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Mercy Communities INC

Tax-deductible

Springfield, IL501(c)(3)HousingEIN 37-1383599Revenue $1.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRSmercycommunities.org1344 N 5th St, 62702-3820 · Springfield, ILTax-exempt since Jun 1999Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of m.e.r.c.y. Communities, INC. (mentors, empowerment and resources for change in young families) is to provide housing and supportive services to foster the independence of homeless and at-risk families.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$78K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $138K a year · 13% 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
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$78K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 84% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $26K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$217K
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% 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
$1.3M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$821K
FY2022$909K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$713K
FY2022$799K
FY2023$900K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.1M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +17%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$736K
FY2022$843K
FY2023$978K
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.3M

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 Jun 1999.

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

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $1.0M Management & general 5% · $56K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $78K 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
Amy Volis
Executive Director
$77,897Pt VII · Sec A
Bob Hall
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Danielle Hunt
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Michael Kos
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sarah Adkock
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vickie Evans
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Amy Volis’s $78K as Executive Director is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2036 $1–10M housing 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Amy Volis$77,897————
Amy Voils—$68,066$62,284$56,599$57,328

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

Provides housing and support to help homeless families become independent.

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3 programs · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Permanent housing provides families with disabilities access to affordable housing and supportive services. This program allows families that may not otherwise be capable, to keep their families together and live independently.

$622Kprogram expense
02

Transitional housing provides families with dignified housing and teaches them the life skills necessary to become self sufficient. We provide intensive and holistic services and collaborate with community resources, with the ultimate goal of securing permanent housing when the families are ready, and providing them with ongoing…

$281Kprogram expense
03

Manage Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) database operations on behalf of the Heartland Continuum of Care (HCoC) and perform other HMIS lead agency functions at the direction of HCoC.

$123Kprogram 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
Wells Fargo FoundationFY2024$10K
Levi Ray & Shoup FoundationFY2024$10K
Ambucs of SpringfieldFY2024$6K
Blind Mission Project of Central IllinoisFY2024$200
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$26K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$149K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Managementcol C$56K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$217K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$699K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$57K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$149K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Other incomeLn 4–11$376
Gains on assetsLn 7−$459
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$225K
SavingsLn 2$889K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$25K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$109K
Other assetsLn 15$197K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$217K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 60
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$955K$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$25K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$69K$109K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41K$217K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$97K$73K$24K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$388K$377K$11K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$13K$12K$968
Other employee benefitsLn 9$35K$32K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$35K$33K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K$22
OccupancyLn 16$53K$53K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$22K$19K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$369K$366K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$51K$43K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$1.0M$56K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.3M$1.1M$187K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.2M$1.0M$152K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$900K$132K$978K 990 PDF
FY2022 $909K$799K$109K$843K 990 PDF
FY2021 $821K$713K$107K$736K 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 $1,269,966 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $992,685$1,095,243
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $22,175$149,058
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,520$25,289
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $11,780$376
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,032,160$1,269,966
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 $474,992$568,791
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $425,130$513,835
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $900,122$1,082,626
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $132,038$187,340
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 $1,269,966 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$56,725
VIII-1e Government grants$698,911
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$339,607
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,095,243
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $149,058$149,058
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $25,748$25,748
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$459−$459
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $376$376
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $148,975 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $25,748$1,269,966
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,082,626 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $73,026 · Management $24,342$97,368
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $377,495 · Management $10,748$388,243
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $12,472 · Management $968$13,440
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $32,207 · Management $2,499$34,706
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $32,512 · Management $2,522$35,034
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $7,625$7,625
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,315 · Management $22$3,337
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $52,915$52,915
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $7,655$7,655
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $19,109 · Management $2,668$21,777
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $365,653 · Management $3,411$369,064
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $43,088 · Management $8,374$51,462
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,027,072 · Management $55,554 · Fundraising $0$1,082,626
Part X · Balance sheet $1,542,505 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $295,167$225,306
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $659,726$888,663
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $152,278$97,224
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $69,336$109,407
X-11 Publicly traded securities$24,861
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$197,044
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,176,507$1,542,505
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $41,034$26,465
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$190,704
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $41,034$217,169
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,135,473$1,325,336
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,135,473$1,325,336
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,176,507$1,542,505
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,325,336 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,269,966
XI-2 Total expenses$1,082,626
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$187,340
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,135,473
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,523
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,325,336

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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