Illinois · Nonprofit
AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY
AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,059 to it, the largest being CITIES IN SCHOOLS AURORA 2000 INC ($48,700). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $87k
- Net assets
- $812k
What Aurora Area African American Men of Unity does
Mission
To be positive role models, mentors and father figures to at risk youth ages 7-18 to educate, motivate and equip them with tools to overcome adversity, space for healthy development and readiness for achievement of school and life success. To reduce conflict among different demographics to promote law abiding citizens and a thriving community, city and state. To provide supportive services to individuals and families to improve their quality of life and access to opportunity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child welfare service (cws) referral services: this referral program is designed to offer supportive services to families, based on an assessment of the family needs and linkage to available local community resources for the purpose of preventing or assisting in the solution of problems to mitigate the chance of neglect or abuse to a child and ensuring the safety and well being of involved children while services are being delivered.
$270,659 spent35% of program spendingTeen reach program provides youth ages 9-17 with a safe environment and caring adult professional role models to guide them towards obtaining scholarships for college, steam education, tutoring/homework help, and tools for life success.
$179,441 spent23% of program spendingStreet outreach and mentoring intervention (somi) requires a coordinated effort between street outreach, case manager and victim services working cohesively with individuals and families impacted by gun violence to reduce harm, connections with gang affiliation, substance abuse, verbal threatws, physical abuse, bullying or trolling on social media platforms. Victims and offenders are offered restorative justice practices, peace circles and mediation to prevent the risk of future acts of violence, criminal behavior and recidivism for youth ages 11-24.
$265,679 spent34% of program spendingOther programs and partnerships
$63,900 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $779,679.
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 2024 to 2025, from $327k to $1.0M (+215%).
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: 2022 0% · 2023 66% · 2024 0% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% 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 held at 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $32.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY’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
AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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 AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 65% · 2020 72% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
100% of AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY
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
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 AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY: 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 AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY?
- AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,059 to it, the largest being CITIES IN SCHOOLS AURORA 2000 INC ($48,700). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $87,059 in grants to AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY?
- CITIES IN SCHOOLS AURORA 2000 INC is the largest funder on record, with $48,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AURORA AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN OF UNITY 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 5 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