Children's Home Association of Illinois

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
370662601
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Peoria, IL, US
Phone
309.685.1047
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Group Homes

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,626,580
Expenses
$38,490,045
Assets
$73,959,781
Liabilities
$5,359,258

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MILLER RICHARDSON SCURRY (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • TAYLOR MICHELLE MARIE (VICE PRESIDENT OF EDUCATION)
  • MBUTA DAUDI (VICE PRESIDENT OF RESIDENTIAL)
  • SCHWINDENHAMMER JODI B (VICE PRESIDENT OF FOSTER CARE)
  • PACHECO TESSA A (VICE PRESIDENT OF CLINICAL SERVICES)

Highest reported compensation

  • MILLER RICHARDSON SCURRY (PRESIDENT & CEO): $305,587 total reported compensation
  • STOCK ANGELA (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $216,237 total reported compensation
  • MOWER CURTIS (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $207,588 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To help the kids and families who need it most.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our residential treatment center provides 24-hour care primarily for youth in the care of dcfs who face developmental delays and trauma-related challenges. In the past year, we cared for 55 youth, totaling 12,950 patient days. The program integrates a range of supportive services to address the complex needs of our youth. This includes on-site nursing support, ensuring that each child's physical health is consistently monitored and managed. Additionally, our behavioral health team provides individual and group therapy to help youth develop coping strategies and address trauma-related emotional and behavioral challenges. Recreational activities are also offered to promote social development, teamwork, and physical well-being. We work closely with our internal and external local schools to provide educational support, ensuring that each child continues to meet academic goals through tailored learning plans, tutoring, and close coordination with school staff. Of the 16 children exiting the program, 94% were successfully discharged to less restrictive, home-like environments, demonstrating the program's success in preparing youth for greater independence.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 76% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 7.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.92; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 81% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $33.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $306K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $846K reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.