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ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter
ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,511 to it, the largest being THE BRINSON FOUNDATION ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $106k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $95k
- Net assets
- $240k
What ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter does
Mission
Provide financial awards to certain local colleges and universities for distribution to academically outstanding students completing degrees in science engineering or medical research
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Provided financial awards to certain local colleges and universities for distribution to academically oustanding students studying to complete degrees in science engineering or medical research
$86,188 spentof which $60,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,188.
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 2018 to 2019, from $217k to $199k (−8%).
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.
97% of ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $500 → $28k.
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: $22k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter raised.
From the IRS filings of ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter’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
ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 69% · 2022 68% · 2023 82% — 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.
Where its funders are
99% of ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $211 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
ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter
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.
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 ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter: 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 ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter?
- ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,511 to it, the largest being THE BRINSON FOUNDATION ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $94,511 in grants to ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter?
- THE BRINSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARCS Foundation Inc Illinois Chapter 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