Illinois · Nonprofit
ABILITIES PLUS
ABILITIES PLUS (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,524,101 to it, the largest being QUAD CITIES GOLF CLASSIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,047,545). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $9.4M
What Abilities Plus does
Mission
To promote opportunities that result in independence and active decision making for people with disabilities and their families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program 60 - residential: this program supports community integrated in-home living arrangements providing twenty-four hour support for 16 clients designed to increase independent living, social interaction, and utilization of the community.
$1,853,012 spent$1,939,606 earned by the program59% of program spendingProgram 31 - developmental training: this program provides training and habilitation to develop pre-vocational and independent living skills. The program also places emphasis on training in communication skills, leisure and social skills, as well as general skills for involvement in the community for individuals with moderate to severe disabilities. Program served 65 clients.
$621,582 spent$650,090 earned by the program20% of program spendingPreventative initiative: a child-parent program for children birth-to-three years of age designed to help children to be successful as they enter school and help parents increase their parenting knowledge and skills. Program served 26 clients.
$224,056 spent$206,149 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther programs: contract service work for clients, respite services, early intervention, & title xx.
$458,626 spent$69,905 earned by the program15% of program spendingPreschool for all: provides high-quality early childhood education services to preschool-aged children through the illinois state board of education preschool for all initiative. The program is designed to promote school readiness by supporting cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development in a structured, inclusive learning environment. Services include developmentally appropriate instruction, family engagement, and coordination with community resources to support children and families. Program served 5 children.
$0 spent$114,507 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,157,276.
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 2023 to 2024, from $8.5M to $9.6M (+14%).
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: 2017 14% · 2018 15% · 2019 13% · 2020 15% · 2021 32% · 2022 22% · 2023 13% · 2024 12% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of ABILITIES PLUS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Kim Walker
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $65k → $25k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 ABILITIES PLUS’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
ABILITIES PLUS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% 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 ABILITIES PLUS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 57% · 2019 56% · 2020 66% · 2021 61% · 2022 82% · 2023 78% — growing more concentrated.
“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
67% of ABILITIES PLUS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
100% of ABILITIES PLUS's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ABILITIES PLUS holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,012 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ABILITIES PLUS
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ABILITIES PLUS: 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 ABILITIES PLUS?
- ABILITIES PLUS (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,524,101 to it, the largest being QUAD CITIES GOLF CLASSIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,047,545). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ABILITIES PLUS have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,524,101 in grants to ABILITIES PLUS, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ABILITIES PLUS?
- QUAD CITIES GOLF CLASSIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,047,545 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ABILITIES PLUS 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.
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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 9 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing