Illinois · Nonprofit
A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION
A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,665,554 to it, the largest being THE SIMON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,965,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $143k
What A Silver Lining Foundation does
Mission
To provide respectful and equal access to cost-free breast health testing through a network of partnerships with community, advocacy and healthcare organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Aslf started a new program in 2025 called "finally fits" - this program funds cost-free fitted bras and prosthesis for those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, received treatment, and symmetry has been altered after surgery.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Established in 2006, buy a mom a mammogram provides cost-free breast health testing for those who are uninsured, underinsured or ineligible for other breast health testing programs. Aslf doesn't exclude anyone based on age, residency, or socioeconomics. The only requirement is need. On september 24, 2012 the evelyn goldberg mammography center, named in honor of dr. Sandy's late mother, was unveiled. Previously known as the evelyn goldberg center (est. 2004), as an informational and resource hub, the new evelyn goldberg mammography center is an outgrowth of aslf's buy a mom a mammogram program.
$567,782 spentof which $567,782 as grants67% of program spendingChicagoland cancer information coalition (ccic) is comprised of advocacy groups, social service, voluntary and community-based health organizations as well as city and county department dedicated and committed in the fight against cancer. Ccic participating organizations believe that all individuals deserve access to quality cancer resource information regardless of age, race, gender or financial condition. Ccic is a program of A Silver Lining Foundation.
$275,924 spent33% of program spendingA Silver Lining Foundation has expanded our bamam program by adding survive to thrive. This program is designed specifically for women and men who have been previously diagnosed with breast cancer. The program is tailored to fit the unique needs of survivors who are un-insured or under-insured by offering no cost diagnostic testing.
$2,165 spentof which $2,165 as grants0% of program spendingKeep a breast is a face to face, multimedia breast health presentation that includes a straightforward discussion between breast cancer survivors and young women. The goal is two-fold: to teach young women to become advocates for their own breast health and to raise awareness of the need for breast cancer screening to those who are uninsured or underinsured.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNew - the "finally fits" program funds cost-free fitted bras and prosthesis for those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, received treatment, and symmetry has been altered after surgery. We work with second act boutique who handles the fittings for those in need of fitted bras and prosthesis.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $845,871.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $674k to $465k (−31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 4% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sandra A Goldberg Phd
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $431k → $491k.
10 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 53% · 2019 35% · 2020 33% · 2021 42% · 2022 33% · 2023 41% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
45% of A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION?
- A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,665,554 to it, the largest being THE SIMON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,965,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $4,665,554 in grants to A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION?
- THE SIMON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,965,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 44 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing