Illinois · Nonprofit
BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES
BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES (Illinois) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,605,070 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY QUAD CITIES ($774,388). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.3M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $8.6M
What Bethany for Children & Families does
Mission
The mission for bethany for children and families is to keep children safe, to strengthen families, and to build healthy communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early intervention services - programs and services to reduce the risk of abuse or neglect while safely maintaining children in their family home; to prevent further involvement in the juvenile justice system; to improve a child's emotional and social competency allowing them to succeed at school, home, and in the community; to provide skill-building interventions for children and adults with mental health issues; after-school and summer programs for children with behavioral issues; intensive and comprehensive services to at-risk families; and to support individuals, couples, and families with therapy options.
$4,133,068 spentof which $330,403 as grants$16,150 earned by the program54% of program spendingPlacement services - programs to assist families with the adoption process, to care for abused/neglected children in a safe related or nonrelated foster environment, to assist youth transitioning to independent living, to provide services and care to homeless families and to support homeless youth in obtaining a stable housing environment to enhance their future success.
$2,815,254 spentof which $159,188 as grants$2,775 earned by the program37% of program spendingCommunity services - programs and services to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy; to support pregnant and parenting families; to assist teens with self-esteem and responsible decision making; administration services for mortgage assistance program for homeowners experiencing a reduction in income due to unemployment or underemployment; preventative and restorative dental program to underserved children who do not have oral health care.
$665,791 spentof which $33,224 as grants9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,614,113.
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 2022 to 2023, from $5.5M to $9.6M (+75%).
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: 2017 84% · 2018 85% · 2019 86% · 2020 89% · 2021 90% · 2022 91% · 2023 91% · 2024 65% · 2025 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $221k → $351k.
11 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES’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
BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 59% · 2019 55% · 2020 34% · 2021 46% · 2022 26% · 2023 48% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
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
BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $879k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES runs a healthier operating margin than half 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
Government funding BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.2M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.2M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Bridgeview Community Mental Health · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: 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 BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES?
- BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES (Illinois) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,605,070 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY QUAD CITIES ($774,388). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,605,070 in grants to BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES?
- UNITED WAY QUAD CITIES is the largest funder on record, with $774,388 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES 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 30 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