Ebenezer Community Care Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871120797
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Berwyn, IL, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$117,011
Expenses
$61,162
Assets
$88,322
Liabilities
$19,951

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • John T Zeilstra (Board Chairman)
  • Carol Steen (Treasurer)
  • Doug Hoogstra (Assistant Treasurer)

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

The purpose of Ebenezer Community Care Center ECCC shall be to bring glory to God through charity and involvement with the Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church and the local community. ECCC activities shall include hosting events such as youth programs food distributions for the needy English as a second language education programs legal aid services and any other activities that will aid the local community. In recognition of ECCC us of Church premises ECCC will support the repair and maintenance of Church facilities.

What it reported doing in 2025

ECCC has supported the Church by supplying funds for use of the gymnasium and other space used in its community care activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.6%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 94.8%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 47.7%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.44; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 99.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 70.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 62.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.6% of revenue deployed · 94.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $58K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.