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Nami Illinois Inc

Nami illinois is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with mental health disorders and their families through support, education, and advocacy.

$139k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$27k
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, FY2024 to 2025.

Health$366kCommunity Improvement$22k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $104,999, the rows itemized in this filing. The $139,499 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $34,500 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $92k
$14,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$723k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NAMI DEKALB KANE SOUTH AND KENDALL COUNTIES$27,333
NAMI WILL-GRUNDY$15,000
NAMI METRO SUBURBAN$14,000
NAMI SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS$14,000
NAMI NORTHWEST SUBURBAN CHICAGO$11,000
NAMI DUPAGE$10,833
NAMI MCHENRY COUNTY$7,333
NAMI CHICAGO$5,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NAMI DUPAGE: $28k → 7%NAMI DUPAGE: $11k → 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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 16% of Nami Illinois Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 94% of the giving stays in IL; by stated purpose, 79%.

Nami Illinois Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 15% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$215k · 6 repeat orgs$173k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$215k
$148k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+0%

Still filing today

100%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • NO
    NAMI OF DUPAGE COUNTY ILLINOIS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $38k · revenue +31%
  • NO
    NAMI OF MCHENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $35k · revenue +212%
  • NC
    NAMI Chicago
    2× · 2024–2025 · $16k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • CO
    COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES
    one grant, 2024 · $22k · revenue 0%
  • NS
    NAMI SAUK AREA
    one grant, 2024 · $21k · 36% of their budget
  • NM
    NAMI MID-CENTRAL ILLINOIS
    one grant, 2024 · $21k
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
Nami Montgomery County Ohio

The national alliance on mental illness (nami) is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization, established in 1979 for mental health clients and their families as a self-help organization dedicated to providing support,…

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2
Nami Geauga County

Nami geauga county (nami) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization incorporated in 2007 to provide support, education, and advocacy for individuals and their families, friends, and communities affected by serious mental illness.

Human Services
3
Nami Northwest

Nami is a tri-county voice for mental illness. it builds a community of hope for those with mental illness and their families, thru support, education and advocacy.

Arts & Culture
4
National Alliance on Mental Illness Utah

To improve the quality of life for individuals affected by mental health conditions, as well as their families, through advocacy, education, and support. We are committed to ensuring the dignity of those living with mental illness by…

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5
Nami Rhode Island

The mission of NAMI Rhode Island is to educate the public about mental illness; to offer resources and support to all whose lives are touched by mental illness; to advocate at every level to ensure the rights and dignity of those with…

Health
6
National Alliance On Mental Illness of Fond Du Lac Co Inc

Nami fond du lac strives to support and empower every person, young and old, touched by mental illness. nami is committed to removing stigma and nurturing recovery through advocacy, education and outreach.

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7
National Alliance On Mental Illness-Iowa Inc

Nami iowa serves as a catalyst around advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all iowans affected by mental illness can lead better lives.

Health
8
Nami Nevada

Nami nv is dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons affected by mental illness by providing education, support, and advocacy. the state organization supports and develops local affiliates and addresses the needs of its…

Unclassified
9
Nami White Mountains Az

We represent a community of people who are committed to relieving the pain and suffering of families and peers whose lives are impacted by a Mental Health Condition. The NAMI approach has been proven to work across the United States! NAMI…

Health
10
Nami Alabama Inc

Encourage and enhance advocacy and family support services on behalf of individuals suffering from mental illness

Health
11
Nami Mobile

Nami mobile's mission is to offer support services and programs to those affected by mental illness.

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12
Nami Joplin

NAMI Joplin is a mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness by raising awareness and providing support and education that was not previously available to those in…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nami of Mchenry County Illinois; the most unlike its peers is Community Organizing and Family Issues. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 18 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLINESS - SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: $39,000 · HealthNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLINESS - SOUTHWESTER…NAMI WILL-GRUNDY: $35,500 · HealthNAMI WILL-GRUNDYNAMI OF MCHENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS: $35,333 · HealthNAMI OF MCHENRY COUNTY ILLINOISNAMI SAUK AREA: $21,000 · HealthNAMI SAUK AREANAMI National: $15,000 · HealthNAMI NationalNAMI METRO-SUBURBAN INC: $14,000 · HealthNAMI METRO-SUBURBAN INCHERITAGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER: $7,500 · HealthNAMI LAKE COUNTY OH: $6,000 · HealthNAMI KDK: $51,833 · OtherNAMI KDKNAMI MID-CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $21,000 · OtherNAMI MID-CENTRAL ILLINOISNAMI GREATER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $17,000 · OtherNAMI GREATER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYNAMI Chicago: $15,500 · OtherNAMI ChicagoNAMI NORTHWEST SUBURBAN CHICAGO: $14,000 · OtherNAMI NORTHWEST SUBURBAN CHICAGONAMI NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $13,000 · OtherNAMI NORTHERN ILLINOISNAMI-SOUTH SUBURBS OF CHICAGO: $11,000 · OtherNAMI-SOUTH SUBURBS OF CHICAGONAMI NORTHWEST SUBURBAN CHICAGO: $11,000 · OtherNAMI NORTHWEST SUBURBAN CHICAGONAMI OF DUPAGE COUNTY ILLINOIS: $38,333 · Human ServicesNAMI OF DUP…COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES: $22,000 · Community Improvement
Health$173,333Other$154,333Human Services$38,333Community Improvement$22,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNAMI KDK: $51,833 over 2y, 21% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLINESS - SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: $39,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetNAMI OF DUPAGE COUNTY ILLINOIS: $38,333 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetNAMI WILL-GRUNDY: $35,500 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetNAMI OF MCHENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS: $35,333 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES: $22,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNAMI SAUK AREA: $21,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetNAMI GREATER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $17,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNAMI Chicago: $15,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI National: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI METRO-SUBURBAN INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNAMI NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $13,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetHERITAGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI LAKE COUNTY OH: $6,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

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.

NAMI NationalThe Chicago Community…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
NAMI NationalVA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NAMI National · The Chicago Community Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Nami Illinois Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nami Illinois Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 18 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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