YWCA of the Sauk Valley
Legal name: Young Women's Christian Association of the Sauk Valley
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 362179770
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
- Location
- Sterling, IL, USA
- Phone
- 815.625.0333
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,814,852
- Expenses
- $2,693,685
- Assets
- $6,321,667
- Liabilities
- $155,314
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KARLA BELZER (PRESIDENT)
- MEREDITH LAYNE (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- HALIMA KHAN (VICE-PRESIDENT (THRU SEP. 2024))
- REBECCA MUNOZ-RIPLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- REBECCA MUNOZ-RIPLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $95,441 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
YWCA of the Sauk Valley is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. YWCA of the Sauk Valley strives to empower all people to embrace their authentic selves, unite against violence, and work toward equality. We achieve this by confronting systems of racial and gender oppression through community conversations, activism, and support of both individual and community needs. Our Commitment to Racial Justice YWCA of the Sauk Valley is committed to eliminating racism and seeks to operate as an inclusive and multi-cultural organization. We constantly strive to reflect this commitment in our programs, policies, and practices, as well as in the conduct of our staff, board members, and volunteers.
What it reported doing in 2024
Domestic violence program: the ywca domestic violence program has served whiteside and lee counties with a full range of domestic violence services since 1982. We serve 600-800 victims of violence per year and provide over 2500 nights of shelter annually (one person staying one night = one night of shelter). The program also annually assists over 200 people in obtaining orders of protection. Our crisis hotline has both sterling and dixon numbers and is answered by trained staff/volunteers at all times.the domestic violence program provides counseling for adults and children, 24-hour hotline, court advocacy, and support groups for adults and children. Caseworkers also work with residential clients to assist them in efforts to become independent and successful, by helping them meet needs for employment, housing, etc. In addition, the program offers/provides healthy relationship groups in area high schools to empower teens and reduce the likelihood of their entering violent relationships.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 77% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.9%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.35; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 92.9% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.