Illinois National Guard & Militia Historical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371268588
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Springfield, IL, USA
Phone
2177613645
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,114
Expenses
$35,966
Assets
$129,142
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN ECK SR (PRESIDENT)
  • MARK RABIN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • LARRY JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN ECK SR (PRESIDENT)
  • MARK RABIN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • DR MICHAEL AYERS (SECRETARY)

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

Overview

Mission

The Illinois national guard & militia historical society is dedicated to promoting and developing the heritage of Illinois citizen-soldiers. The society was established in 1990 to provide a wide base of support for preservation, presentation and dissemination of material and information relating to the history of the Illinois militia, state troops and the national guard. The society actively supports and raises funds for the operation of the illinosi state military museum at camp lincoln in springfield, Illinois. The society has funded development, procurement and preservation of artifacts, public exhibets and interpretation. The society pays for part-time employees to host the public during the museum's operating hours.

What it reported doing in 2024

The executive director of the society devotes substantial time seeking funding grants for the operations of the Illinois state military museum. One half of the executive directors salary has been allocated to this function.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 62% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue comfortably covers expenses. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.4%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.6%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.59; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series balance sheet did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • 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 56/100.