Springfield Education Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
370923004
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Springfield, IL, USA
Phone
2177877060
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$236,491
Expenses
$156,808
Assets
$677,976
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AARON GRAVES (President)
  • NATE GRAHAM (Vice President)
  • LESLIE TERMINE (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • AARON GRAVES (President)
  • KATHERINE STEARNS (Secretary)
  • NATE GRAHAM (Vice 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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide and maintain a professional staff of superior quality, to provide leadership for and to coordinate the efforts of the membership in the attainment and maintenance of a comprehensive matters agreement, to promote the general welfare of the membership, to provide effective channels of communications in all matters affecting the profession, to strive for an educational system that seeks to meet the educational needs of all persons, and to encourage members to exercise their rights and priviledges as citizens and to accept leadership in civic affairs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide for maintenance of comprehensive matters agreement between members and employers, and effective communication between members

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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 most voting board members are independent. 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: 30
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.3%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 43.7%; rating input score 44
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.7%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.32; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 57% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.3% of revenue deployed · 43.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $68K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.