Illinois · Nonprofit
BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION
BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $401,911 to it, the largest being ROBERT R MCCORMICK FOUNDATION ($250,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $53k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $402k
- Net assets
- $-1844
What Barat Education Foundation does
Mission
Barat educational foundation was established to continue the values and ground-breaking educational achievements of barat college.the barat educational foundation worked with a team of educators andtechnology specialists to develop our american voice a 21st century media-rich model to teach civic learning and engagement to elementary and middleschool students. This teacher-friendly, in school and after school curriculumis integrated with innovative use of digital technology that combines proven traditional curriculum approaches, cutting-edge technology, media and the artsto educate, engage and empower students to be participative citizens in theircommunities and their country. The program has been implemented in 26 communitiesacross illinois with more than 1,000 students participating in 2023/24.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Foundation developed and administers a program titled Our American Voice@ which is a project based learning initiative that links the basics of American history, government and civics with digital age technology and community involvement to educate, engage and empower middle-grade students to be participative citizens in their communities and make reasoned commitments to the core democratic values of the United States .Since 2009 when the program was established, OAV has been delivered by over 200 educators and after-school partners to more than 7,500 students. It is being implemented in 22 schools across IL for the 2023-2024 year. The students are diverse and 90% of them come from socially and economically disadvantaged communities.
$18,657 spent64% of program spendingThe Foundation has been a partner in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources since 2007 and supports education programs, scholarships andcharitable contributions reflecting the traditions of Barat College that wasmerged into DePaul University in 2001.
$10,695 spent36% of program spendingBarat educational foundation has been a key partner of the library of congressteaching with primary sources consortium since 2004.barat has trained more than 7,500 teachers in the useof the library's resources and impacted over 500,000 students.in addition, Barat Education Foundation's primary source nexus website is accessed by educators nationally and in 28 countries.in 2016,the foundation was awarded a grant by the library of congress to develop a multidisciplinary curriculum called citizen u (registered trademark) focused on empowering teachers across all disciplines to become agents of civicengagement. The foundation of the curriculum of citizen u is the library of congress resources which serve as a connection between civic learning and content learning using primary sources. Citizen u curriculum is currently comprised of 200 lessons for grades 4-12 across the curriculum. The initial 31 lessons in2018 were pilot tested with more than 200 teachers from 78 schools in 15 stateswith a total of 4,680 students. The citizen u lessons have been posted on-line. In 2019, they are being rolled out nationally. It is projected that 1,000 teachers across the united states will use these…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,352.
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 2021 to 2022, from $753k to $334k (−56%).
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: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
190% of BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Sheila Smith
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $25k → $20k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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
BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 81% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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
81% of BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION'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 $77k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $325k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION's revenue fell 87% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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
42% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $401,911 to it, the largest being ROBERT R MCCORMICK FOUNDATION ($250,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $401,911 in grants to BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- ROBERT R MCCORMICK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BARAT EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 6 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