Illinois · Nonprofit
BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC
BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $611,812 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $113k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $612k
- Net assets
- $292
What Bronzeville Trail Task Force Inc does
Mission
To serve as the developer and community stewards of the Bronzeville Trail. Our goal is to develop the abandoned Kenwood "L" Line embankment into a walking, running, and biking trail linear park.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Linear Park Development The Bronzeville Trail Task Force, Inc. (BTTF) is committed to engaging community stakeholders in providing the Bronzeville community a recreational asset that celebrates its history,supports its wellness, and deepens its connectivity to serve a diverse community of all ages and abilities. Engagement and coordination with a wide range of diverse community stakeholders has been an integral part of BTTF activitie. The City of Chicago commissioned a feasibility study and has committed $5 million in its 2025 budget to begin repurposing the abandoned rail line. Lastly, the County of Cook has committed $500,000 in its 2025 budget for the same purpose.
$30,850 spentof which $15,000 as grants81% of program spendingBronzeville Trail History Project The Bronzeville Trail History Project will research,examine,instruct, and publicize the role African Americans played in Chicago's world renowned meat processing industry. The Kenwood "L" Line embankment is a remnant of the Chicago Union Stock Yard Line and has significant ties to the "Great Black Migration."
$740 spent2% of program spendingMarshall 'Major' Taylor Initiative The BTTF will advocate for Major Taylor, the first African American to achieve the level of "Cycling World Champion," to be recognized and honored by our local, state, and national government and appropriate civic organizations,and that he is awarded the Congressional Gold medal.
$6,541 spentof which $2,500 as grants17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $38,131.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $8k to $443k (+5191%).
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.
100% of BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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.
Board chair
Walter A Freeman
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $87k → $20k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE 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
BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 86% · 2023 75% — 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
BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC: 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 BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC?
- BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $611,812 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $611,812 in grants to BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRONZEVILLE TRAIL TASK FORCE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 6 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