Cornucopia Community Development of Nw Illinois

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843506041
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lanark, IL, USA
Phone
8152754395
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,965
Expenses
$4,648
Assets
$1,430

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LESLIE REESE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LESLIE REESE (PRESIDENT)
  • CATHERINE HART (SECRETARY)
  • VIRGINIA ZINK (MEMBER)

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

To develop and implement creative community-based strategies to enhance economic opportunity, build strong communities, and ensure a dynamic framework for quality growth and development in northwest Illinois.

What it reported doing in 2025

The lanark farmers market, working under the agency of cornucopia coummunity development of nw Illinois as a non-profit, has, and will continue to: o provide low cost vendor space for local business owners o participate in the usda snap program, link match, & lfm - snap vouchers o provide educational speakers - public health, medicine, gardening, etc o have kid's programs such as pop club & jr master gardener o have cooking demonstrations o host school, church, community, business groups o have entertainment o provide a community social environment o collaborate with local businesses on market days to be mutually financially beneficial

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.6%; rating input score 94
  • 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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -22.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.2% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.