Dream Center Sangamon County
Legal name: Dream Center Springfield Inc NFP
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842682708
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2023
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Springfield, IL, United States
- Phone
- (217) 685-9375
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $322,970
- Expenses
- $239,813
- Assets
- $433,781
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Eric Hansen (President)
- Jill Koch (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Sara Schafer (COO): $76,925 total reported compensation
- Jill Koch (Executive Director): $15,385 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dream Center Sangamon County renews its passion to serve and impact the community for Christ through programs including evening education classes, food and clothing ministries, and care for underprivileged families and children. The Dream Center is stepping into an exciting new chapter! Under the leadership of Executive Director Eric Hansen and his wife Cheryl, we are renewing our passion to serve, love, and impact our community for Christ. With over 40 years of nonprofit ministry experience, Eric brings fresh vision and strong leadership to guide the Dream Center into its next season. Together with Cheryl, a lifelong servant and encourager, they are committed to making the Dream Center a mission outpost in the heart of Springfield. The Dream Center will continue to offer vital community programs, including: • Evening education classes to equip and inspire.
What it reported doing in 2023
Serve as educational resource center through hands-on classes and activities for participants both young and old to advance their edcuational and occupational aspirations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 72
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.7%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.81; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 38.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 154.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 55.7% of revenue deployed · 74.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $179K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $77K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.