· Public charity
Illinois State Alliance of Ymcas
To provide illinois ymcas with a strong, unified voice on public policy efforts and state-wide initiatives that impact and transform illinois residents, and to create stronger ymcas by working to ensure that everyone, regardless of age, income, or background has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
The 17 grants below total $346,720 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $364,640 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $17,920 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $47k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $249k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YMCA OF SPRINGFIELD | $50,240 |
| GREATER JOLIET AREA YMCA | $43,600 |
| GATEWAY REGIONMONROE COUNTY YMCA | $40,560 |
| PAV YMCA | $28,000 |
| YMCA OF METRO CHICAGO | $27,600 |
| GREATER PEORIA YMCA | $24,960 |
| KANKAKEE AREA YMCA | $24,320 |
| DECATUR FAMILY YMCA | $18,880 |
| DANVILLE FAMILY YMCA | $16,240 |
| BB RYALL YMCA | $14,640 |
| MERCER COUNTY FAMILY YMCA | $10,640 |
| ILLINOIS VALLEY YMCA | $9,680 |
| NORTH SUBURBAN YMCA | $9,200 |
| YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY | $8,080 |
| STREATOR FAMILY YMCA | $7,040 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Your human-services grants (FY25–25, $154k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
Spiritual, social & physical developmentment of community
The shasta family ymca strengthens community through programs and activities that create a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
The mission of the brainerd family ymca is to enhance the lives in the brainerd lakes area by connecting individuals and families with opportunities based on christian values that build a healthy spirit, mind, & body.
The mission of the ymca of central new mexico is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. for over 100 years, the ymca of central new mexico has served our community…
The young men's christian association of delaware county d/b/a the community ymca of eastern delaware county ("the community ymca or "the organization") was organized on december 14, 1948 under the laws of pennsylvania as a nonprofit…
Our mission is to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities. The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley is a community centered association dedicated to building a healthy spirit, mind and body for all people, while maintaining an…
We build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities with a primary focus on youth activities and programs.
The y's programs focus on improving people's spiritual, intellectual, and physical well-being to support people as they actualize their fullest potential. the ymca serves community members of all abilities, ages, cultural backgrounds,…
The mission of the YMCA is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. We are an inclusive organization, serving all people regardless of background, religion, beliefs,…
Guided by our christian principles, we strengthen the spirit mind and body of all individuals.
The mission of the ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. the y mission is also to advance our cause of strengthening community through youth development,…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of Kankakee and the most unlike its peers is Streator Family Ymca. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPRINGFIELD ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET ↗
- Who funds GATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BERWYN-CICERO INC ↗
- Who funds The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago ↗
- Who funds GREATER PEORIA FAMILY YMCA ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KANKAKEE ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DECATUR ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORTHWESTERN DUPAGE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds FAMILY YMCA OF FAYETTE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS VALLEY YMCA ↗
- Who funds NORTH SUBURBAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY ↗
- Who funds STREATOR FAMILY YMCA ↗
- Who funds KISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA ↗
- Who funds Young Mens Christian Association ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Council of YMCAs of the USA · Edward Jones Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Illinois State Alliance of Ymcas funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.