City of Gary Economic Development Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351923681
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Gary, IN, USA
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,568
Expenses
$358,975
Assets
$4,597,572
Liabilities
$9,992

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tai Adkins (President)

People named in this filing

  • Tai Adkins (President)
  • Oliver Gilliam (Commissioner)
  • Jackie Rosario-Pirtle (Commissioner)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Areduce unemployment by assisting and enabling the retention, attraction and expansion of business, bcombat community deterioration by promoting stability, economic growth, and partnerships between government and the business community, crecruit new business into the Gary area, dconduct charitable and educational activities to alleviate blight

What it reported doing in 2024

The Gary Economic Development Corporation GEDC leads the City of Garys efforts to develop real estate, attract new businesses, expand and retain existing businesses, job creation, and increase the quality of life for City residents. In 2015, GEDC established a relationship with United Parcel Service, which holds job fairs to employ Gary residents as package handlers at its Hodgkins, IL facility. GEDC also partnered with the City of Gary for Life, an anti-violence initiative to reduce crime and improve residents quality of life. GEDC continued its efforts towards the development of the University Park Neighborhood and Campus Plan to redevelop a 7.5 quare mile footprint surrounding Indiana University and Ivy Tech Community College. GEDC continued its relationship with Carmeuse Lime and Stone to invest 10M into a green facility, and with Garmong Constrcution to build industrial space in the Buffington Harbor area of Gary.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -763.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.81; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $325K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.