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Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Ne Il Area on Aging

We strive to make aging easier through the development of a network of services for older persons designed to optimize the quality of their lives.

$34M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$7.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$29MHuman Services$28MCrime & Legal$2.2MHealth$1.8M
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $132k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $891k
  • $250k+12 grants · $33M
$373,322
Median grant
1
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUPAGE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL$7,687,726
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO$4,643,976
COMMUNITY NUTRITION NETWORK$4,446,585
AGE GUIDE$4,110,165
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$3,848,551
SENIOR SERVICES ASSOCIATES INC$3,553,238
DUPAGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$2,349,348
PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES$905,649
BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING$484,493
LEGAL AID CHICAGO$385,881
SENIOR SERVICES OF WILL COUNTY$373,322
METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES OF DUPAGE COUNTY$360,807
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL$249,632
ELA TOWNSHIP$202,773
COUNTY OF WILL$145,517
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $14.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OSWEGOLAND SENIOR CENTER: $24k → 6%DUPAGE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL: $7.7M → 7%FAMILY COUNSELING COUNCIL: $163k → 8%DUPAGE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL: $5.4M → 7%ELDERCARE: $475k → 8%ELDERCARE: $77k → 8%BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $484k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES OF DUPAGE COUNTY: $361k → 7%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES OF DUPAGE COUNTY: $203k → 7%AIM CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $8k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$60M · 19 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +94% since the first grant, against +80% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
5

Total granted

$60M
$585k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+94%
+80%

Still filing today

63%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $774k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
Human ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DS
    DUPAGE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $13M · revenue +181% · 89% of their budget
  • CC
    Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7.8M · revenue +4%
  • AN
    AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING
    4× · 2021–2024 · $7.0M · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE OF LAKE COUNTY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $381k · revenue +4%
  • FC
    FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF AURORAgraduated
    7× · 2017–2023 · $163k · revenue +173%
  • OS
    OSWEGOLAND SENIORS INCgraduated
    7× · 2017–2023 · $24k · revenue +80%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Central Illinois Agency On Aging Inc

Central illinois agency on aging believes in the independence and dignity of older persons, and that each older person should be empowered to exert control over their own life & have access to needed services. we do planning, program…

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2
Seniors Assistance Center

Seniors Assistance Center provides necessary services to senior citizens of unincorporated Norwood Park Township, and the villages of Norridge and Harwood Heights. These services include home delivered meals, information and assistance,…

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3
Northwestern Il Area Agency On Aging

To enable older persons to live in dignity and independence.

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4
Area Agency On Aging of Western Michigan Inc

Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…

Human Services
5
Central Illinois Service Access Inc

Our mission is to maximize independence for individuals with disabilities through choice, advocacy and service access.

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6
Adult Care Center of Central Virginia Inc

Adult day care for frail older adults, particularly those suffering from some form of dementia.

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7
Aging and Community Services of South Central Indiana Inc

Working together, our mission is to enhance the quality of life in our communities, generation through generation to assist older adults, persons with disabilities, and persons that have needs, to access opportunities that will allow them…

Human Services
8
Marinette County Committee on Aging Inc

Our mission at Marinette County Elderly Services is to assist older persons in maintaining a longer, healthier, and more fulfilled life.

Human Services
9
Tippecanoe County Council On Aging Inc

Providing seniors with services and programs to promote overall wellness.

Human Services
10
Senior Citizens of Lincoln County

Serving the community to improve the quality of life for our senior citizens focusing on healthy eating, active living and socializing as well as assisting the community with durable medical supplies and some basic needs.

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11
Senior Community Services Inc

To promote independent and meaningful living for older adults through direct services and programs in the home and community.

Human Services
12
Area Agency On Aging District 7 Inc

Assisting individuals to maintain independence and personal choice by providing resource options and services

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet; the most unlike its peers is American Association of Retired Asians. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
29/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY NUTRITION NETWORK: $7,885,782 · OtherCOMMUNITY NUTRITION NETWORKCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $7,797,090 · OtherCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of ChicagoCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET: $6,416,532 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF JOLIETSENIOR SERVICES ASSOCIATES INC: $6,200,324 · OtherSENIOR SERVICES ASSOCIATES INCDUPAGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: $4,244,573 · OtherDUPAGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICESGRUNDY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: $1,518,442 · Other+9 more: $2,407,633 · Other+9 moreDUPAGE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL: $13,113,632 · Human ServicesDUPAGE SENIOR CITIZENS COUN…Metropolitan Family Services: $563,587 · Human ServicesELDERCARE LAKE COUNTY: $552,683 · Human Services+4 more: $679,442 · Human ServicesAGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING: $7,024,591 · Food & NutritionAGEGUIDE NORT…PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $1,515,158 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID CHICAGO: $686,360 · Crime & LegalADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP: $249,632 · HealthFRIENDS OF YORK TOWNSHIP: $9,664 · Philanthropy
Other$36,470,376Human Services$14,909,344Food & Nutrition$7,024,591Crime & Legal$2,201,518Health$249,632Philanthropy$9,664

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDUPAGE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL: $13,113,632 over 8y, 89% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $7,797,090 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetAGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING: $7,024,591 over 4y, 11% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET: $6,416,532 over 8y, 12% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES ASSOCIATES INC: $6,200,324 over 8y, 32% of budgetPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $1,515,158 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES CENTER OF WILL COUNTY: $902,625 over 8y, 10% of budgetLEGAL AID CHICAGO: $686,360 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $563,587 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetELDERCARE LAKE COUNTY: $552,683 over 4y, 19% of budgetBARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $484,493 over 2y, 57% of budgetCOALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC: $268,339 over 4y, 19% of budgetADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP: $249,632 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF AURORA: $163,180 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetIndependence Health & Therapy: $51,003 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetOSWEGOLAND SENIORS INC: $23,669 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF YORK TOWNSHIP: $9,664 over 3y, 22% of budgetACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE AND MOBILITY CIL: $8,100 over 6y, 0.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DUPAGE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR SERVICES ASSOCIATES INC ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR SERVICES CENTER OF WILL COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Family Services ↗
  • Who funds ELDERCARE LAKE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE OF LAKE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF AURORA ↗
  • Who funds Independence Health & Therapy ↗
  • Who funds OSWEGOLAND SENIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF YORK TOWNSHIP ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE AND MOBILITY CIL ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ageoptions Inc (Fka S…United Way of Grundy …Northwestern Memorial…The Dupage Community …Northern Illinois Foo…United Way of Metropo…The Community Foundat…United Way of Will Co…Dan Gibbons Turkey Tr…Fox Valley United WayRussell and Josephine…The Bersted Foundation
Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging)IL21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) · United Way of Grundy County · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · The Dupage Community Foundation · Northern Illinois Food Bank · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Community Foundation of Will County · United Way of Will County · Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot Foundation Nfp · Fox Valley United Way · Russell and Josephine Kott Memorial Charitable Trust · The Bersted Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Ne Il Area on Aging funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Ne Il Area on Aging. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $33M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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