families in underserved communities have reliable access to nutritious meals. Through strategic partnerships with local food banks, farmers, and community organizations, the foundation provides fresh produce, pantry staples, and prepared meals to those in need. The program operates food distribution initiatives, including weekly food giveaways, mobile pantry services, and emergency assistance for households facing financial hardships.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Workforce Development Program at C & W Market Foundation is designed to equip individuals with the skills, training, and opportunities needed to achieve economic stability and career advancement. The program provides job readiness training, resume-building workshops, and interview coaching to help participants enter or re-enter the workforce with confidence. Additionally, it collaborates with local businesses and trade organizations to offer job placement assistance and mentorship programs. Recognizing the importance of specialized skills in today? s job market, the foundation also offers vocational training in industries such as culinary arts, retail management, and customer service. By fostering professional growth and self-sufficiency, the Workforce Development Program not only benefits individuals but also strengthens the local economy by creating a more skilled and prepared workforce.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.7%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 95.4%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 69.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 60% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 72.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.7% of revenue deployed · 95.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $123K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.