United Serbian Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
366128595
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Des Plaines, IL, USA
Phone
8478253647
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,958
Expenses
$10,065
Assets
$620,200
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DESA M KRAUSE (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT MATIJEVICH (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DESA M KRAUSE (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT MATIJEVICH (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • VALERIE VOJCANIN (SECRETARY)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide death benefits for serbians in the chicago area. Also promote traditional serbian culture in the chicago area.

What it reported doing in 2025

Promoted serbian culture

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 68% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.3%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 71.2%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 61.62; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.