Elyssas Mission Nfp

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Northbrook, IL501(c)(3)Crime & LegalEIN 20-5631710Revenue $788K in FY2025

On file with the IRSelyssamission.org900 Skokie Blvd Ste 135, 60062-4049 · Northbrook, ILTax-exempt since Mar 2007Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Elyssa's Mission educates and screens teens on warning signs of suicide to help identify at-risk youth, link them to vital resoucres and ultimately prevent suicide.elyssa's Mission fully funds and implements evidence-based suicide prevention programs in middle and high schools, providing hands-on support with planning, training, program implementation and data analysis to ensure program success.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 8 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $115K a year · 17% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$216K
to officers and key staff · 30% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 92% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 30% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
22 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 21.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $60K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$15K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 11 voting members
Concern: none of 11 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$788K
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$728K
To programs
92%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$788K
FY2025▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$396K
FY2021$572K
FY2022$682K
FY2023$780K
FY2024$721K
FY2025$788K
Expenses
$728K
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$372K
FY2021$372K
FY2022$522K
FY2023$580K
FY2024$679K
FY2025$728K
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$665K
FY2021$865K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2007.

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

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $666K Management & general 8% · $62K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $216K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director of Sos PR
$130,722Pt VII · Sec A
President
$85,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jodie Segal’s $131K as Director of Sos PR is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1404 $100K–1M crime & legal 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jodie Segal$130,722$126,721———
Joanne Meyers$85,000$78,875$52,835$47,940$45,500

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates and screens teens for suicide warning signs, connecting them to resources to prevent it.

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1 program · $666K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Sos signs of suicide is a suicide prevention education PROGRAM.HOPE squad program is a peer-to-peer prevention program.

$666Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$788K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$376K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$375K
Investment incomeLn 3$37K
Money outPt IX
$728K
Ln 25
Programscol B$666K
Managementcol C$62K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$375K
Government grantsLn 1e$223K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$26K
Investment incomeLn 3$37K
Other incomeLn 4–11$376K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$788K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$179K
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13K
Other assetsLn 15$22K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 68
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$13K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K$15K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
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$85K$85K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$296K$296K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$29K$29K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$26K$26K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$200K$200K
All other expensesLn 24e$82K$28K$53K
Total functional expensesLn 25$728K$666K$62K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $788K$728K$61K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $721K$679K$42K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $780K$580K$200K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $682K$522K$161K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $572K$372K$200K$865K 990 PDF
FY2020 $396K$372K$24K$665K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $788,480 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $305,802$375,208
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $35,959$37,017
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $378,896$376,255
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $720,657$788,480
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $386,923$410,067
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $291,737$317,577
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $678,660$727,644
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $41,997$60,836
Part VI · Governance 0 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $788,480 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$222,904
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$152,304
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$26,040
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$375,208
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $37,017$37,017
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$376,255
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $37,017$788,480
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $727,644 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
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 $85,000$85,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $295,977$295,977
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $29,090$29,090
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $26,040$26,040
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,684$1,684
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $8,156$8,156
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $199,847$199,847
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $28,420 · Management $53,430$81,850
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $666,058 · Management $61,586 · Fundraising $0$727,644
Part X · Balance sheet $1,343,606 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $180,722$179,223
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,039,800$1,124,106
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $29,504$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$5,644
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,678$12,771
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $21,862$21,862
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,273,566$1,343,606
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,824$15,028
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,824$15,028
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,267,742$1,328,578
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,267,742$1,328,578
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,273,566$1,343,606
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,328,578 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$788,480
XI-2 Total expenses$727,644
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$60,836
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,267,742
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,328,578

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