Medical Reserve Corp of Illinois Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
450729574
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Springfield, IL, USA
Phone
7342721366
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$793,755
Expenses
$793,740
Assets
$180,165
Liabilities
$179,362

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL FRAKES (CO-CHAIR SOUTH)
  • ANDREEA LAZAROIU (CO-CHAIR NORTH)
  • BEN THOMPSON (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

MRCIL is an educational organization that brings together over 5000 volunteers serving in statewide MRC units ~60 county regional to coordinate and train medical and public health volunteers in emergency response disaster readiness and deployment of resources when needed to help keep our communities safe and better prepared for emergencies. A federal HHS grant was awarded in 2023 that enabled us to recruit new volunteers and train them in Basic Lifesaving skills like CPR AED and Stop the bleed. MRCIL helps promote MRC brand recognition and volunteerism in our communities through social media engagement our website where training modules are housed and the development of an MRC State Operations Plan where protocol is established for consistentent preparation and response. The grant also strengthened Board governance sustainability and public-private partnerships.

What it reported doing in 2025

Goals 2& 3-Strengthen MRC knowledge base and Bolster Illinois capacity to respond and serve communities. We continued the work done in previous grant year by holding subsequent rounds for subawards for special projects. The direct awards and emergency and marketing supplies sent to the MRC units has elevated their commitment to MRC where in 2025 we awarded 10K grants to 14 units while 2 smaller units received 5K.Over 40 units received essential supplies like Go-bag kits and tourniquets. Monthly virtual trainings were held for all units and those volunteers who missed can access the training through our website. The Illinois MRC State Operations Plan was completed to ensure consistency in response and risk. MRC 101 Training for coordinators is transferrable where we train the trainer to return to their unit to deliver locally. Outside expert trainers provided sessions on Active Shooter Response Mental Wellness You are the Help until Help arrives CPR AED naloxone administration for opioid overdose Preparedness and Response for at-risk individuals and formations of strike teams. More background checks were ordered for 60+ volunteers to have them certification-ready for emergencies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 44.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 47.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -49.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $651K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $418K reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 17 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.