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BELLA EASE

BELLA EASE (Illinois) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $978,975 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC ($475,973). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.6M
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$979k
Net assets
$609k
8/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Bella Ease does

Mission

Our mission is to inspire hope and empower people by creating opportunities for positive change.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Youth services consist primarily of teen reach after school program which operates year round for children grades 2 through 12 with a target of minority and low income students.

    $849,673 spent
    37% of program spending
  2. Family services consist primarily of the family focus program to help empower and build healthy, thriving children and families.

    $689,728 spent
    30% of program spending
  3. Community services consists primarily of activities for community youth initiatives and violence prevention planning.

    $654,089 spent
    29% of program spending
  4. The work force program helps anyone looking for employment by helping with the application and interviewing process in addition to other employment assistance. In addition, the fair housing program is assisting with education and awareness of the area housing climate.

    $76,072 spent$12,758 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,269,562.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($300k) Expenses 100 ($231k) Net assets 100 ($72k)2020 Revenue 226 ($678k) Expenses 323 ($746k) Net assets 26 ($19k)2021 Revenue 318 ($953k) Expenses 391 ($902k) Net assets 96 ($69k)2022 Revenue 423 ($1.3M) Expenses 440 ($1.0M) Net assets 448 ($322k)2023 Revenue 728 ($2.2M) Expenses 959 ($2.2M) Net assets 405 ($291k)2024 Revenue 931 ($2.8M) Expenses 1156 ($2.7M) Net assets 578 ($416k)2025 Revenue 871 ($2.6M) Expenses 1048 ($2.4M) Net assets 846 ($609k)
2017202020212022202320242025
Revenue (871)Expenses (1048)Net assets (846)Peer revenue range

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 $236k to $866k (+267%).

$72k
$160k
$236k
$866k
$812k
$1.1M
$1.2M
2017202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 67% · 2020 93% · 2021 81% · 2022 68% · 2023 85% · 2024 83% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of BELLA EASE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,090 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$69k
’17
−$68k
’20
$51k
’21
$253k
’22
−$31k
’23
$125k
’24
$193k
’25
0.1
months of
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

Cheryl Williams

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2017202020212022202320242025
Listed101091391313
Joined··+0+7+3+5+0
No longer listed··13710
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $41k → $145k.

4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 BELLA EASE’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

BELLA EASE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

76% 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 BELLA EASE.

49%
largest funder
84%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 58% · 2020 55% · 2021 55% · 2022 50% · 2023 38% — 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.

How long its funders stay

40% of BELLA EASE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

60% of BELLA EASE's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL
MO
TN
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $98k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BELLA EASE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 497 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · below the median
Months of reserve0.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)31% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 497 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like BELLA EASE

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 6%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds BELLA EASE?
BELLA EASE (Illinois) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $978,975 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC ($475,973). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BELLA EASE have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $978,975 in grants to BELLA EASE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BELLA EASE?
UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $475,973 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BELLA EASE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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