Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 362167743
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3124240200
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $85,729,842
- Expenses
- $84,533,050
- Assets
- $60,239,527
- Liabilities
- $24,436,597
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
52 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL SHAVER (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHAEL SHAVER (PRESIDENT & CEO): $469,435 total reported compensation
- MARIO PEREZ (EVP & COO): $282,729 total reported compensation
- ANGELICA STAPERT (SENIOR VP & CFO): $268,484 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Founded in 1883, brightpoint (formerly known as children's home & aid) is a leading statewide organization supporting families so children can thrive.
What it reported doing in 2024
Early childhood care and education: a strong developmental foundation from 0-5 creates thriving children. Research shows that access to high-quality early learning builds strong foundations in academic, emotional, and social skills, leading to lifelong positive outcomes. Brightpoint provides high-quality early learning for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old at no cost to eligible families, offering both center-based head start/early head start and homebased options, plus parent education, doula support, and comprehensive health, nutrition, and mental health services.brightpoint serves more than 2,000 children in our centers and over 700 families through home visiting across six sites statewide. Families also benefit from continuity of care, developmental screenings, case management, nutritious meals, and strong wraparound supports that connect them to essential community resources. Quality early learning for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old at no cost to eligible families, offering both center based head start/early head start and home based options, plus parent education, doula support, and comprehensive health, nutrition, and mental health services.brightpoint serves more than 2,000 children in our centers and over 700 families through home visiting across six sites statewide. Families also benefit from continuity of care, developmental screenings, case management, nutritious meals, and strong wraparound supports that connect them to essential community resources.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 88% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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
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: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $39.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 39 of 39 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $71.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $469K · 52 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.7M reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.