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BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC

BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,377 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ($72,312). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$170k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$72k
Net assets
$55k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Blue Tower Solutions Inc does

Mission

Empower individuals, organizations and systems to create cultures of respect, inclusion, dignity and equality for people with disabilities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Support and self-advocacy for people with developmental disabilities and people affected by sexual and domestic violence.

    $197,063 spentof which $209 as grants$170,224 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $197,063.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($101k) Expenses 100 ($85k) Net assets 100 ($29k)2020 Revenue 253 ($257k) Expenses 189 ($161k) Net assets 430 ($125k)2021 Revenue 249 ($252k) Expenses 319 ($271k) Net assets 364 ($105k)2022 Revenue 299 ($304k) Expenses 304 ($259k) Net assets 519 ($150k)2023 Revenue 230 ($233k) Expenses 327 ($278k) Net assets 360 ($104k)2024 Revenue 231 ($234k) Expenses 290 ($247k) Net assets 316 ($91k)2025 Revenue 168 ($170k) Expenses 243 ($207k) Net assets 190 ($55k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (168)Expenses (243)Net assets (190)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 2019 to 2020, from $29k to $125k (+330%).

$29k
$125k
$105k
$150k
$104k
$91k
$55k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

56% of BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$16k
’19
$96k
’20
−$19k
’21
$45k
’22
−$45k
’23
−$12k
’24
−$36k
’25
3.2
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.

Board chair

Jennifer Knapp

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed881011109
Joined·+3+2+2+0+0
No longer listed·30111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $20k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
2
2
1
2
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC’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

BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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

100% 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 BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC.

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

100% of BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

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

’20
’21
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC has grown faster than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−21% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC

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In Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
67%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

IL

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC?
BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,377 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ($72,312). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $72,377 in grants to BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC?
ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is the largest funder on record, with $72,312 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BLUE TOWER SOLUTIONS INC 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 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