Community Link INC FY2024 filing

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Breese, IL501(c)(3)Since 1972Human ServicesEIN 37-0955971

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Community Link, INC. Is a not-for-profit Community support agency whose mission is to offer opportunities for growth and independece for people with developmental disabilities. Community Link offers person centered supports to adults (continued on sch o)

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2024 · 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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $726K a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.8M
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$11.1M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$10.2M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$6.2M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$11.1M
FY2024▲ +8%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$8.7M
FY2022$9.4M
FY2023$10.2M
FY2024$11.1M
FY2025$11.3M
Expenses
$10.2M
FY2024▲ +9%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$7.5M
FY2022$8.8M
FY2023$9.4M
FY2024$10.2M
FY2025$11.2M
Net assets
$6.2M
FY2024▲ +16%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$4.5M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$6.2M
FY2025$6.3M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · 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 Dec 1973.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $9.0M Management & general 12% · $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

14 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Board Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A

John Huelskamp’s $127K as Executive Director is at the 10th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2023
John Huelskamp$127,075$108,891

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 person-centered support for adults with developmental disabilities to foster growth and independence.

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3 programs · $8.8M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Adult Day Programsdevelopment Training

Enables adults with developmental disabilities to develop daily living skills which promote the independence necessary to live and work in the community. Work training: adults with developmental disabilities who experience difficulties obtaining and maintaining a job in the community enroll in the work training program.

$4.7Mprogram expense
02

Community Integrated Living Arrangement

Community integrated living arrangement - 24 hour care - the 24-HOUR cila program provides a group home setting for individuals with developmental disabilities. Individuals receive a wide array of services based on their individual needs.

$3.7Mprogram expense
03

First Step Childrens Program

First step offers three types of services to meet the needs of infants, toddlers, and young children and their families in clinton, washington, and the surrounding COUNTIES.EARLY intervention - children experiencing developmental delays or a medical condition that may cause development delays may be eligible early intervention…

$308Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$11.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$853K
Investment incomeLn 3$137K
Money outPt IX
$10.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.0M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$6.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.5M
Total assetsLn 16$8.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$853K
Government grantsLn 1e$606K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$181K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$137K
Other incomeLn 4–11$122K
Total revenueLn 12$11.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.5M
SavingsLn 2$1000K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$8.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$6.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5379
VolunteersI 6200
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.8M$4.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$7.3M$8.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$5.3M$6.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.6M$5.9M$700K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$141K$126K$15K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$830K$730K$99K
Payroll taxesLn 10$479K$411K$68K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$120K$88K$31K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$9K$28
Office expensesLn 13$17K$8K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$51K$27K$24K
OccupancyLn 16$287K$268K$19K
TravelLn 17$542K$528K$14K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$36K$19K$17K
InterestLn 20$60K$59K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$189K$186K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$170K$91K$79K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$586K$502K$85K
All other expensesLn 24e$155K$57K$98K
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.2M$9.0M$1.3M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $11.3M$11.2M$102K$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $11.1M$10.2M$871K$6.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.2M$9.4M$841K$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.4M$8.8M$576K$4.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.7M$7.5M$1.2M$3.9M 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 FY2024 990 (5 parts)
Part I · Summary $11,102,330 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $934,433$852,530
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,044,686$9,990,298
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $131,628$137,222
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $136,763$122,280
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $10,247,510$11,102,330
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,163,437$8,008,923
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,242,897$2,222,486
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,406,334$10,231,409
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $841,176$870,921
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $11,102,330 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$180,942
VIII-1e Government grants$605,918
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$65,670
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$852,530
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,990,298$9,990,298
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $137,222$137,222
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $122,280$122,280
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $10,249,800 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$11,102,330
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,231,409 across 16 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,858,885 · Management $699,912$6,558,797
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $126,304 · Management $15,088$141,392
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $730,328 · Management $99,472$829,800
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $410,583 · Management $68,351$478,934
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $88,416 · Management $31,357$119,773
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $9,347 · Management $28$9,375
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,202 · Management $8,799$17,001
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $26,535 · Management $24,411$50,946
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $268,040 · Management $18,691$286,731
IX-17 TravelPrograms $528,350 · Management $13,962$542,312
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $19,306 · Management $16,780$36,086
IX-20 InterestPrograms $58,774 · Management $1,646$60,420
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $185,517 · Management $3,700$189,217
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $90,623 · Management $79,217$169,840
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $501,506 · Management $84,607$586,113
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $56,772 · Management $97,900$154,672
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,967,488 · Management $1,263,921 · Fundraising $0$10,231,409
Part X · Balance sheet $7,997,079 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,610,849$3,476,136
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $177,623$999,990
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,018,854$1,180,952
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $228,579$213,964
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,252,894$2,126,037
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,341,299$7,997,079
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $336,457$384,189
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $177,147$194,216
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,036,130$1,834,312
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,305,169$6,136,367
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$26,400
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,305,169$6,162,767
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,341,299$7,997,079
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,162,767 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$11,102,330
XI-2 Total expenses$10,231,409
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$870,921
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,305,169
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$13,323
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,162,767

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