East Central Il Area Agency on Aging Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
370982325
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bloomington, IL, USA
Phone
3098292065
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,026,334
Expenses
$12,040,368
Assets
$3,277,064
Liabilities
$2,550,780

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN REAL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN REAL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $150,861 total reported compensation
  • AMANDA HYDE (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $132,326 total reported compensation
  • KELLY COFFEY (CONTROLLER): $116,704 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to lead and advocate for inclusive resources and services that empower the optimal aging of east central Illinois' diverse older adults, individuals with disabilities, and their care partners.

What it reported doing in 2024

Eciaaa plans, coordinates, and advocates for the development of opportunities and services to achieve outcomes which promote the health, strength, independence, dignity, and autonomy of older persons, and persons with disabilities, older adults with limited english proficiency, support families caring for older persons, and grandparents and other relatives raising children. These opportunities and services include: access services including: a network of 11 coordinated points of entry providers in the provision of information & assistance and option counseling services.revenue for services: $1,807,024 in federal, state, local match and project incomeinformation & assistance: persons served: 16,617 contacts: 57,065options counseling under and over age 60: persons served: 3,392 contacts: 9,055 outreach: persons served:530 contacts:1,922in-home services including: home delivered meals, telephone reassurance and friendly visiting. Revenue for in-home services: $7,113,589 in federal, nsip, state, local match and project income.home delivered meals: persons served: 4,206 meals: 653,980 telephone reassurance: persons served: 226 units: 1,639 friendly visiting: persons served: 50 units: 353 community services including: congregate meals, legal assistance, gap (reducing social isolation) and flexible community "gap" services.revenue for community services: $2,423,220 in federal, nsip, state, local match and project income congregate meals: persons served: 3,902 meals: 139,996legal assistance: persons served: 381 hour of staff time: 2,487flexible community "gap" services: persons served: 231 units: 248gap (reducing social isolation): persons served: 72 units: 73 healthy aging programs including: chronic disease self-management program, diabetes self-management program, gerontological counseling with pearls, strong for life, and a matter of balance. Revenue for services: $147,818 in federal, state and local matchhealth: promotion (matter of balance, strong for life, diabetes self-management & chronic disease self-management programs): persons served: 249 classes: 1,944gerontological counseling with pearls: persons served: 49 classes: 377caregiver support programs including: caregiver advisory services and respite services for caregivers and grandparents raising grandchildren and stress busting - evidence based service and gap & adrd supportive gap services. Revenue for services: over $1,064,119 in federal, state, local match and project incomecaregiver advisory counseling: persons served: 1,538 sessions: 10,974respite: persons served: 8 hour of staff time: 105gap filling: persons served: 104 units: 141 adrc supportive gap filling: persons served: 29 units: 45elder rights programs including the adult protective services program, the ombudsman program, and the senior medicare patrol. Direct payments of state funds come from the Illinois department on aging to elder abuse & neglect service providers in east central Illinois. The function of eciaaa is administrative in nature.long term care ombudsman programrevenue for services: $310,798 in federal and state funding. Long term care ombudsman conducts facility visits, consultation, response to inquiries, case investigations, complaints and presentations, in general in the sixteen-county area of east central Illinois. Yearend reporting include: facility visits: 950 information & assistance to individuals and facility staff: 3312 units resident council meetings: 103 new cases: 412 closed cases: 410. Eciaaa serves older americans and their caregivers through... Advocacy in action - eciaaa informs seniors and caregivers about proposed legislation and public policies, takes positions on the issues, and presents our positions to elected officials at the local, state and federal levels. Planning, program development and coordination - eciaaa assesses the needs of seniors and caregivers, identifies issues for long range planning, sets priorities for funding, coordinates services, develops new or expa

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 95% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.1%; rating input score 99; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $151K · 16 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 22 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 19 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.