· Public charity
The Hope School
The hope learning academy serves children with intellectual/developmental disabilities and neurological disorders and their families by providing homes in which to grow, schools in which to learn, clinics in which to become healthier, research into emerging practices, and training for providers and parents.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k1 grant · $29k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $1.2M
- $250k+6 grants · $2.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERISTY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO | $645,565 |
| HOPE CLINICAL CARE | $522,646 |
| ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY | $512,793 |
| SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | $362,449 |
| EASTERSEALS CENTRAL ILLINOIS | $316,074 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN | $295,249 |
| EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | $242,111 |
| KREIDER SERVICES INC | $241,733 |
| TRINITY SERVICES INC | $229,275 |
| EASTERSEALS METROPOLITAN | $222,840 |
| RCADD | $115,837 |
| HAVE DREAMS | $79,500 |
| THE ANSWER INC | $59,100 |
| GRUPO SALTO | $29,311 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHOPE CLINICAL CARE7× · 2019–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +115%
- EFEASTERSEALS FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS7× · 2019–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +68% · 30% of their budget
- TSTRINITY SERVICES INC7× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +85%
Funded once
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.
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.
To provide cost-effective residential, social, intellectual, physical and vocational services to individuals with autism in group homes and in home support.
Innovative services, inc. (innovative care services) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities…
To ensure that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are provided with the best options and opportunities to live safely, work productively, explore creatively, learn continuously and play pleasurably throughout their…
Iag's mission is to aid & provide customized services to both children and adults with disabilities, and their families, to live normal lives in the community, to remain in a community home, live independently and actively participate in…
Provide community-based residential housing to adults with autism and/or severe developmental disabilities. also provide developmental training and other supports to this same population.
To help people with developmental disabilities meet life's challenges and reach their highest potential.
The hope learning academy serves children with intellectual/developmental disabilities and neurological disorders and their families by providing homes in which to grow, schools in which to learn, clinics in which to become healthier,…
Together, we create a warm and welcoming community enriching the lives of those we support.
To assist individuals with developmental disabilities, including autism, how to learn, live, work, and participate in the community.
Easterseals central illinois provides exceptional services to ensure children with developmental delays, disabilities and other special needs can reach their full potential.
The mission of easter seals is to increase independence, maximize opportunities, minimize barriers, and enhance the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities, those with special needs and thier families through direct…
Provide services for individuals with developmental disabilities
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 14 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: The Coleman Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Hope School funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hope School. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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