Illinois · Nonprofit
Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP
Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,872 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($55,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $255k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $82k
- Net assets
- $263k
What Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP does
Mission
An organization dedicated to brightening the lives of children whose families are expeiencing financial hardship within the boundaries of school district 303.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Distributed personalized Christmas gifts and $23,845 of gift cards to 597 children in need and 250 families in school district 303.
$50,809 spent33% of program spendingDistributed coats, gloves and hats to 182 children in need. Provided clothing, toiletries, cleaning supplies and gift cards to 50 families throughout the year.
$50,809 spent33% of program spendingDistributed backpacks and school supplies to 184 children in need at 16 schools in District 303.
$50,809 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $152,427.
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 2024 to 2025, from $160k to $263k (+64%).
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: 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $566 → $1k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 9 funders by total. 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
Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 95% · 2021 100% · 2022 79% · 2023 39% — 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
80% of Big Hearts of Fox Valley 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 $16k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $66k 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
Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Big Hearts of Fox Valley 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
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 Big Hearts of Fox Valley 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 Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP?
- Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,872 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($55,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $81,872 in grants to Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Big Hearts of Fox Valley NFP?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $55,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Big Hearts of Fox Valley 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 9 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing