Clean Slate Advocates Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933006703
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Springfield, IL, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,867
Expenses
$80,232
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Bradley Harrington (Community coordinator)
  • Breanna Eilers (Community Coordinator)
  • David Binder (Community Coordinator)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provides laundry and linen services to the to the working poor, homeless working poor and homeless the unhoused community. Workforce development and other educational and religious services crisis prevention mental health and physical health.

What it reported doing in 2025

In the reporting period our organization served a total of 99,688 individuals with 36% being children and 64% adults. Among the adults 26.5% were elderly 14.8% were homeless and 3.7% were unhoused. The demographic breakdown showed that 61% were Black 35% White and 4% identified as other ethnicities. In terms of educational attainment 4.9% of adults had an education level of 11th grade or less with varying percentages at different grade levels and 7.8% had a GED or vocational training.The economic profile of the individuals served revealed that the average monthly household income was $376.69. Notably our laundry service provided a total of 667,704 loads of wash and dry cycles. Beyond laundry services our organization CSA operates as a crucial community hub offering a range of support services. These include customer support conflict resolution de-escalation techniques workforce training referrals and family stabilization efforts. The laundry service acts as the initial point of contact fostering relationships preserving dignity and enhancing stability for our clients.The impact of our services extends far beyond laundry contributing significantly to the communitys well-being. By addressing barriers to employment enhancing public health and averting crises CSA plays a pivotal role in fortifying families and fostering enduring community resilience.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 7 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.