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← THE WORKFORCE CONNECTION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE WORKFORCE CONNECTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,744,657
Total expenses
$2,725,166
Contributions and grants received
$2,715,856
Grants paid
$2,449,248
Program service revenue
$18,589
Investment income
$212
Other revenue
$10,000
Total assets, end of year
$1,524,925
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,450,946
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$73,979
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,695,963
Management and general expenses
$29,203
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,695,963

Program services were 98.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHELLE CASSARO

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TODD WELLS

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • PAUL NOLLE

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • BEN BERNSTEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • SCOTT BLOOMQUIST

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • KAREN BROWN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • TODD CAGNONI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • LEN CARTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • KATHY CRANDALL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • MICHEAEL DUNN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • JEFF FAHRENWALD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • PAMELA FETTES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • SUZANNE FISCHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • GEORGE GAULRAPP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • JEREMY GRAYEWSKI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • ROBERT GUIRL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • GREG HARLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • DR SHEILA HILL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • DR BRANT HULSEBUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • MARK KRUPKE THRU 05202025

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • KRIS MACHAJEWSKI THRU 07302024

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • MATTHEW MONTALBANO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • MARLENA NELSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • AMY NORD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • AMY OTT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • JAMES PIRAGES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • TROY PRIMUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • JAMIE PROCTOR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • DAN ROSS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • ZACHARY ROTELLO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • MAX SALAZAR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • CASEY SCHWEBKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • DR HOWARD SPEARMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • TRICIA WAGNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • AMANDA STEWART THRU 07032024

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • JEFF ZEAL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • GINA CARONNA

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

None.

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)

FORM 990, PART VII, LINE 5
THE CITY OF ROCKFORD ILLINOIS, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION TO THE WORKFORCE CONNECTION INC., PAID GINA CARONNA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OFFICER) TOTAL COMPENSATION OF $166,351.37 IN 2024 FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE WORKFORCE CONNECTION.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610579349301211

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