Sons of Italy in America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431961347
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Tinley Park, IL, USA
Phone
8154690218
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,178
Expenses
$27,419
Assets
$61,743
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Giacomo Mancini (President)
  • Nick Russo (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Giacomo Mancini (President)
  • Nick Russo (Vice President)
  • Anne Maria Gavenda (Recording 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 Order Sons of Italy in America is founded on the principle of liberty, equality and fraternity. The purposes of the order are to: Enroll in its membership persons of Italian birth, descent or affiliations regardless of religious faith or political affiliation who believe in the fundamental concept that society is based upon principles of law and order, and who adhere to the form of government founded uon the belief in God and based upon the Constitution of the United States of America. To promote civic education among its members. To uphold the concept of Americanism. To encourage dissemination of Italian culture in the United States. To keep alive the spiritual attachments to the traditions of the land of our ancestors. To promote the moral, intellectual and material well being of our membership. To defend and uphold the prestige of the people of Italian birth, descent or affiliation in America. See continuation

What it reported doing in 2025

Continuation of primary exempt purpose: To encourage active participation of our membership in the civil and political life of our communities. To organize and establish benevolent and social welfare institutions for the protection and assistance of our members, their dependents, and the needy in general, with such material aid as we are able to give. To initiate and organize movements for patriotic and humanitarian purposes, and to join in meritorious movements for such purposes which have been initiated by other organizations or groups.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 has grown recently. 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: 53
  • 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: -0.9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.25; rating input score 68; 68th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th 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 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 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.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.