Immigrant Services of Champagin - Urbana

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821987978
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Champaign, IL, USA
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$770,887
Expenses
$273,972
Assets
$493,391
Liabilities
$5,977

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • David Dorman (President of the Board)
  • Ben Mueller (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Rob Ore (Board Member)
  • Carolyn Maille-Peterson (Board Member)
  • Lorraine Crummey (Board Member)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of iscu is to create a welcoming community for immigrants, including refugees and asylum seekers in champaign county.

What it reported doing in 2023

The program ISC helps over a thousand families each year with health and sanitary supplies, groceries rents and utility assistance and most importantaly caring communication. Moreover ISCU organizes succedful vaccine clinics and family activities in Rantoul. Champaign and Urbana attendes can attend an event and also get their vaccine. We also provide services to advise immigrant families in their native languages.These programs were developed to fulfill the immediate needs of poor immigrant families in champaign County Examples of support services include but not limited to the following1. Medication2. Food Assistance for poor immigrant families3. Rental Help4. Utility Help5. Transportation to anf from legal and medical appointments6. Pro-bono legal assistanceAnd meny more items

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.8%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 64.5%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.8; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 40.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 122.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.8% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $237K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.