Totals
- Total revenue
- $16,037,893
- Total expenses
- $15,390,321
- Contributions and grants received
- $581,227
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $14,866,080
- Investment income
- $80,808
- Other revenue
- $509,778
- Total assets, end of year
- $11,177,003
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,846,531
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $7,330,472
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $13,893,723
- Management and general expenses
- $1,249,379
- Fundraising expenses
- $247,219
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $13,893,723
Program services were 90.3% 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.
-
1c · Fundraising events
$109,302
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$471,925
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$2,486
-
2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and Other Educational Income
total $14,866,080 · related or exempt $14,866,080
-
3 · Investment income
total $81,250 · excluded $81,250
-
6a · Gross rents
real property $7,150
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $7,150
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $7,150
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $366 · other assets $2,251
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $690 · other assets $2,369
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities -$324 · other assets -$118
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total -$442
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$690,456
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$109,302
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$196,960
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $493,496
-
11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income
total $9,132 · related or exempt $9,132
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$9,132
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $280,685 · management and general $280,685
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $10,843,380 · program services $10,260,093 · management and general $511,214 · fundraising $72,073
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,442,986 · program services $1,312,802 · management and general $120,875 · fundraising $9,309
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $866,245 · program services $797,453 · management and general $63,093 · fundraising $5,699
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $31,264 · management and general $31,264
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $41,149 · management and general $41,149
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $181,470 · program services $21,283 · management and general $101,937 · fundraising $58,250
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,907 · fundraising $4,907
-
13 · Office expenses
total $43,658 · program services $19,413 · management and general $6,028 · fundraising $18,217
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $324,750 · program services $324,750
-
17 · Travel
total $2,935 · program services $2,935
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $101,360 · program services $101,360
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $364,109 · program services $364,109
-
23 · Insurance
total $64,970 · program services $56,622 · management and general $8,348
-
24a · Other expenses: Supplies
total $407,574 · program services $289,647 · management and general $39,813 · fundraising $78,114
-
24b · Other expenses: Field Trips and Student Tranportation
total $88,713 · program services $88,713
-
24c · Other expenses: Utilities
total $147,692 · program services $147,692
-
24d · Other expenses: Telephone and Internet
total $37,777 · program services $31,207 · management and general $5,920 · fundraising $650
-
24e · All other expenses
total $114,697 · program services $75,644 · management and general $39,053
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $164,212 · end of year $263,314
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $615,727 · end of year $500,547
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,038,755 · end of year $1,349,379
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $99,776 · end of year $127,084
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$12,141,048
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$4,968,707
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $7,387,812 · end of year $7,172,341
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,474,262 · end of year $1,733,568
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $56,250 · end of year $30,770
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $586,534 · end of year $690,261
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $43,344 · end of year $38,700
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $3,480,129 · end of year $3,098,195
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $43,887 · end of year $19,375
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,822,288 · end of year $5,004,100
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,860,612 · end of year $2,326,372
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Giant Steps Illinois, Inc. is committed to providing individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders, and their families, superior educational and therapeutic services focused on improving the quality of daily life from early chilldhood through adulthood.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Giant Steps Illinois, Inc. provides services to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Operation of a therapeutic day school for students with Autism and related developmental disabilities to enhance academic, language, sensory, motor, and social skills of it students with a goal of enabling them to maximize their individual potential and lead productive and independent lives. The school year consists of two semesters and a summer program. There were approximately 160 students enrolled at the end of the school year.
Expenses $12,968,408 · Revenue $13,979,856
-
Canopy - Adult services for clients over 21 year old. This service is funded through private pay or private insurance.
Expenses $925,315 · Revenue $852,660
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Syvia Smith
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $177,013
- From this org
- $173,380
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,633
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $173,380
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $3,633
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $177,013
-
Sam Cannata
Director of Finance and Operations
- Total calculated
- $119,522
- From this org
- $104,571
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,951
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Tim Ellsworth
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Beth Ulbrich
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Karen Henderson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Pat McCartin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Jacob Karamol
Vice Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Lawrence Lavoie
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Debra Nauman
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Chris Terzich
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
James Thornton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Rita Yadava MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Thomas Campbell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Fred Bell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Emily Stampanato
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 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
- The compensation of officers is determined based on comparability data including non-profit compensation surveys and 990s from comparable organizations in the local area. Compensation for executive administration is reviewed annually by the Board of Directors.
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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202621969349302262
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