Glencoe Junior Kindergarten and Nursery School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 362182028
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Glencoe, IL, United States
- Phone
- 847-835-3024
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,171,793
- Expenses
- $1,183,605
- Assets
- $1,741,025
- Liabilities
- $854,749
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VALENTINE KLUTZNICK (CO-PRESIDENT)
- ANDREA DEVOS (CO-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- VALENTINE KLUTZNICK (CO-PRESIDENT)
- ANDREA DEVOS (CO-PRESIDENT)
- MATT BADEN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Founded in 1942, Glencoe Junior Kindergarten & Nursery School is a nonprofit preschool serving children ages 1–5, preparing children for kindergarten and the world beyond through a dynamic, child-centered, play-based approach. GJK’s volunteer, parent-run board is elected annually and plays a vital role in shaping the school’s operations and policies alongside our Director. Together, they oversee budgets, coordinate fundraising efforts, plan educational and social events, and ensure new families feel welcomed into the GJK community. The General Board, which includes room parents and key committees, supports and enriches the school experience. Applications for the following school year are typically sent out in February or March. Learn More About Our Educators Woman with blonde hair wearing a plaid vest and a red lanyard.
What it reported doing in 2024
To provide high quality early childhood education, enrichment classes and camp for children ages 18 months to 5 years. Registration open to glencoe residents and children from surrounding communities, as space allows.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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
STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 95%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 95% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.