Illinois Municipal Utilities Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
370907478
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Springfield, IL, USA
Phone
2177894632
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$744,606
Expenses
$684,218
Assets
$771,541
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEVIN GADEN (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • JOSH ECKART (DIRECTOR)
  • JOHN TOLAN (FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN)
  • SHANNON RISLEY (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Illinois municipal utilities association (imua) is to advance the interests of the state's municipally-owned electric, natural gas, water, wastewater treatment and telecommunications utilities and to provide them with the information, training, and professional representation they need to operate their systems in a manner that is safe, efficient, reliable and promotes the maximum benefit to their customers.

What it reported doing in 2025

Safety and training programs - the association provides hands-on training and classroom seminars to help the men and women who work in the field for municipal utilities to work safely. The imua holds monthly safety program meetings in all areas of the state. 350 safety training meetings were conducted reaching an estimated 5,600 people. Annual conference held with approximately 250 people in attendance, included natural gas training and linemen apprenticeship training program/labs. In the event of natural disasters, imua coordinates assistance in the form of heavy equipment and personnel from municipal utilities all over the state to the affected member.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 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: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.1%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $587K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $382K reported
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.