TeamString I Am Not Forgotten Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922924110
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3129182310
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Centers, Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$141,391
Expenses
$129,843
Assets
$14,922
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Haymer (President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Haymer (President)
  • Joseph Q Franklin (Senior Advisor)
  • Naomi Stone (Program Advisor)

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 mission of the organization is to provide educational programs, field trips, leadership training and mentors for teens in the south suburbs of Chicago.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization's programs consist of field trips, workforce training and career speakers. The organization served approximately 100 participants from Harvey and Chicago Heights.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • 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; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.2%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 49.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -87.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd 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 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

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.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.