Illinois Center for Civic Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463356472
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7734547767
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Expenses
$24,692
Assets
$31,144

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • KATHERINE GREENSLADE (BOARD CHAIR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Illinois center for civic education (icce) works with elementary, middle and high school teachers throughout Illinois to promote civic competence and responsibility among todays youth. Icce accomplishes this by offering professional development opportunities to teachers and providing academic programs, we the peopleand project citizen. Our professional development opportunities are designed to enhance the teachers ability to deepen their students understanding of the foundations of the constitutionaldemocracy and the contemporary relevance of the constitution and bill of rights. Through active participation and experiential learning, we the people and project citizen curricular programs educate and provide a range of skills students need analysis, research, writing, presentation, defending a position, teamwork, and critical thinking to participate in their communities, future workplaces, and our democracy.

What it reported doing in 2019

Civic education programs

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.

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: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -112.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -71.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -39.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.