Is CrimeStoppers for McHenry County hiding?

Supposedly, CrimeStoppers for McHenry County is an Illinois corporation in good standing (except with me) and may be a 501(c)(3) organization for fundraising purposes. To me, this means they shouldn't be in hiding. But they are.

The only public contact for them is P.O. Box 295 in Woodstock (60098). I wrote to that address in September, and exactly 30 days later I received a letter from the Secretary of the organization. Coincidentally (oh, really?), she replied one week after I faxed a letter to the Registered Agent for the corporation, an attorney in Crystal Lake. He can remain nameless here, because he is "just" the Registered Agent.

She didn't answer my questions which, of course, meant that I asked them a second time.

When organizations hide, scrutiny should increase. And it will. I had already seen the 2010 Report for "Crime Stoppers of McHenry County" (sic), which isn't even the legal name of the group. That report, for 2009, contained no overall financial information and no names of officers or board members.

What might the public like to know?

Who are the officers and board members of CrimeStoppers for McHenry County?
What are the gross annual revenues?
What are the expenditures? (They report pay-outs on 12 tips for $3,400 in 2009, and a total of 118 tips (and ten tip numbers skipped "accidently (sic)"
When and where are the meetings of this group?

"CrimeStoppers for McHenry County has no connection to or knowledge about a "reward fund" in the Beth Bentley case..." and "CrimeStoppers simply offered a reward of $1,000 from their funds for information that leads to an arrest in this case." How do you have "no knowledge" but then offer a $1,000 reward? This confusing position was included in the October 10 letter from CrimeStoppers for McHenry County.

So, here is the problem. CrimeStoppers for McHenry County offers a reward of $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest (I suspect the Secretary meant to say "up to $1,000"), but the Beth Bentley Reward advertisements state $5,000 ($1,000 from Crime Stoppers of Woodstock; $1,000 from CrimeStoppers for McHenry County; and $3,000, presumably from Scott Bentley) for information that leads to locating her.

So a good tipster might walk away with, assuming averages, 28% of the total reward fund of $5,000, or $1,416. Nobody will cough up sensitive information for that puny amount.