Fraternal Order of Police Illini Lodge 17

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

6 people listed

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

To provide support to community members in need.

Support for members and families - includes legal assistance and cash assistance for member and their families.

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 92.6%; rating input score 93; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: -20.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $112K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $575 · 6 people listed
Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
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.

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

Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.