Illinois · Nonprofit
ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS
ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $404,250 to it, the largest being University of Chicago Medical Center ($100,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $368k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $404k
- Net assets
- $421k
What Advocates for Community Wellness does
Mission
Mission: mission:the mission of Advocates for Community Wellness (a4cw) is to reduce barriers to health equity, decrease health disparities and increase health literacy in underserved populations. By offering wholistic services and supportive resources, a4cw helps families identify risk factors and manage chronic illnesses through the education of healthy lifestyles, fitness and proper nutrition.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cancer awareness & support program: the cancer awareness and support program is dedicated to increasing community awareness of cancer prevention, the importance of routine cancer screenings and providing holistic support to cancer survivors. During 2025, the program reached more than 3,200 households with cancer education and screening promotion initiatives. In addition, the program provided holistic supportive services to more than 225 unique cancer survivors, including food assistance, mental health support, health education, and resource navigation to enhance their overall well-being and quality of life.
$183,465 spent$119,724 earned by the program41% of program spendingWell-woman: the well women wellness promotion program provides health promotion resources designed to reduce barriers to healthcare access for women living in underserved communities on chicagos south side. During the 2025 calendar year, the program conducted 134 outreach encounters, reaching more than 3,000 women with health education, resources, and support services to promote improved health outcomes and increase access to care.
$166,593 spent$207,962 earned by the program37% of program spendingAbsol-delicious for better health - is a community centered cooking class designed to empower participants with the skills, knowledge, and resources to prepare healthy, affordable, and delicious plant-based meals. This interactive program blends culinary instruction with nutrition education and practical strategies for improving food access. Conducted 49 workshops during the calendar year. (adew)
$99,351 spent$40,324 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $449,409.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $303k to $519k (+71%).
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: 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $500 → $40k.
From the IRS filings of ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS’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
ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
65% 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 ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 63% · 2023 38% — 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
25% of ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 60% 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
74% of ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS is better cushioned than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS: 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 ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS?
- ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $404,250 to it, the largest being University of Chicago Medical Center ($100,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $404,250 in grants to ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS?
- University of Chicago Medical Center is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 10 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