Wings Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363456061
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Palatine, IL, USA
Phone
8475197820
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Temporary Housing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,758,979
Expenses
$17,394,581
Assets
$28,406,012
Liabilities
$6,934,229

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

Leadership & pay

55 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Algean Garner (Vice President of Program)
  • Jane Marcus (Vice President of Personnel)
  • Kelly Miller (Vice President of Philanthropy)
  • Ken Gorman (Vice President of Operations)
  • Matthew Baumann (Immed Past President)
  • Sunitha Chamarti (Vice President of Strategy)

Highest reported compensation

  • Rebecca Darr (President/CEO): $279,499 total reported compensation
  • Denise Urban (Exec VP/CFO): $239,965 total reported compensation
  • La Tonya Walker (CPO): $170,407 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of wings program, inc is to provide housing, integrated services, education, and advocacy to end domestic violence.

What it reported doing in 2024

Through serving the client base and raising awareness of domestic violence, wings' four resale stores are an integral part of wings' identity. Resale inventory is aquired via donation and primarily supports wings clients. In fy2025 wings resale provided clients with over $70,000 of donated goods at no cost to them. Inventory in excess of clients' needs is sold, offsetting the costs of aquisition, storage and distribution of items donated to clients. When clients come into shelter, they are provided with an intial wardrobe and accessories from wings resale and are later issued a gift card and transportation to the resale store. Clients in transitional and permanent housing recieve giftcards to aquire furniture and housewares for their apartments which is delivered by wings transportation team. Providing families the ability to shop for themselves in a public facing business supports building self-esteem and self-sufficiency in addition to providing for the unique needs of their families. Additionally, stores act as a liason connecting survivors seeking help to programmatic support and resources.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 80.1%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 7.3%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.1% of revenue deployed · 80.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 47 of 47 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $13.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $279K · 55 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $224K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.