Fox Valley Patriotic Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300957675
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Batavia, IL, USA
Phone
6304829900
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$37,600
Expenses
$26,767
Assets
$1,217,534
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AUSTIN DEMPSEY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DAVE BROWN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • MARTY CALLAHAN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • DON GONZALEZ (BOARD 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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide education and events concerning the history of the american flag, memorialize bernard j. Cigrand and to create and maintain a monument celebrating patriotism and the american flag and to provide patriotic displays.

What it reported doing in 2025

Flag day is celebrated every year on june 14th in parades and festivals to honor the american flag. In 1885, dr. Bernard cigrand, a dentist from batavia, Illinois, held what's believed to be the first recognized flag day, which began a lifelong quest to establish a formal holiday. Woodrow wilson issued a presidential proclamation calling for a june 14 commemoration in 1916, but it wasn't until 1949, 16 years after the death of cigrand, the "father of flag day", that congress passed legislation as a national holiday. It is not, however, a federal holiday. We built a monument that is befitting the stars and stripes, and celebrates the country that it has presided over since 1777.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 45.49; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.