Illinois · Nonprofit
Chicago District Evangelistic Asso
Chicago District Evangelistic Asso (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $879,300 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($852,850). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $417k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $879k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Chicago District Evangelistic Asso does
Mission
To fulfill the Great Commission Matthew 28:18-20 within the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana area by promoting and establishing new churches consistent with the principles held by the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ of the Restoration Movement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Ignites vital mission involved facilitating diverse church planting initiatives throughout the region by offering crucial financial backing and essential resources. The organization wholeheartedly supported projects targeting various ethnic communities in Chicagoland and neighboring areas. These churches play a pivotal role in spreading the message of Jesus to suburban urban and rural populations. Collaborating closely with numerous churches Ignite played a key role in establishing daughter churches and extending outreach to previously unreached demographics.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $853k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 Chicago District Evangelistic Asso’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
Chicago District Evangelistic Asso leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 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
Chicago District Evangelistic Asso draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k 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.
Organizations like Chicago District Evangelistic Asso
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
49% 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 Chicago District Evangelistic Asso: 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 Chicago District Evangelistic Asso?
- Chicago District Evangelistic Asso (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $879,300 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($852,850). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Chicago District Evangelistic Asso have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $879,300 in grants to Chicago District Evangelistic Asso, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Chicago District Evangelistic Asso?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $852,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Chicago District Evangelistic Asso 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 2024–2024), 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