Illinois · Nonprofit
CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION
CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150 to it, the largest being THE AZEK CARES FOUNDATION ($150). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $150
- Net assets
- $17M
What Chicago Friends of the Elderly Foundation does
Mission
The foundation supports the activities of little brothers - friends of the elderly (chicago).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The foundation supports the activities of little brothers - friends of the elderly (chicago).
$29,417 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $29,417.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $17M to $13M (−22%).
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.
51% of CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Sean Martin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $813k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly). These are real filings, and they are not money CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY 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.
Where its funders are
100% of CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
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
CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION's revenue fell 68% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY 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 CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION?
- CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150 to it, the largest being THE AZEK CARES FOUNDATION ($150). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $150 in grants to CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION?
- THE AZEK CARES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHICAGO FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 1 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