Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363686904
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2025
- Location
- Springfield, IL, USA
- Phone
- 2175221240
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $26,859
- Expenses
- $19,498
- Assets
- $189,395
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- MARK DENZLER (TREASURER)
- BRIAN ATWOOD (CHAIR)
- STEVE KASE (VICE 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To foster and promote vocational, educational, charitable and scientific interests including activities which foster accountability, freedom of choice, incentives for students and teachers, and excellence in pre-employment education, and, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations.
What it reported doing in 2025
Donations made to academic institutions to support manufacturing curriculum.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 86% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.4%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.71; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.