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SEVEN GENERATIONS AHEAD

EIN 36-4437661 OAK PARK, IL

Revenue 2024
$863,051
Expenses 2024
$983,154

Program services were 92.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C30
Classification
2000
Street
616 S HARVEY AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FOUNDED IN 2001 , SEVEN GENERATIONS AHEAD'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOUNDED IN 2001, SEVEN GENERATIONS AHEAD'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE DEVEOPMENT OF ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.

  • SEVEN GENERATIONS AHEAD IMPLEMENTED ITS NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED FRESH FROM THE FARM/FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PROVIDED ADDITIONAL METRO AREA SCHOOLS WITH TRAINING AND RESOURCES. FRESH FROM THE FARM - WHICH COMBINES CLASSROOM CIRRICULUM ORGANIC FARM EXPEDITIONS FARMER CLASSROOM VISITS, SCHOOL GARDENS, CHEF DEMONSTRATIONS, AND LOCAL FOOD PROCUREMENT - HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH EATING CHOICES AND AWARENESS OF WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM.

    Expenses $869,846

  • SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING - WORKS WITH COMMUNITIES AND REGIONS TO SUPPORT LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION. THESE PLANS HELP COMMUNITIES REDUCE THEIR IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH, CONSERVE AND ENHANCE EXISTING NATURAL RESOURCES. SGA CONVENES STAKEHOLDERS FROM ALL SECTORS AND INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP & IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY PLANS. PARTNERED WITH CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AGENCY FOR PLANNING & METROPOLITAN MAYORS CAUCUS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY LEADERS IN BUILDING CONCENSUS AROUND A CORE SECTOR SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS.

  • ZERO WASTE/FOOD SCRAP COMPOSTING - SGA WORKS WITH SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, INSTITUTIONS, AND MUNICIPALITIES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ALL STEPS ALONG A PATH TO ZERO WASTE FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION. ZERO WASTE IS FUNDAMENTALLY A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO MANAGING MATERIALS - ONE THAT SEEKS TO EMULATE NATURAL CYCLES IN WHICH ALL MATERIALS ARE DESIGNED TO BECOME RESOURCES FOR OTHERS. THE PROCESS INVOLVES STARTING WITH THE 3 R'S (REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE/COMPOST) AND CONTINUALLY MAKING INCREMENTAL CHANGES TO PRACTICES WHILE CREATING NO EMMISSIONS THAT HARM THE HEALTH OF THE PLANET OR ITS INHABITANTS.

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

    Expenses $35,683

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • HENRY MELVILLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • PETER CASE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • AMY ANTONIOLLI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • TRIJON JOHNSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • JOEY RATH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ROWAN RICHARDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ALAN SHANNON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • TOM HOLLINDEN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • LIZ DUNNE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $863,051
    Expenses
    $983,154
    Contributions
    $788,513
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,057,622
    Expenses
    $958,144
    Contributions
    $985,037
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $650,883
    Expenses
    $777,661
    Contributions
    $587,638
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $745,701
    Expenses
    $696,514
    Assets (EOY)
    $362,944

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $691,137
    Expenses
    $611,155
    Assets (EOY)
    $287,285

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $506,760
    Expenses
    $400,614
    Assets (EOY)
    $235,547

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $598,064
    Expenses
    $611,117
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,069

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2018

Tax period
1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018
Principal officer
Walter Willis
Mailing address
PO Box 3125Oak Park IL 60303
Website
illinoiscomposts.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.