Totals
- Total revenue
- $485,622
- Total expenses
- $465,292
- Contributions and grants received
- $485,622
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $718,133
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $723,521
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$5,388
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $364,612
- Management and general expenses
- $67,662
- Fundraising expenses
- $33,018
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $364,612
Program services were 78.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1b · Membership dues
$273,277
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$60,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$152,345
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $60,689 · program services $54,621 · management and general $3,034 · fundraising $3,034
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $164,350 · program services $137,447 · management and general $22,209 · fundraising $4,694
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $6,998 · program services $5,973 · management and general $785 · fundraising $240
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $33,709 · program services $28,048 · management and general $4,532 · fundraising $1,129
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $18,784 · program services $16,032 · management and general $2,107 · fundraising $645
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,269 · management and general $1,269
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $22,240 · management and general $22,240
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11g · Fees: other
total $3,581 · management and general $3,581
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13 · Office expenses
total $70,391 · program services $46,192 · management and general $2,558 · fundraising $21,641
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14 · Information technology
total $2,312 · program services $1,974 · management and general $259 · fundraising $79
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16 · Occupancy
total $39,278 · program services $33,523 · management and general $4,406 · fundraising $1,349
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17 · Travel
total $7,022 · program services $7,022
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $709 · program services $605 · management and general $80 · fundraising $24
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24a · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS FEES
total $12,886 · program services $12,886
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24b · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
total $11,301 · program services $11,301
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24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES
total $5,304 · program services $4,527 · management and general $596 · fundraising $181
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24d · Other expenses: CASEWORK
total $2,295 · program services $2,295
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24e · All other expenses
total $2,174 · program services $2,166 · management and general $6 · fundraising $2
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26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)
total $58,187 · program services $37,603 · management and general $413 · fundraising $20,171
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $156,497 · end of year $256,168
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,608 · end of year $28,455
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$51,056
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$51,056
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $584,298 · end of year $433,510
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $6,053 · end of year $4,068
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $762,068 · end of year $719,453
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$25,718 · end of year -$5,388
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, WELFARE AND PROSPERITY OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS BY ENSURING EFFECTIVE AND DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION OF UTILITY CONSUMERS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO ILLINOIS UTILITY CUSTOMERS BEFORE STATE COURTS AND COMMISSIONS, AND TO EDUCATE ILLINOIS UTILITY CUSTOMERS.
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TO PROMOTE THE STATEWIDE INTEREST IN THE HEALTH, WELFARE AND PROSPERITY OF ILLINOIS CITIZENS BY ENSURING EFFECTIVE DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIONS OF UTILITY CONSUMERS BEFORE VARIOUS COMMISSIONS AND COURTS AND BY PROVIDING EDUCATION OF UTILITY SERVICE, PRICES, BENEFITS AND CONSERVATION.
Expenses $364,612
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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PHILIP DEMAERTELAERE
DIRECTOR,SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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ROBERT CRAIG NEFF
DIRECTOR,PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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CANDICE JUSTICE
DIRECTOR,VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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STEVE HALL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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THOMAS SIKES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
MARDI KLEVS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
DOUGLAS BECKNELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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SARAH MOSKOWITZ
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $116,690
- From this org
- $116,690
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20 + 20 related
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 3
- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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CUB CONSUMER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FUND
501(C)(3) · EDUCATION OF ILLINOIS CONSUMERS ON PUBLIC UTILITIES MATTERS · IL
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533179349305533
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