Sage Collective Properties Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844574003
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3128471886
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Real Estate Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$43,653
Assets
$2,302,740
Liabilities
$450

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Donna Gaines (Director): $159,000 total reported compensation
  • Dwain Kyles (Director): $45,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To hold title for land, building and other real assets as a tax-exempt title holding corporation on behalf of Tabernacle Senior Citizens Project, Inc. dba Sage Collective. To provide elderly persons and handicapped persons with housing facilities on a rental basis and to provide them with services designed to meet their specific needs.

What it reported doing in 2025

After a tortuous year of back and forth communications with the city of Chicagos Departments of Water Management, Sewer and finally Forestry, SCPI was able to agree upon an alternative route to secure a connection to the citys water main on 41st Street. Completion of the buildings is anticipated by August 2026.The total amount capitalized for both buildings as of 12/31/2025 was 2,123,605. SCPI incurred program service expenses totalling 41,692 for 2025. Program service expenses included real estate taxes, security, utilities, insurance and other miscellaneous operating expenses for both buildings. Additionally, the organization shares 2 individuals - 1 key employee and 1 consultant with Tabernacle Senior Citizens Project, Inc. These individuals donated their time to SCPI during 2025 by providing real estate, legal and management expertise.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 51
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 52.75; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $159K · 5 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.