Gfwc Illinois Federation of Womens Clubs

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
361255560
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Joliet, IL, USA
Phone
8157240195
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$274,898
Expenses
$211,376
Assets
$1,151,814
Liabilities
$2,133

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

Leadership & pay

50 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRISHA SCHAFER (PRESIDENT)
  • KARYN CHARVAT (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • MEGAN MITCHELL (NORTHERN REGION VICE PRESIDENT)
  • GINA FRITZ (CENTRAL REGION VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARY JANE KOESTER (SOUTHERN REGION VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROSEANNE ZUBIK (DISTRICT PRESIDENT 3RD)

People named in this filing

  • TRISHA SCHAFER (PRESIDENT)
  • KARYN CHARVAT (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • MEGAN MITCHELL (NORTHERN REGION VICE PRESIDENT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Gfwc Illinois is a community-based philanthropic organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service.

What it reported doing in 2024

Contributions and scholarships: women's clubs throughout Illinois pool contributions and fundraising, which is distributed by the organization to various groups and individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 46% for direct work, and 54% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.7%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 63.8%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.1%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.45; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.7% of revenue deployed · 63.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 50 of 50 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $135K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 50 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.