To empower youth with the social emotional skills needed for positive mental health, self-sufficiency and to be leaders in their lives, future jobs and community. Our mission is to empower youth to live each day with good character and our vision is that they will make the world a better place.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 176 volunteers and 3 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 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $34K a year · 15% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$70K
to officers and key staff · 34% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 34% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$214K
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$206K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$193K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$214K
FY2025▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$145K
FY2023$187K
FY2024$245K
FY2025$214K
Expenses
$206K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024$184K
FY2025$206K
Net assets
$193K
FY2025▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$98K
FY2023$124K
FY2024$185K
FY2025$193K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 2012.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $166K Management & general 7% · $14K Fundraising 13% · $27K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $70K 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 Director
$69,583Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Marion B Ruthig’s $70K as Executive Director is at the 65th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1264 $100K–1M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Marion B Ruthig$69,583$60,917$65,000$52,750
Brittany Rhyne—$32,146$33,750$28,500
Lauren McDonald—$8,382$12,000$10,583

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

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Teaches youth social-emotional skills for better mental health and leadership.

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3 programs · $131K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Inside Out Club Dupage (iocd) Series Programs

K-5th Series (extracurricular program; 1 hour per week; 5-weeks; twice a year) Lessons with videos, books, discussions and hands-on service projects. Each series is led by IOCD staff or trained volunteers, including many teachers and social workers. During the 2024-25 school year we served 814 kids through this program.

$74Kprogram expense
02

Business Designers 4 Good

middle school program to empower students to develop skills in entrepreneurship, leadership, social responsibility and emotional intelligence. Offered after school as well as a summer camp version. Last year IOC had 57 participants.

$35Kprogram expense
03

Pre-K

5th Events: (18-20 one-hour events offered individually throughout the year) These events are designed for families with children ages 3-12, are led by trained volunteers or IOCD staff and are hosted at a variety of community locations, often on weekends. (45-60 minutes each; $15 per child/ adults free).

$22Kprogram 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 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$214K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$152K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$55K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$206K
Ln 25
Programscol B$166K
Managementcol C$14K
Fundraisingcol D$27K
Owns and owesPt X
$193K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$142K
Total assetsLn 16$193K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$152K
Government grantsLn 1e$2K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$28K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$55K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$214K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$16K
SavingsLn 2$126K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$142K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$50K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$193K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$193K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6176
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$185K$142K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$50K
Total assetsLn 16$185K$193K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$185K$193K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$910$910
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$10K$10K
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$70K$55K$3K$12K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$46K$37K$4K$5K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$7K$273$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$491$0$491$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$31K$24K$879$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$2K$283$604
Office expensesLn 13$2K$385$1K$96
Information technologyLn 14$1K$0$1K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$12K$11K$231$695
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$6K$5K$765$295
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$16K$14K$2K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$206K$166K$14K$27K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $214K$206K$8K$193K 990 PDF
FY2024 $245K$184K$61K$185K 990 PDF
FY2023 $187K$124K 990 PDF
FY2022 $145K$98K 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $214,308 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $168,894$151,741
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $44,358$55,357
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,385$5,853
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $28,555$1,357
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $245,192$214,308
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$10,420
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $110,900$125,104
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $73,446$70,736
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $184,346$206,260
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $60,846$8,048
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $214,308 across 15 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,107 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$28,070
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$2,150
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$121,521
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,384
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$151,741
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $54,250 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$54,250
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $5,853 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$5,853
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 $1,357$1,357
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $61,210 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,357$214,308
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $206,260 across 28 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $910$910
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $9,510$9,510
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 $54,704 · Management $2,783 · Fundraising $12,096$69,583
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $37,417 · Management $3,751 · Fundraising $5,260$46,428
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,456 · Management $273 · Fundraising $1,364$9,093
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $491 · Fundraising $0$491
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 $24,124 · Management $879 · Fundraising $6,260$31,263
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,738 · Management $283 · Fundraising $604$2,625
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $385 · Management $1,352 · Fundraising $96$1,833
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $1,004 · Fundraising $0$1,004
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,654 · Management $231 · Fundraising $695$11,580
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,830 · Management $765 · Fundraising $295$5,890
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $14,308 · Management $1,742 · Fundraising $0$16,050
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $166,036 · Management $13,554 · Fundraising $26,670$206,260
Part X · Balance sheet $192,792 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $24,384$16,360
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $160,310$125,994
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$50,438
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 $184,694$192,792
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
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 $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $183,594$192,792
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,100$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $184,694$192,792
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $184,694$192,792
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $192,792 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$214,308
XI-2 Total expenses$206,260
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$8,048
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$184,694
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$50
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$192,792

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