Illinois · Nonprofit
Celesterling Foundation
Celesterling Foundation (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $502,064 to it, the largest being ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY ($273,827). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $502k
- Net assets
- $248k
What Celesterling Foundation does
Mission
The Organization aims to end generational homelessness in the Chicagoland area by providing safe ad stable housing, along with comprehensive services that promote wellness, economic self-sufficiency, and a renewed sense of community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide transitional housing and supportive services.
$2,496,355 spent$2,482,936 earned by the program78% of program spendingProvide services to facilitate preparedness and placement into permanent housing units to those who are or at risk of becoming homeless.
$456,385 spent$445,277 earned by the program14% of program spendingProvide training to those organizations that operate or administer programs designed to serve the homeless community.
$162,973 spent$125,624 earned by the program5% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 70,477, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 138,560 Provide services to coordinate access to housing and supportive services to the homeless community
$70,477 spent$138,560 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,186,190.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $71k to $250k (+251%).
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: 2024 98% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Celesterling Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Sherri Allen Reeves
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $800.
From the IRS filings of Celesterling 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
Celesterling Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 Celesterling Foundation.
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
98% of Celesterling Foundation's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
Celesterling Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Celesterling Foundation
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 Celesterling Foundation: 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 Celesterling Foundation?
- Celesterling Foundation (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $502,064 to it, the largest being ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY ($273,827). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Celesterling Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $502,064 in grants to Celesterling Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of Celesterling Foundation?
- ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY is the largest funder on record, with $273,827 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Celesterling 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 5 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