Illinois · Nonprofit
AWESOME LEADERS NFP
AWESOME LEADERS NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,146,250 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($7,020,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $932k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $7.1M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Awesome Leaders Nfp does
Mission
Awesome (achieving women's excellence in supply chain operations, management & education)is the supply chain industry's most active and prominent organization focused on advancing women's supply chain leadership. Involving senior executives in a wide range of supply chain roles, awesome provides opportunities for women's development and collaboration by:-enhancing visibility for the accomplishments and expertise of senior supply chain leaders,-collaborating with others in the profession to improve the climate for advancing women,-inspiring and encouraging the development of emerging leaders and young professionals,-disseminating content related to women's leadership development to the network of more than 1000 women in supply chain,-recognizing anually the accomplishments of outstanding women supply chain leaders through the awesome legendary leadership (all) award,-supporting future women supply chain leaders through the granting of awesome excellence in education scholarships present
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Awesome's signature event - a symposium held annually - brings together women in diverse senior leadership roles throughout supply chain. This event for leaders in the awesome community features discussions, up-close conversations, out-in-front presentations, and interactive dialogue for the purpose of advancing women's supply chain leadership. The annual "awesome legendary leadership (all)" award is presented as part of the symposium.
$985,173 spent$772,560 earned by the program91% of program spendingAwesome provides scholarships to several university students majoring in supply chain related fields of study. These scholarships support their tuition.
$100,000 spentof which $100,000 as grants9% of program spendingAwesome hosts a variety of events both virtually and in person designed to discuss innovation, transformation, strategies, and address challenges currently impacting opportunities for women in the supply chain field. The transformative leadership panels, lightning rounds, cross-industry collaborations, and other workshops are dedicated to raising the visibility of women's leadership throughout the supply chain industry. By engaging leaders to serve as expert speakers and panelists to lead these events, it fosters collaborations with others in the profession to improve the climate for advancing women.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,085,173.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $5.3M to $6.8M (+27%).
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.
0% of AWESOME LEADERS NFP’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Michelle Dilley
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $4.0M → $60k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 AWESOME LEADERS NFP’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
AWESOME LEADERS NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
98% 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 AWESOME LEADERS NFP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 83% — 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
98% of AWESOME LEADERS NFP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $126k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.0M 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
AWESOME LEADERS NFP holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AWESOME LEADERS NFP
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Womens Leadership Ctr at Williams Bay · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AWESOME LEADERS NFP: 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 AWESOME LEADERS NFP?
- AWESOME LEADERS NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,146,250 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($7,020,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AWESOME LEADERS NFP have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $7,146,250 in grants to AWESOME LEADERS NFP, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AWESOME LEADERS NFP?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,020,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AWESOME LEADERS NFP 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 2 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