Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811098722
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 7734177421
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Crime Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,883,895
- Expenses
- $15,749,475
- Assets
- $4,434,671
- Liabilities
- $3,349,050
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Teny Gross (CEO/Executive Director)
- Lisa Stephens (President, Secretary, COO)
Highest reported compensation
- Teny Gross (CEO/Executive Director): $223,730 total reported compensation
- Lisa Stephens (President, Secretary, COO): $204,066 total reported compensation
- Marlena Jentz (Sr. VP of Operations): $142,702 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago is to end the cycle of violence, build peace and restore justice in Chicago's communities. The institute pursues this mission through Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s principles, teachings and steps of nonviolence and making them a part of daily life.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago is an organization dedicated to eliminating violence and building peaceful, safe and just communities in Chicago. We accomplish our mission through a comprehensive violence reduction program including conflict mediation and street outreach, victim advocacy, case management, community organizing, workforce development and Nonviolence training. Our work is undergirded by the philosophy and practice of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s steps and principles of Nonviolence.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 88% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $50.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $224K · 17 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $614K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.