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BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION

BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,400 to it, the largest being Helen V Brach Foundation ($16,400). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$203k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$18k
Net assets
$574k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Boma Chicago Foundation does

Mission

The mission of the foundation is to advance the development of emerging talent in commercial real estate, inclusive of underrepresented groups, through education, exposure and outreach.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. To promote education and training in the area of real estate.

    $69,896 spentof which $27,507 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $69,896.

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 ($70k) Expenses 100 ($72k) Net assets 100 ($252k)2018 Revenue 119 ($84k) Expenses 109 ($78k) Net assets 102 ($257k)2019 Revenue 144 ($101k) Expenses 123 ($88k) Net assets 108 ($271k)2020 Revenue 114 ($80k) Expenses 95 ($68k) Net assets 113 ($284k)2021 Revenue 136 ($96k) Expenses 91 ($65k) Net assets 125 ($314k)2022 Revenue 234 ($164k) Expenses 86 ($62k) Net assets 166 ($417k)2023 Revenue 258 ($182k) Expenses 146 ($104k) Net assets 196 ($494k)2024 Revenue 288 ($203k) Expenses 172 ($123k) Net assets 228 ($574k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (288)Expenses (172)Net assets (228)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 $321k to $419k (+30%).

$289k
$258k
$271k
$284k
$321k
$419k
$499k
$586k
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$1k
’17
$6k
’18
$14k
’19
$13k
’20
$31k
’21
$103k
’22
$77k
’23
$80k
’24
41
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.

202220232024
Listed151514
Joined·+3+0
No longer listed·31
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $7k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
2
1

From the IRS filings of BOMA CHICAGO 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

BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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

89%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 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 BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

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

’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin39% · top quartile
Months of reserve41.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

57% of spending goes to programs.

Program 57%Management 36%Fundraising 8%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

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

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Boma Chicago Political Action Committee · exempt
  • Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago · exempt
  • Boma Energy Center LLC · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION?
BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,400 to it, the largest being Helen V Brach Foundation ($16,400). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $18,400 in grants to BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BOMA CHICAGO FOUNDATION?
Helen V Brach Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $16,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOMA CHICAGO 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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