- Revenue 2024
- $6,102,537
- Expenses 2024
- $3,344,848
Program services were 95.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- T31
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 915 E WASHINGTON ST SUITE 2
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
FACILITATE CHARITABLE GIVING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES, HELP ORGANIZATIONS WITH ENDOWMENT FUNDS, SERVE AS FISCAL AGENT FOR CHARITABLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND ACT AS A CATALYST FOR INNOVATIVE CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS TO MEET AREA NEEDS.
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THE FOUNDATION RECEIVES CONTRIBUTIONS AS A CONDUIT THROUGH WHICH DONORS BUILD AND STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY BY SUPPORTING LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO LOCAL PROBLEMS NOW AND IN PERPETUITY. ALL ASSETS AND EARNINGS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE UTILIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR AND PURSUANT TO CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS.
Expenses $3,198,688 · Grants $2,856,100
As filed on the 2024 return.
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.
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Adrian BarrADRIAN BARR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brian GarwoodBRIAN GARWOOD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Josh BarnettJOSH BARNETT
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Laura KowalczykLAURA KOWALCZYK
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jeff SecordJEFF SECORD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gena GloverGENA GLOVER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Turkesha CollinsTURKESHA COLLINS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary Ann WebbMARY ANN WEBB
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Julia DavisJULIA DAVIS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Del SaamDEL SAAM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nathan IhnesNATHAN IHNES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
John RassiJOHN RASSI
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Phani AytamPHANI AYTAM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dan IrvinDAN IRVIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ravi SinghalRAVI SINGHAL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Deborah HalperinDEBORAH HALPERIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark JontryMARK JONTRY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shannon SmithSHANNON SMITH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bj WilkenBJ WILKEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Erik RankinERIK RANKIN
CEO
- Total calculated
- $10,266
- From this org
- $9,435
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $831
- Hours/week
- 40
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Greg MeyerGREG MEYER
FORMER EXECUTIVE DIR
- Total calculated
- $111,744
- From this org
- $109,770
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,974
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $109,770
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,974
- Filer's total
- $111,744
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $6,102,537
- Expenses
- $3,344,848
- Contributions
- $3,286,783
- Grants paid
- $2,856,100
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2023
- Revenue
- $5,238,310
- Expenses
- $2,746,297
- Contributions
- $3,725,934
- Grants paid
- $2,262,129
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2022
- Revenue
- $2,851,414
- Expenses
- $3,682,458
- Contributions
- $2,071,332
- Grants paid
- $3,255,286
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,942,423
- Expenses
- $2,150,672
- Assets (EOY)
- $20,628,180
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,291,996
- Expenses
- $2,026,676
- Assets (EOY)
- $23,459,291
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,770,487
- Expenses
- $2,810,917
- Assets (EOY)
- $19,478,466
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,668,417
- Expenses
- $2,087,254
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,992,495
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,346,878
- Expenses
- $1,955,594
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,203,392
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,958,997
- Expenses
- $1,636,587
- Assets (EOY)
- $14,937,021
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,021,158
- Expenses
- $1,633,603
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,923,556
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,954,610
- Expenses
- $1,830,256
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,970,481
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,917,000
- Expenses
- $1,320,027
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,099,524
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,109,894
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,682,793
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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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THE PASTURE
$1,500,000
2022 CHARITABLE
-
$1,000,000
2024 CHARITABLE
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ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$272,719
2023 CHARITABLE
-
RAM GLOBAL
$118,500
2024 CHARITABLE
-
2022 CHARITABLE
-
$60,509
2023 CHARITABLE
-
$60,000
2023 CHARITABLE
-
$50,201
2024 CHARITABLE
-
$50,000
2023 CHARITABLE
-
$43,715
2024 CHARITABLE
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
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$50,000
2024 IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
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CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA
$33,328
2022 CHARITABLE DONATION
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$28,650
2023 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$10,000
2024 COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
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2022 WEAR ORANGE CRIME PREVENTION GRANT
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT AND VARIOUS PROJECTS
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2022 ECON. AND COMMUNITY DEVELOP.-HUMANITARIAN-DAF
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$8,250
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT AND CAPACITY BUILDING
-
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.