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Agency for Community Transit

Provide transportation related services for residents, businesses, governments and non-profits.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$354kEmployment$269kEnvironment$235kYouth Development$194kHealth$183kHuman Services$168kHousing & Shelter$130kCommunity Improvement$117kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $870,320, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,050,469 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $180,149 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $254k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $587k
$31,281
Median grant
1
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIVERBEND HEADSTART & FAMILY SERVIC$100,000
VILLAGE OF PONTOON BEACH$100,000
CHALLENGE UNLIMITED$100,000
SENIOR SERVICS PLUS$93,537
CHALLENGE UNLIMITED$75,000
HOLLY'S HOUSE OF HOPE INC$66,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN IL$52,100
VILLAGE OF GLEN CARBON$41,823
REBUILDING TOGETHER SOUTHWEST IL$36,922
CITY OF COLLINSVILLE$35,000
CITY OF VENICE$31,281
EDEN VILLAGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY$24,978
HOLLY'S HOUSE OF HOPE INC$23,720
MAIN STREET COMMUNITY CENTER$19,055
CMC ROTARY FOUNDATION$17,588
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 (FY22–24, $162k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $7k → 16%ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $7k → 16%YWCA SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS: $16k → 12%YWCA SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS: $14k → 12%HOLLY'S HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $66k → 12%HOLLY'S HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $24k → 12%HOLLY'S HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $10k → 12%HOLLY'S HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $10k → 12%HOLLY'S HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $8k → 12%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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$681k · 8 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
13

Total granted

$681k
$560k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+597%

Still filing today

63%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $553k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesEmploymentHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • HH
    Hollys House of Hope Incorporated
    3× · 2022–2024 · $118k · revenue +101% · 85% of their budget
  • RT
    REBUILDING TOGETHER SW ILLINOIS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $105k · revenue +43% · 42% of their budget
  • TI
    THE ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • VO
    VILLAGE OF PONTOON BEACH
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • CO
    City of Edwardsville
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • VT
    VENICE TOWNSHIP
    3× · 2022–2024 · $71k
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
Community Workshop & Training Center Inc

Our central Illinois organization provides programs and services to adults with disabilities; enriching their quality of life, promoting social change, and optimizing their potential for independence.

Human Services
2
Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center of St Clair County Inc

To provide services to qualified persons in need of mental health care and alcohol and substance abuse counseling in the st. clair county illinois area, including residential assistance for the community.

Health
3
Stepping Stones of Rockford Inc

Residential rehabilitation for mentally and emotionally disabled adults.

Human Services
4
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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5
Central Illinois Services

To foster low income housing, develop and promote affordable homeownership and rental opportunities, support community develpment, social services, and educational opportunities for individuals and families throughout menard county and the…

—
6
Aurora Social Rehabilitation Services

Social rehabilitation programs for adults with mental illness and intellectual and developmental disabilities that provide opportunties for personal growth and satisfaction through life skills training and social activities in a safe and…

Health
7
Community Nutrition Network and Senior Services Association

The organization operates congregate and home delivered meal programs in suburban cook, grundy, will and kendall counties under contracts and grants with age option and ageguide (formerly northeastern illinois area agency on aging(neil)).…

Human Services
8
Stone-Hayes Center for Independent Living

Through the work of stone-hayes center for independent living, people with disabilities are empowered to improve their lives and independence!

Human Services
9
Coleman Tri-County Services

Coleman tri-county services, inc. provides developmental training, social habilitation and rehabilitation services to persons with a disability primarily living in gallatin, saline, and white counties, illinois, in order that they may…

Human Services
10
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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11
Cornerstone Services Inc

The organization seeks to provide residential services for disabled adults and children, as well as behavioral health, regular work and supported employment services for these disabled individuals. additionally, developmental training and…

Human Services
12
Childrens Advocacy Center of East Central Illinois

To assist children who have been victims of abuse

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Illinois Center for Autism; the most unlike its peers is Collinsville Food Pantry. 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

13 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. 13 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRI-TOWNSHIP PARK DISTRICT: $136,593 · OtherTRI-TOWNSHIP PARK DISTRICTVILLAGE OF PONTOON BEACH: $130,780 · OtherVILLAGE OF PONTOON BEACHREBUILDING TOGETHER SW ILLINOIS: $104,929 · OtherREBUILDING TOGETHER SW ILLINOISVILLAGE OF PONTOON BEACH: $100,000 · OtherVILLAGE OF PONTOON BEACHCity of Edwardsville: $100,000 · OtherCity of EdwardsvilleSENIOR SERVICS PLUS: $93,537 · OtherSENIOR SERVICS PLUSVENICE TOWNSHIP: $70,627 · OtherVENICE TOWNSHIPAMARE NFP: $60,099 · OtherVILLAGE OF ST JACOB: $49,678 · OtherCMC ROTARY FOUNDATION: $46,136 · OtherVILLAGE OF GLEN CARBON: $41,823 · Other+15 more: $296,920 · Other+15 moreCHALLENGE UNLIMITED INC: $175,000 · EmploymentCHALLENGE U…Hollys House of Hope Incorporated: $117,604 · Human ServicesHollys Hou…YWCA SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: $29,920 · Human ServicesYWCA SOUTH…THE ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $14,522 · Human ServicesTHE ILLINO…GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $100,850 · Youth DevelopmentRIVERBEND HEAD START & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $100,000 · HealthEDEN RETIREMENT CENTER INC: $24,978 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,231,122Employment$175,000Human Services$162,046Youth Development$100,850Health$100,000Housing & Shelter$24,978

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHALLENGE UNLIMITED INC: $175,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHollys House of Hope Incorporated: $117,604 over 3y, 85% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER SW ILLINOIS: $104,929 over 3y, 42% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $100,850 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetRIVERBEND HEAD START & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetAMARE NFP: $60,099 over 2y, 21% of budgetYWCA SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: $29,920 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetEDEN RETIREMENT CENTER INC: $24,978 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAIN STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $19,055 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTHE ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $14,522 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHNS HEALING COMMUNITY BOARD: $13,500 over 1y, 1.2% 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 CHALLENGE UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Hollys House of Hope Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER SW ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds RIVERBEND HEAD START & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds AMARE NFP ↗
  • Who funds YWCA SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds EDEN RETIREMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MAIN STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHNS HEALING COMMUNITY BOARD ↗

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.

United Way of Greater St Louis IncMO23.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Agency for Community Transit funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Agency for Community Transit. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 33 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.

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