South Suburban Mayors & Managers Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362981932
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
East Hazel Crest, IL, USA
Phone
7089224670
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,312,551
Expenses
$1,947,430
Assets
$5,718,377
Liabilities
$264,859

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JADA D CURRY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTI DELAURENTIIS (EXECUTIVE DI): $182,834 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The association is dedicated to meeting the needs of municipalities in the area south of chicago, il. This is achieved by pooling resources for joint purchasing, educational efforts, economic development and various other issues common to all south suburban municipalities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The association supports member municipalities within the south suburbs through targeted technical assistance and regional planning collaboration, working to support communities by providing data-driven regional planning to improve resilience and economic growth and prosperity. We have been an integral partner in the south suburban economic growth initiative, a multidisciplinary effort to stabilize and strengthen the south suburbs and foster equitable, inclusive economic growth of business and households. The association partners with cook county, the chicago southland economic development corporation, the southland development authority, chicago metropolitan agency for planning and other business and civic organizations working to ensure the region and its people are able to meet its full economic potential. The association supports efforts to address infrastructure, land use, blight, property tax reform, and other issues that affect land use and economic recovery. The association prioritizes development initiatives which focus on rebuilding communities and economies around transit, intermodal facilities and manufacturing, while committing to preserving and improving the natural environment. In addition, the association continues to provide technical support for the following enterprise zones: cal-sag, calumet region, lincoln & 394, and will/cook i- 57 zones, as well as numerous opportunity zones within the southland. These designated zones were established to stimulate economic growth and neighborhood revitalization in economically depressed areas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 60% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.3%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 74.3%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $529.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.94; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.3% of revenue deployed · 74.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $183K · 14 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $416K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.