Aging Care Connections

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La Grange, IL501(c)(3)Since 1971Human ServicesEIN 36-2721289Revenue $4.4M in FY2025

On file with the IRSagingcareconnections.org111 W Harris Ave, 60525-2336 · La Grange, ILTax-exempt since Nov 1972Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Our mission is to enrich the quality of life in our community by providing older adults and their families with guidancve and support that enhances the ability to age well.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 75 volunteers and 67 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $11K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 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
$494K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 80% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $1.7M
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$473K
13% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 13% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.4M
+20% vs prior year
Spent
$4.4M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$3.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.4M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.2M
FY2021$3.4M
FY2022$3.5M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$3.7M
FY2025$4.4M
Expenses
$4.4M
FY2025▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.9M
FY2021$3.3M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$3.9M
FY2025$4.4M
Net assets
$3.1M
FY2025+0.4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$3.6M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$3.1M

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

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1972.

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% · $3.7M Management & general 10% · $434K Fundraising 6% · $280K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $494K 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
Executive Di
$166,621Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Dire
$111,081Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Soc S
$111,081Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Phila
$105,376Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secret
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Desiree Scully’s $167K as Executive Di is at the 80th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M 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
Desiree Scully$166,621———$87,550—
Desiree M Scully—$165,416$135,000$124,420——
Debra Verschelde————$121,905$116,469
Colleen Pelikant$111,081$106,130$90,000$88,000——
Annie Lancaster$111,081$106,130$90,000———
Janice Walsh$105,376—————
Jan Walsh—$101,077————
Jan Walch——$83,000$77,016——

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

Programs and updates

Investigates and intervenes in cases of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of older adults and adults with disabilities.

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3 programs · $3.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Care Coordination

Care coordinators provided consultation on resources and intensive, comprehensive assessment to older adults and their families in a variety of settings in the continuum of care such as the home, local rehabilitation facilities and the hospital.

$1.6Mprogram expense
02

Title III

Programs of the federal older americans act, including aging and disability network (adrn), caregiver resource center DESIGNATION/CAREGIVER specialist: aging care connections' caregiver specialists are trained to help caregivers deal with being a primary caretaker and for caring for themselves.

$1.2Mprogram expense
03

Adult Protective Services

Adult protective and interventional services involve complex situations wherein an older adult, or an adult with disabilities older than 18 years of age, has been abused, neglected, or financially exploited, oftentimes by family members.

$482Kprogram 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
$4.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$174K
Other incomeLn 4–11$99K
Money outPt IX
$4.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.7M
Managementcol C$434K
Fundraisingcol D$280K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$397K
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$473K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$174K
Other incomeLn 4–11$99K
Gains on assetsLn 7$108K
Total revenueLn 12$4.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$397K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$397K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$511K
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$473K
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 567
VolunteersI 675
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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$192K$397K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.3M$2.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$590K$511K
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$361K$473K
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M$3.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$494K$417K$39K$38K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.1M$1.8M$198K$136K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$161K$141K$6K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$186K$162K$9K$16K
Accounting feesLn 11c$73K$49K$19K$4K
Investment management feesLn 11f$19K$19K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$119K$85K$24K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$39K$26K$8K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$64K$56K$3K$5K
TravelLn 17$14K$12K$223$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$79K$79K
InsuranceLn 23$85K$52K$27K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$900K$855K$3K$41K
All other expensesLn 24e$37K$32K$398$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.4M$3.7M$434K$280K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $4.4M$4.4M−$37K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.7M$3.9M−$295K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.6M$3.7M−$57K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.5M$3.6M−$32K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.4M$3.3M$98K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.2M$2.9M$259K$3.3M 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 $4,372,214 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,497,680$4,098,916
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $92,231$174,243
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $63,148$99,055
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,653,059$4,372,214
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,697,650$2,980,876
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,250,552$1,428,121
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,948,202$4,408,997
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$295,143−$36,783
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $4,372,214 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$3,683,949
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$414,967
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,098,916
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $66,322$66,322
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $69,182 · Excluded from tax $38,739$107,921
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $94,239$94,239
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $4,816$4,816
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $69,182 · Excluded from tax $204,116$4,372,214
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,408,997 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $416,557 · Management $39,410 · Fundraising $38,192$494,159
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,806,148 · Management $197,532 · Fundraising $136,480$2,140,160
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $141,280 · Management $5,785 · Fundraising $13,777$160,842
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $161,592 · Management $8,587 · Fundraising $15,536$185,715
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $49,452 · Management $19,395 · Fundraising $4,487$73,334
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $18,598$18,598
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $84,802 · Management $24,483 · Fundraising $9,338$118,623
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $26,341 · Management $8,106 · Fundraising $4,271$38,718
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $56,260 · Management $2,778 · Fundraising $5,163$64,201
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,180 · Management $223 · Fundraising $1,613$14,016
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $78,745$78,745
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $52,445 · Management $27,058 · Fundraising $5,297$84,800
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $855,013 · Management $3,326 · Fundraising $41,434$899,773
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $32,318 · Management $398 · Fundraising $4,597$37,313
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,694,388 · Management $434,424 · Fundraising $280,185$4,408,997
Part X · Balance sheet $3,558,650 assets, 14 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $192,175$397,161
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $277,103$268,619
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $8,497$25,776
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $20,744$5,052
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $590,131$511,386
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $2,344,786$2,350,656
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,433,436$3,558,650
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $102,052$178,956
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $43,467$38,750
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $170,824$254,879
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $360,821$472,585
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,072,615$3,086,065
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,072,615$3,086,065
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,433,436$3,558,650
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,086,065 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,372,214
XI-2 Total expenses$4,408,997
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$36,783
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,072,615
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$50,233
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,086,065

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