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CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE

CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,000 to it, the largest being MASTER EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION ($4,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$167k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$7k
Net assets
$96k
0/3 repeat funders
01What it does

What Chicago Police Marine Corps League does

Mission

To aid and assist, whenever and whereever possible, the fathers, mothers and other dependents of deceased marines, and in particular those who served within the chicago police department and other first responder, veteran and youth and education programs in the community.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. To aid and assist, whenever and whereever possible, the fathers, mothers and other dependents of deceased marines, and in particular those who have served within the chicago police department. Additionally grants go to benefit: first responder and veteran; organizations, wellness visits, other services and recreational programs plus youth and education services

    $174,652 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $174,652.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($96k) Expenses 100 ($91k) Net assets 100 ($12k)2023 Revenue 98 ($94k) Expenses 96 ($88k) Net assets 153 ($18k)2024 Revenue 241 ($231k) Expenses 127 ($115k) Net assets 1157 ($133k)2025 Revenue 205 ($197k) Expenses 238 ($216k) Net assets 986 ($114k)2026 Revenue 174 ($167k) Expenses 205 ($186k) Net assets 830 ($96k)
20222023202420252026
Revenue (174)Expenses (205)Net assets (830)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 2023 to 2024, from $19k to $133k (+619%).

$12k
$19k
$133k
$114k
$96k
20222023202420252026
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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

95% of CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,582 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
’22
$6k
’23
$116k
’24
−$20k
’25
−$19k
’26
1.0
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.

20252026
Listed44
Joined·+0
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE’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 POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% 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

57%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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 CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

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

CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE has grown faster than half of the 99 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−12% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 99 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE

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

05Profile & governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE: 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 POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE?
CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,000 to it, the largest being MASTER EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION ($4,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,000 in grants to CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE.
Who is the largest funder of CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE?
MASTER EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHICAGO POLICE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE 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 FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), and the filings of 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing