Illinois · Nonprofit
AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING
AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $402,806 to it, the largest being AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) ($344,411). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $403k
- Net assets
- $7.9M
What Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area on Aging does
Mission
We strive to make aging easier through the development of a network of services for older persons designed to optimize the quality of their lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Home delivered meals-provision of one meal per day for those who are homebound and age 60 and over, through organizations in 8 counties. These vendors provided a total of 1,261,918 meals.
$14,044,177 spentof which $14,044,177 as grants42% of program spendingCongregate meals: 146,680 individuals were served throughout the year
$2,497,255 spentof which $2,497,255 as grants8% of program spendingVeterans directed care
$5,538,091 spentof which $5,538,091 as grants17% of program spendingInformation and assistance, other programs
$11,120,893 spentof which $11,120,893 as grants33% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,200,416.
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 2019 to 2020, from $5.4M to $9.8M (+80%).
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 99% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Marla Fronczak
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Lou Ann Johnson
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $9k → $27k.
1 of 4 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7.0M from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area on Aging). These are real filings, and they are not money AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING raised.
From the IRS filings of AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING’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
AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 64% · 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 68% · 2022 63% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
86% of AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 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
AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 191 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 191 food & nutrition nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $175k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$175k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING: 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 AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING?
- AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $402,806 to it, the largest being AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) ($344,411). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $402,806 in grants to AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING?
- AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) is the largest funder on record, with $344,411 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING 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 4 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