Northern Illinois Council of Governments
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882974673
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Rockford, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8153194180
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $110,647
- Expenses
- $110,647
- Assets
- $10,464
- Liabilities
- $23,333
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Thomas McNamra (President)
- Gregory Jury (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Michael Dunn Jr (Director and Secretary)
- Paige Witherow (Senior Policy Associate)
- Thomas McNamra (President)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Northern Illinois Council of Governments (NorthCOG) is an organization comprised of elected and appointed leadership from regional municipalities, counties, school, park, and water districts. Local governmental bodies can coordinate their efforts, effectively solving regional problems that impact its members and those they represent. Through its widespread reach, NorthCOG continues to drive policy advocacy, regional economic development, and engagement policymakers.
What it reported doing in 2024
North COG Annual events: Engaging State lawmakers in a paneled discussion about regional policy. Over 200 elected and appointed local leaders from Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, Stephenson, and DeKalb counties attended and all of their constituents benefited. Time prepping for the luncheon and coordinating with the lawmakers is included in expenses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
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: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.23; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 33.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 33.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -84.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $111K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.