Transitions of Western Illinois Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 370971282
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Quincy, IL, USA
- Phone
- 2172230413
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Mental Health Center
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,852,914
- Expenses
- $16,908,546
- Assets
- $13,128,094
- Liabilities
- $2,170,603
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- MARK SCHMITZ (EXECUTIVE DI): $238,203 total reported compensation
- ANGIE DEAN (DIRECTOR OF): $181,286 total reported compensation
- JESSICA PETERS (DIRECTOR OF): $175,490 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Transitions was founded in 1955 as the adams county mental health center and for many years was known as the community counseling center. In 1995 the agency changed its name to transitions of western Illinois. For 65 years transitions has served the adams county area, providing high quality, affordable mental health and rehabilitation services. Since 1977 transitions has been accredited carf (commission for the accreditation of rehabilitation facilities). In addition, the agency is a certified medicaid mental health center and is licensed by the Illinois department of human services. Transitions helps people of all ages, from infants and toddlers to senior citizens. We also serve people of all abilities, people who are disabled due to a severe developmental disability to people who are not disabled, but who are struggling with a life problem that could affect any of us (grief and loss, job stress, interpersonal problems). Transitions has programs and services to help: -young children w
What it reported doing in 2024
Early childhood and educational programs include transitions parents as teachers program and transitions school. The parents as teachers program provides home visiting services for parents of children prenatally through age three. The aim of the program is to help assure children are on track developmentally and are prepared for success once they start school. The program served 100 children in fy25. Transitions school provides special education services to youth who have a severe to profound intellectual/developmental disability and who are between the ages of three and 21 years. Many of our students also have physical disabilities and/or complex medical problems. The school provides an educational curriculum that is interactive, engaging, and helps students reach their educational and developmental potential. Transitions school served 18 children in fy25.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 65% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 74.7%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 5.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73% of revenue deployed · 74.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $12.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $238K · 19 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $300K reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.