Jim Kilburg Memorial Scholarship

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871471066
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Park Ridge, IL, USA
Phone
8472265586
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,138
Expenses
$15,372
Assets
$192,704
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Laura Kilburg (Director and President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeff Kilburg (Director)
  • Laura Kilburg (Director and President)
  • Alyson Kilburg (Director and 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The funds will be used to grant 2 scholarships for $5,000 each to a male and female graduating athlete at Maine South High school - Park Ridge, IL The funds will also be used to grant 2 scholarships for $1,000 each to a male and female graduating student at Mary, Seat of Wisdom Elementary School in Park Ridge, IL. These scholarships will be awarded annually at the end of the Academic School Year.

What it reported doing in 2025

Jim Kilburg Memorial Scholarship will grant 4 scholarships each year, beginning in year 2022 to one male and one female graduating athlete at Maine South High school after the school year, April, 2022. The candidates must demonstrate strong work ethic, empathy, humility, compassion and selflessness. Each scholarship is $5,000. The other two scholarships will be granted to a male and female graduating student at Mary, Seat of Wisdom Elementary School. Each scholarship is $1,000/

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 comfortably covers expenses. 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: 73
  • 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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.54; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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 — 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.