Making Seniors Matter Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Making Seniors Matter is a Minority Founded 501c3 Nonprofit Organization created to assist seniors living with Alzheimers Dementia Physical Disabilities and Depression due to loneliness and to assist those seniors who have a pressing psychological desire to stay in their own homes throughout their golden years allowing them to age in place. Our mission at Making Seniors Matter is to continually serve seniors living in Chicagos most economically disadvantaged minority areas with a commitment to continually provide programs and services that countless seniors not only rely on but that are also much deserved.
- Income
- $197,770
- Spending
- $199,786
- Reserves
- 0.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 40 out of 100. Higher than 15% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.1 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 20% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $38,700 spent. Grannys Lil Helpers was established to assist seniors who the lacked the day-to-day physicality to adequately maintain their own homes. Community volunteers assist seniors with light chores; such as painting flooring plumbing hanging outside Christmas lights yard work and brush and-or snow removal. Countless volunteers from all over the Chicago-land area provided their time and hard work throughout the year on programs for seniors such as; 1. Senior Spring Cleaning & Removal of old or unwanted items out to the trash and items that could still be used were dropped off at donation centers. 2. Summer Yard Shrub Clean-up where volunteers used their own equipment to remove yard debris trim hedges ect. of needy seniors. 3. Fall Senior Leaf Raking Program where once again volunteers used their own equipment and supplies to rake and bag leaves of seniors yards.
- $21,300 spent. Helping Seniors Age at Home MSM understood that for seniors to be able to stay in their own homes and age in place, they would need more adequate in-home Home Healthcare Services. So we began a collaborative effort with many Home Healthcare agencies Doctors Nurses and Physical Therapist to provide additional in-home health services by visiting hundreds of seniors in their own homes throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs along with an urgent focus on the most medically and economically under served communities. This alone has helped over 500 to 1000 individuals when including Seniors family members who also benefit from the assistance by taking much of the burden of caring for their elderly loved- one off of them.
- $17,450 spent. Holiday Baskets for Seniors MSMs Holiday Baskets program is special in multiple ways. It brings community volunteers together several times throughout the year to arrange baskets filled with many things seniors can use daily. From colorful flowers to decorate their homes for many seniors and of course a variety of candies cookies and fresh fruit. But more importantly is the sincere joy that they bring to seniors many of whom live alone. These special baskets are also an opportunity to perform well-being checks and give much needed company to the elderly of our community. Pictures of overjoyed grateful seniors receiving some of these holiday baskets can be viewed on our website: msmseniors.com
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2016.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
Ratings and checks are our reading of public records, using the published method. They are not a statement about anyone's honesty. If you work for this organization, you can send corrections or results, confirm you want gifts through Veridonate, or ask to be removed from giving.