Making Everyday life possible for individuals with profound disabilities, Marklund ensures that high-quality programs and services are available to children and adult of all ages with developmental disabilities. Marklund offers 24-hour residential care as well as a wide variety of professional therapy services such as: OT, PT, Speech Therapy for both residents and community clients. The Marklund Day School in Bloomingdale, Elgin and Geneva serve children ages 3-22 with multi-needs, and has a specialized educational program for children with Autism. In the summer of 2023, the Nathan Educational Center opened. This 16,000 square foot facility will feature classrooms for the Bridge Builder Community Day Services (CDS) program for adults, as well as, additional classrooms for Marklund Day School's Life Skills program.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2,015 volunteers and 646 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
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $3.6M a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.6M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $60K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$22.1M
40% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 40% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$42.1M
+11% vs prior year
Spent
$46.7M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$32.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$42.1M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$31.0M
FY2021$32.8M
FY2022$37.7M
FY2023$35.1M
FY2024$37.8M
FY2025$42.1M
Expenses
$46.7M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$31.9M
FY2021$34.8M
FY2022$37.4M
FY2023$41.9M
FY2024$45.1M
FY2025$46.7M
Net assets
$32.6M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$22.1M
FY2021$25.1M
FY2022$28.4M
FY2023$30.6M
FY2024$33.7M
FY2025$32.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1967.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $42.1M Management & general 10% · $4.6M

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

33 people listed on the 990; $2.6M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President/CEO
$407,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$279,027Pt VII · Sec A
Staff Nurse
$214,279Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$198,596Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Education and Adult Services
$179,646Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Residential Services
$164,757Pt VII · Sec A
Staff Nurse
$161,103Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Human Resources Officer
$146,318Pt VII · Sec A

Gilbert Fonger’s $407K as President/CEO is at the 91st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Gilbert Fonger$407,000$385,612$364,523$349,208$338,907$296,552
Kimberly Seiber$214,279$297,737$250,750$172,326$125,173—
Kudus Badmus$279,027$267,433$246,852$233,899$239,094$200,998
Heather Graves$198,596$192,658$177,476$174,903$171,765$145,822
Paula Bodzioch$179,646$169,057$162,987$145,382$160,387$137,197
Gunjuan Patel$164,757$156,711————
Megan McCall$161,103$120,456————
Gunjan Patel——$137,638$135,893$146,465$124,182

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides residential care and therapy services for children and adults with profound disabilities.

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2 programs · $42.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Marklund's residential program currently serves the most medically and developmentally frail children and adults. Residents include 96 at the Geneva campus, 61 at the Wasmond Center in Elgin and 21 at the Marklund Philip Center in Bloomingdale.

$26.4Mprogram expense
02

Marklund offers both full and part-time day programming for community clients of all ages. Marklund is committed to providing individualized educational and pre-vocational programming for both Marklund residents and community students ages 3 and older.

$15.8Mprogram expense

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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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$60K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$42.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$42.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$53
Money outPt IX
$46.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$42.1M
Managementcol C$4.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$32.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$669K
Total assetsLn 16$54.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
33
listed · VII A
PaidVII A15
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$42.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$53
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$42.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1K
SavingsLn 2$668K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$669K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$46.4M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$54.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22.1M
Net assetsLn 32$32.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5646
VolunteersI 62,015
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$594K$669K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$36.5M$46.4M
Total assetsLn 16$44.8M$54.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11.1M$22.1M
Net assetsLn 32$33.7M$32.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.5M$658K$884K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$25.2M$23.7M$1.4M$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$929K$849K$81K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.4M$2.1M$343K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.9M$1.8M$158K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$49K$0$49K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$125K$0$125K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$150K$2K$148K$0
Office expensesLn 13$62K$48K$14K$0
Information technologyLn 14$639K$255K$384K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$1.2M$1.1M$66K$0
TravelLn 17$179K$95K$83K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$85K$61K$24K$0
InterestLn 20$186K$28K$158K$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.9M$2.6M$371K$0
InsuranceLn 23$987K$927K$59K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8.1M$7.9M$232K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$46.7M$42.1M$4.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $42.1M$46.7M−$4.6M$32.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $37.8M$45.1M−$7.4M$33.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $35.1M$41.9M−$6.7M$30.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $37.7M$37.4M$306K$28.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $32.8M$34.8M−$2.0M$25.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $31.0M$31.9M−$944K$22.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $42,113,428 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $37,669,050$42,219,354
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $12,340$53
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $102,733−$105,979
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $37,784,123$42,113,428
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $29,558,104$31,993,099
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $15,579,886$14,742,495
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $45,137,990$46,735,594
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$7,353,867−$4,622,166
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
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 $42,113,428 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $141,743 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $41,971,632 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$41,971,632
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $53 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$53
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $42,113,428 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$42,113,428
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $46,735,594 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $658,390 · Management $883,889 · Fundraising $0$1,542,279
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $23,715,368 · Management $1,438,678 · Fundraising $0$25,154,046
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $848,593 · Management $80,862 · Fundraising $0$929,455
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,086,928 · Management $343,345 · Fundraising $0$2,430,273
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,779,515 · Management $157,531 · Fundraising $0$1,937,046
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $49,404 · Fundraising $0$49,404
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $125,004 · Fundraising $0$125,004
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,881 · Management $148,201 · Fundraising $0$150,082
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $48,227 · Management $13,608 · Fundraising $0$61,835
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $255,249 · Management $384,069 · Fundraising $0$639,318
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,133,093 · Management $65,514 · Fundraising $0$1,198,607
IX-17 TravelPrograms $95,295 · Management $83,299 · Fundraising $0$178,594
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $60,829 · Management $24,287 · Fundraising $0$85,116
IX-20 InterestPrograms $28,174 · Management $158,312 · Fundraising $0$186,486
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,572,076 · Management $370,718 · Fundraising $0$2,942,794
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $927,038 · Management $59,470 · Fundraising $0$986,508
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,906,881 · Management $231,866 · Fundraising $0$8,138,747
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $42,117,537 · Management $4,618,057 · Fundraising $0$46,735,594
Part X · Balance sheet $54,694,985 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,265$1,147
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $592,933$667,963
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,205,793$6,832,399
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $183,397$169,792
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $394,495$579,003
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $36,471,711$46,444,681
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 $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $44,849,594$54,694,985
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,103,913$22,121,494
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 $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,103,913$22,121,494
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $33,745,681$32,573,491
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $33,745,681$32,573,491
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $44,849,594$54,694,985
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $32,573,491 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$42,113,428
XI-2 Total expenses$46,735,594
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$4,622,166
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$33,745,681
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$3,449,976
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$32,573,491

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