Springfield Developmental Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371118496
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Springfield, IL, USA
Phone
2175258271
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$589,201
Expenses
$599,506
Assets
$2,088,979
Liabilities
$82,492

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BROTHER JOHN FRANCIS (PRESIDENT)
  • BROTHER CHRISTIAN (VICE-PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATHRYN CLARK (SDC MANAGEMENT): $67,038 total reported compensation
  • HEATHER CODY (SECRETARY & SDC MANAGEMENT): $65,584 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the sprinfield developmental center is to support individuals with developmental disabilities in maximizing their physical, spiritual, emotional and social qualilties in order to foster their independence in becoming cultured, competent and accepted members of a society ruled by christian principles.

What it reported doing in 2024

Establish, maintain and operate facilities to guide, educate and train persons, regardless of race, color, religious creed, or nationality or ancestry, who are developmentally disabled and/or physically handicapped, insofar as is practicable to become productive citizens, capable of performing useful services and thereby be self-supporting, and to minister to the spiritual needs of developmentally disabled and/or physically handicapped persons, and to perform all charitable, corporal, and spiritual works of mercy. The center served approximately26 clients from the springfield area during fiscal year 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 74% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 71
  • 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: 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: -1.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.48; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 70.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $424K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $67K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.