Effingham Unit 40 Educational Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364188050
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Effingham, IL, USA
- Phone
- 2173433656
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $82,868
- Expenses
- $71,647
- Assets
- $306,953
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAURI BORRELLI (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LAURI BORRELLI (PRESIDENT)
- CYNTHIA WISE (VICE -PRESID)
- SONJA HECKERT (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
To support and enhance the educational opportunities for students in Effingham Unit 40 schools.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provide scholarships for seniors of effingham high school to continue their education
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.28; rating input score 81; 81st 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: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.