Sing - Shifting Into New Gear
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
SING - Shifting Into New Gear is a reentry program servicing Central Illinois. We provide services to immediately released individuals from the Illinois Department of Corrections and various law enforcement agencies. The services include but not limited to financial literacy classes employment connections employment retention verifications transportation assistance housing assistance childcare assistance an various other services deemed necessary for the reentry process.
- Income
- $96,959
- Spending
- $98,274
- Reserves
- 0 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 99%
- Highest pay
- $18,055, executive director
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
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
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 (1)
- $300,000 spent. We have completed our deliverables. However we have added seventeen 17 clients that need to complete the financial literacy by May 22 2025. We have created strategies with the assistance and partnership of employment service through Express Professionals. This partnership allows SING to meet multiple employers that have need to fulfil their employment needs. This also gives us multiple reviews of client employment improvements on a weekly basis. We have a goal reaching out to the University of Illinois at Springfield UIS in hopes to partner with them regarding employment placement resume building and hopefully classes that inspire our clients to thrive through re-entry in Sangamon County.
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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2017.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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