Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge No 7
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 362467755
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3127337776
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,676,931
- Expenses
- $9,828,793
- Assets
- $18,999,820
- Liabilities
- $1,901,749
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN CATANZARA JR (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL METTE (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
- DANIEL D GORMAN (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)
- MONICA ORTIZ (THIRD VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN CATANZARA JR (PRESIDENT): $195,017 total reported compensation
- DENNIS T MCGUIRE (TREASURER): $194,676 total reported compensation
- DANIEL D GORMAN (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT): $193,010 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization's mission is to serve the interests of law enforcement at the local and state-wide levels, including legislation, labor, social events of law enforcement officers, etc. And to act as the collective bargaining agent for the members of the chicago police department below the rank of sergeants.
What it reported doing in 2024
Merchandise sales, membership insurance, newsletter publication regarding fop activities and events and matters of interest to police officers, scholarships, officer awards, social events, goodwill and benefits for deceased/sick/injured officers, as well as other state and national programs and activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 67
- Accountability: 58
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 6th 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: 90%; rating input score 90; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 59.3%; rating input score 59; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 16 of 27 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $195K · 30 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.6M reported
- Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 34 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 59/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.