Civic Committee Action

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453617415
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3128531200
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,695
Expenses
$8,695
Assets
$104
Liabilities
$104

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEREK R B DOUGLAS (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT)
  • CORDELIA C MEYER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DEREK R B DOUGLAS (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER SCANLON (DIRECTOR/CHAIRMAN)
  • MICHAEL O'GRADY (DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIRMAN)

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

Civic committee action was organized on october 6, 2011, by the civic committee of the commercial club of chicago (civic committee). Civic committee action is charged with educating the general public about the troubled jobs climate and financial condition of the state of Illinois, the need for budget and tax reform and to support legislation to address these issues. Civic committee action's campaigns have garnered attention in the press, and the state's financial condition has become a common topic of public discussion.

What it reported doing in 2024

Civic committee action's focus is to serve the major public affairs and lobbying activities for civic committee policy initiatives, such as state finance, transportation, public safety, chicago business opportunity, and education. While there were no such activities performed during the fiscal year 2025, action continued to incur administrative costs to maintain the organization for future efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -30.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.