Illinois Rowing Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812649511
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Springfield, IL, USA
Phone
7086022087
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports Competitions

Reported finances

Revenue
$109,771
Expenses
$123,108
Assets
$273,740
Liabilities
$122,614

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EMMA ELMIGER (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL GRIER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • EMMA ELMIGER (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL GRIER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM HRABAK (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To stimulate and foster interest in and particpation in the sport of rowing.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Illinois rowing association employed coaching staffin 2024. The coaching staff provided training, guidance, and safety to 60+ amateur rowers and introduced many athletes to the sport of rowing. The coaching staff intereacted with athletes in the gym on ergometers and on the water in rowing shells, both of which are provided for use by the Illinois rowing association.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% 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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.22; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • 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: 5 filing years from 2020 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.