United Spinal Association Illinois Chapter

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363149036
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Palos Heights, IL, USA
Phone
7086711808
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nerve, Muscle and Bone Diseases

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,770
Expenses
$113,070
Assets
$16,269
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mercedes Rauen (Executive Director)
  • Stacy Berendt (President)
  • Joe D Canda (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Mercedes Rauen (Executive Director)
  • Stacy Berendt (President)
  • Joe D Canda (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide services for individuals with spinal cord injuries and educate the public regarding spinal cord injuries and related issues, including prevention.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our mission: provide services for individuals with spinal cord injuries and related issues, including prevention. Client service -- provided support for individuals by helping with equipment acquisitions, including pass through donations, answering hundreds of calls seeking various information. Peer support provided to newly-injured individuals, families, and caregivers. Community service--provided support 'Think First" prevention programs were presented at local area schools and other group forms. Public information --Worked with health professionals, policy makers, and the community as a whole to educate and generate an understanding of the lifelong effect of spinal cord injuries.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 0

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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -27.4%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 59.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -66.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th 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 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 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.

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.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.