Advancing lives of connection, contribution and meaning for persons with developmental diabilities and the individuals that support them.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 175 volunteers and 160 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
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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
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 $561K a year · 7% 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
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
$600K
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
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $90K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.7M
27% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 27% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$10.6M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$10.5M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$7.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$10.6M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.1M
FY2021$7.7M
FY2022$7.5M
FY2023$8.5M
FY2024$9.8M
FY2025$10.6M
Expenses
$10.5M
FY2025▲ +18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.9M
FY2021$6.4M
FY2022$7.4M
FY2023$7.8M
FY2024$8.8M
FY2025$10.5M
Net assets
$7.3M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.1M
FY2021$5.4M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$6.1M
FY2024$7.1M
FY2025$7.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 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 Sep 1958.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $9.4M Management & general 9% · $941K Fundraising 1% · $154K

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

18 people listed on the 990; $600K 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
Chief Executive Officer/President
$191,783Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$143,333Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Fiscal Management
$133,206Pt VII · Sec A
Cila Direct Service Professional
$131,893Pt VII · Sec A
President (thru 2/25)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer (thru 2/25)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Gerard S Beagles$191,783$182,772$167,413$166,326——
Gerard Beagles————$160,544$148,714
Cindy Haworth$143,333$117,603$109,088$106,877$104,678—
Ralph Storino$133,206$113,174$102,341$100,611——
Bernadette Adamowski$131,893$102,811————

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowering people with developmental disabilities and their supporters for fulfilling lives.

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3 programs · $9.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Garden center services' cila program provides eleven small family-sized homes in the chicago suburbs to over fifty individuals allowing them to exercise choice, participate in mainstream community life and share in overall household duties.

$5.4Mprogram expense
02

Community day programs garden center services operates our community day program which is a uniquely crafted experience designed to nurture the mind, body and soul of each individual that enters our door.

$2.6Mprogram expense
03

Garden center services operates an intermediate care facility for adults with intellectual disabilities (ICF/ID). This home is licensed by the illinois department of healthcare and family services (public health) and provides 24-HOUR residential care to the 15 individuals who live within the home.

$1.4Mprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$90K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$195K
Money outPt IX
$10.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.4M
Managementcol C$941K
Fundraisingcol D$154K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.6M
Total assetsLn 16$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$5.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$176K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$100K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$195K
Other incomeLn 4–11$89K
Gains on assetsLn 7$8K
Total revenueLn 12$10.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$266K
SavingsLn 2$2.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$995K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.4M
Other assetsLn 15$49K
Total assetsLn 16$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M
Net assetsLn 32$7.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5160
VolunteersI 6175
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$3.3M$2.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$993K$995K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.0M$5.4M
Total assetsLn 16$8.3M$9.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M$2.7M
Net assetsLn 32$7.1M$7.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$236K$236K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.6M$6.1M$410K$110K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$606K$557K$41K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$503K$448K$47K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$30K$30K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$160K$124K$36K$321
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$138$6K
Office expensesLn 13$154K$119K$31K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$58K$46K$4K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$563K$537K$21K$5K
TravelLn 17$155K$151K$4K$125
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$62K$55K$7K$258
InterestLn 20$31K$30K$797$215
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$233K$226K$5K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$376K$354K$20K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$337K$295K$42K$45
All other expensesLn 24e$339K$331K$5K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.5M$9.4M$941K$154K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $10.6M$10.5M$166K$7.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $9.8M$8.8M$962K$7.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.5M$7.8M$702K$6.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.5M$7.4M$75K$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.7M$6.4M$1.3M$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.1M$6.9M$193K$4.1M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $10,619,894 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,515,836$6,017,191
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,076,501$4,319,456
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $178,973$194,715
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $22,541$88,532
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,793,851$10,619,894
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 $6,608,853$7,950,370
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,223,088$2,503,535
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,831,941$10,453,905
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $961,910$165,989
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $10,619,894 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$165 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$100,324
VIII-1e Government grants$5,510,064
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$406,803
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$175,539
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,017,191
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,319,456$4,319,456
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $186,740$186,740
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $7,975$7,975
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $53,459$53,459
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $30,720 · Excluded from tax $4,518$35,238
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,350,011 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $252,692$10,619,894
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,453,905 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $236,384$236,384
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,085,324 · Management $410,104 · Fundraising $109,785$6,605,213
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $556,908 · Management $40,744 · Fundraising $8,001$605,653
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $448,409 · Management $46,826 · Fundraising $7,885$503,120
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $30,050$30,050
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $124,147 · Management $35,675 · Fundraising $321$160,143
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $138 · Fundraising $6,191$6,329
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $119,437 · Management $30,994 · Fundraising $3,572$154,003
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $45,758 · Management $4,291 · Fundraising $7,466$57,515
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $536,849 · Management $21,402 · Fundraising $4,997$563,248
IX-17 TravelPrograms $150,865 · Management $3,897 · Fundraising $125$154,887
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $54,674 · Management $6,868 · Fundraising $258$61,800
IX-20 InterestPrograms $30,306 · Management $797 · Fundraising $215$31,318
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $225,883 · Management $5,466 · Fundraising $1,885$233,234
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $353,930 · Management $20,086 · Fundraising $1,784$375,800
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $294,818 · Management $41,835 · Fundraising $45$336,698
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $331,441 · Management $5,292 · Fundraising $1,777$338,510
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,358,887 · Management $940,711 · Fundraising $154,307$10,453,905
Part X · Balance sheet $9,918,631 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $219,038$265,840
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,039,361$2,293,551
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $802,551$683,780
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $156,188$207,037
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,042,420$5,424,426
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $993,470$994,825
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$49,172
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,253,028$9,918,631
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $501,714$582,953
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,144,849$2,658,533
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,072,186$7,250,356
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $35,993$9,742
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,108,179$7,260,098
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,253,028$9,918,631
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,260,098 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,619,894
XI-2 Total expenses$10,453,905
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$165,989
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,108,179
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$14,070
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,260,098

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