Whispering Pines of Clinton County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882340361
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Carlyle, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6182466934
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $119,740
- Expenses
- $57,839
- Assets
- $423,199
- Liabilities
- $150,202
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CARL BECKER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CARL BECKER (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN BURKE (VICE-PRESIDE)
- DIANE LUITJOHAN (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide organizations and groups access to nature and conservation. Organizations and groups include, but are not limited to, the following: disabled or disadvantaged individuals, outdoor and conservation groups, religious groups, veterans, and youth organizations.
What it reported doing in 2025
Foundation grant-jared burke foundation support for va, dav, adult special needs, and hunter safety programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.6%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 51.7%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.32; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 54.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $58K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.