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  • Mount Carroll, IL
  • Tax-exempt since June 2007
  • EIN: 20-3987274

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Arts, Culture and Humanities / Printing, Publishing (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$103k (2023)

Expenses
$63.8k (2023)

Total Assets
$56k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$583 (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$102,804
Expenses
$63,759
Net Income
$39,045
Net Assets
$55,466
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $101,174
98.4%
Program Services $1,570
1.5%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $60
0.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $56,049
Total Liabilities $583
Net Assets $55,466
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $0 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0
Rhett Simkins (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Feb. 14, 2024

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$33,995
Expenses
$26,606
Net Income
$7,389
Net Assets
$16,421
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $32,603
95.9%
Program Services $1,342
3.9%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $50
0.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $16,421
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $16,421
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $0 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0
Rhett Simkins (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on May 3, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$66,834
Expenses
$61,507
Net Income
$5,327
Net Assets
$9,030
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $58,511
87.5%
Program Services $4,804
7.2%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3,519
5.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $9,030
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $9,030
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $4,480 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0
Rhett Simkins (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Sept. 14, 2022

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$34,747
Expenses
$34,514
Net Income
$233
Net Assets
$3,706
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $28,611
82.3%
Program Services $4,876
14.0%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $1
0.0%
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $1,259
3.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $4,910
Total Liabilities $1,204
Net Assets $3,706
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $10,000 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0
Rhett Simkins (Director) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on June 16, 2021

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$23,426
Expenses
$43,064
Net Income
-$19,638
Net Assets
$3,473
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $11,314
48.3%
Program Services $12,020
51.3%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $92
0.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $3,473
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $3,473
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $2,765 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0

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990-EZ
Filed on June 15, 2020

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$173,770
Expenses
$182,922
Net Income
-$9,152
Net Assets
$23,110
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $63,000
36.3%
Program Services $110,769
63.7%
Investment Income $1
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $23,970
Total Liabilities $860
Net Assets $23,110
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $16,572 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0

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990-EZ
Filed on May 14, 2019

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$184,288
Expenses
$164,028
Net Income
$20,260
Net Assets
$32,262
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $31,413
17.0%
Program Services $152,875
83.0%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $38,764
Total Liabilities $6,502
Net Assets $32,262
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $12,790 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0

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990-EZ
Filed on June 18, 2018

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$147,661
Expenses
$143,397
Net Income
$4,264
Net Assets
$12,001
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $28,371
19.2%
Program Services $119,290
80.8%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $12,668
Total Liabilities $667
Net Assets $12,001
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $9,746 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0

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990-EZ
Filed on May 8, 2017

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$121,194
Expenses
$128,927
Net Income
-$7,733
Net Assets
$7,737
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $24,773
20.4%
Program Services $96,421
79.6%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,582
Total Liabilities $845
Net Assets $7,737
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $541 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0

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990-EZ
Filed on May 12, 2016

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$122,348
Expenses
$115,607
Net Income
$6,741
Net Assets
$15,468
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $20,465
16.7%
Program Services $101,883
83.3%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $16,597
Total Liabilities $1,129
Net Assets $15,468
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $2,707 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0

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990-EZ
Filed on Aug. 10, 2015

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$80,200
Expenses
$95,934
Net Income
-$15,734
Net Assets
$8,727
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $28,927
36.1%
Program Services $51,273
63.9%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $13,145
Total Liabilities $4,418
Net Assets $8,727
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Phillip L Telfer (President) $24,712 $0
John Urban (Director) $0 $0
Dan Caswell (Director) $0 $0

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990-EZ
Filed on Aug. 12, 2014

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$109,753
Expenses
$106,462
Net Income
$3,291
Net Assets
$24,462
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $21,196
19.3%
Program Services $88,557
80.7%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $26,690
Total Liabilities $2,228
Net Assets $24,462

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990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$108,976
Expenses
$118,226
Net Income
-$9,250
Net Assets
$21,170
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $49,786
45.7%
Program Services $59,190
54.3%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $22,864
Total Liabilities $1,694
Net Assets $21,170

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2008

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2007

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2006

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

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