Funding Sources for NSSRA
Funding for NSSRA comes from three sources: Partner agency contributions, program fees and outside support
from Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association Foundation (NSSRA Foundation), grants and donations.
Contributions from the partner agencies comes from property taxes collected through a tax levy issued by each
partner. The Illinois Park District Code and corresponding Municipal Code’s section 5-8 (special recreation levy)
enables each partner to assess up to $.04 per $100 of Equalized Assessed Valuation (EAV) specifically for special
recreation services. This levy is exempt from the tax cap and is only accessible to agencies that are partners in a
Special Recreation Association. NSSRA’s current levy averaged for all 13 partners is 1.7 cents.
NSSRA’s philosophy is to offer the same type of recreation experiences for people with disabilities as those
available through our partner agency park district and recreation departments. NSSRA is committed to offer
these programs and services at the same or similar fee as our partner agencies. However, the average NSSRA
program is staffed at a 3:1 ratio with many programs at or near a 1:1 ratio based on ADA requirements,
participant need, safety and quality programming. Supplies and special equipment also inflate NSSRA program
expenses. Consequently, NSSRA program expenses are higher than partner agency expenses for the similar
programs. Because NSSRA is committed to keeping participation fees in line with partner agencies, NSSRA
program fees only account for about 20% of total annual revenue.
2009
2010
% of Revenue
Actual
2011
% of Revenue
Actual
2012
% of Revenue
Actual
% of Revenue
Actual
Revenue
Partner Agency Contribution $ 2,510,399 77.09% $ 2,533,835 78.12% $ 2,563,247 75.54% $ 2,585,256 72.25% $
Program Fees $ 667,739 20.51% $ 672,393 20.73% $ 718,536 21.18% $ 856,304 23.93% $
Outside Funding $ 78,263 2.40% $ 37,202 1.15% $ 111,511 3.29% $ 136,692 3.82% $
$ 3,256,401 100% $ 3,243,431 100% $ 3,393,294 100% $ 3,578,253 100% $
Total Revenue
2013
Actual
% of
Revenue
2014
Actual
% of
Revenue
2015
Actual
2016
% of Revenue
Actual
% of Revenue
$ 2,587,903 72.72% $ 2,716,063 76.88% $ 2,776,818 76.97% $ 2,771,979 81.78%
$ 805,177 22.63% $ 705,685 19.98% $ 716,986 19.88% $ 561,027 16.55%
$ 165,576 4.65% $ 111,004 3.14% $ 113,627 3.15% $ 56,736 1.67%
$ 3,558,655 100% $ 3,532,752 100% $ 3,607,431 100% $ 3,389,743 100%
NSSRA Facility Acquisition Plan
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