Secure Community Network INC FY2021 filing

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Chicago, IL501(c)(3)Since 2004Public Safety & DisasterEIN 20-1437733Revenue $9.2M in FY2021

On file with the IRSsecurecommunitynetwork.org350 W Hubbard St Ste 470, 60654-5800 · Chicago, ILTax-exempt since Jan 2006Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Secure Community Network is the official safety and security organization of the American Jewish Community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.7M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.0M a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.7M
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $16K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$397K
26% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 26% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.2M
+86% vs prior year
Spent
$8.3M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$9.2M
FY2021▲ +86%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.9M
FY2021$9.2M
FY2022$14.6M
FY2023$25.3M
FY2024$27.4M
Expenses
$8.3M
FY2021▲ +57%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.3M
FY2021$8.3M
FY2022$14.4M
FY2023$21.4M
FY2024$26.9M
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2021▲ +413%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$224K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$5.2M
FY2024$5.7M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2006.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $6.9M Management & general 16% · $1.3M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

28 people listed on the 990; $1.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
National Director/CEO
$449,218Pt VII · Sec A
Principal Deputy Director/COO
$267,653Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Staff
$162,267Pt VII · Sec A
SR. National Security Advisor
$161,736Pt VII · Sec A
Regional Security Advisor
$160,324Pt VII · Sec A
General Coun & Strat Init Dir
$152,687Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Director, Operations
$149,895Pt VII · Sec A
Camp Security Advisor
$146,810Pt VII · Sec A

Michael G Masters’s $682K as National Director/CEO is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 58 $10–100M public safety & disaster nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Michael G Masters$681,713————
Michael Masters—$514,803$467,815$449,218$394,891
Amanda M Goldstein$382,694————
Patrick J Daly$331,798————
Dena N Weiss$329,683————
Pat Daly—$317,792$310,622$267,653—
Dena Weiss—$303,855$217,774$162,267$125,882
Nicholas J Schuler$270,596————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $6.9M · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Security Consulting and Advisory Services

A) regional security advisor program - the deployment of regional security advisors in partnership with select federations and the development of strategic security frameworks and community security initiatives.

$6.9Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$16K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $106K · 2020–2022

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.8M
Money outPt IX
$8.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.9M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$972K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$397K
PeoplePt VI, VII
28
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.8M
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$9.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$972K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$972K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$214K
Other assetsLn 15$4K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$397K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 555
VolunteersI 619
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$374K$972K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$174K$214K
Total assetsLn 16$844K$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$620K$397K
Net assetsLn 32$224K$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$31K$31K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.0M$871K$166K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.3M$3.6M$686K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$231K$194K$37K
Payroll taxesLn 10$395K$332K$63K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$44K$44K
Accounting feesLn 11c$16K$16K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$799K$722K$78K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$43K$36K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$127K$107K$20K
Information technologyLn 14$425K$357K$68K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$110K$93K$18K
TravelLn 17$560K$470K$90K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$5K$1K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$44K$37K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$47K$40K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$69K$53K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.3M$6.9M$1.3M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $27.4M$26.9M$469K$5.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $25.3M$21.4M$3.9M$5.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $14.6M$14.4M$118K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $9.2M$8.3M$926K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.9M$5.3M−$324K$224K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $9,194,850 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,738,891$7,379,896
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,202,032$1,814,954
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,940,923$9,194,850
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $34,500$31,395
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,867,628$5,946,829
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,363,121$2,290,791
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,265,249$8,269,015
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$324,326$925,835
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,194,850 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,002,300
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,377,596
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,379,896
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,814,954$1,814,954
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,814,954$9,194,850
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,269,015 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $31,395$31,395
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $870,529 · Management $165,814$1,036,343
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,599,298 · Management $685,582$4,284,880
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $193,977 · Management $36,948$230,925
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $331,532 · Management $63,149$394,681
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $43,986$43,986
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,574$15,574
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $721,591 · Management $77,886$799,477
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $36,031 · Management $6,864$42,895
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $106,677 · Management $20,319$126,996
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $356,645 · Management $67,932$424,577
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $92,748 · Management $17,666$110,414
IX-17 TravelPrograms $470,476 · Management $89,614$560,090
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,395 · Management $1,027$6,422
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $36,912 · Management $7,031$43,943
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $39,653 · Management $7,553$47,206
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $53,114 · Management $16,097$69,211
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,945,973 · Management $1,323,042 · Fundraising $0$8,269,015
Part X · Balance sheet $1,546,824 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $0$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $373,909$972,103
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $13,832$81,123
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $239,420$275,775
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $174,242$214,074
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $42,389$3,749
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $843,792$1,546,824
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $236,890$396,823
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $379,600$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,136$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $619,626$396,823
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $224,166$1,150,001
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $224,166$1,150,001
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $843,792$1,546,824
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,150,001 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,194,850
XI-2 Total expenses$8,269,015
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$925,835
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$224,166
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,150,001

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