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CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC

CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $414,079 to it, the largest being HIS FIRST FOUNDATION % JOHN S WIELAND ($288,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.5M
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$414k
Net assets
$1.0M
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Child Evangelism Fellowship of Illinois Inc does

Mission

Christian education of children - summer camp; summer classes; vacation bible schools; bible clubs in public schools, homes, churches and community facilities; and training for young people are all utilized to teach the gospel of jesus christ.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Camp good news - summer camp program for children, teaching them about the good news of jesus christ - 6 weeks of overnight camps and 2 weeks of day camps serving 225 children

    $331,313 spent$108,386 earned by the program
    43% of program spending
  2. Discipleship program - 5-day clubs (summer classes for children) and good news clubs (home and community based bible classes for children during the school year) are held throughout the year. These activities are conducted to disciple children in the teachings of jesus christ.

    $176,289 spentof which $4,906 as grants
    23% of program spending
  3. Evangelism program - outreach efforts to reach children with the good news of jesus christ are made throughout the year at various fairs, rallies, etc. Across the state of illinois.

    $171,383 spent
    22% of program spending
  4. Training program - includes the christian youth in action program (2-week training program), good news club and 5-day club training. Young adults are trained to teach/evangelize children about jesus christ.

    $85,691 spent$4,315 earned by the program
    11% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $764,676.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($897k) Expenses 100 ($859k) Net assets 100 ($496k)2018 Revenue 113 ($1.0M) Expenses 114 ($977k) Net assets 107 ($532k)2019 Revenue 134 ($1.2M) Expenses 125 ($1.1M) Net assets 132 ($657k)2020 Revenue 113 ($1.0M) Expenses 111 ($954k) Net assets 144 ($717k)2021 Revenue 116 ($1.0M) Expenses 123 ($1.1M) Net assets 141 ($699k)2022 Revenue 133 ($1.2M) Expenses 138 ($1.2M) Net assets 141 ($702k)2023 Revenue 129 ($1.2M) Expenses 135 ($1.2M) Net assets 140 ($697k)2024 Revenue 137 ($1.2M) Expenses 139 ($1.2M) Net assets 147 ($731k)2025 Revenue 173 ($1.5M) Expenses 146 ($1.3M) Net assets 207 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (173)Expenses (146)Net assets (207)

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 $768k to $1.1M (+38%).

$504k
$537k
$666k
$739k
$725k
$736k
$737k
$768k
$1.1M
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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.

2017
2018
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2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 12% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$38k
’17
$36k
’18
$125k
’19
$60k
’20
−$18k
’21
$3k
’22
−$6k
’23
$34k
’24
$296k
’25
7.9
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.

Board chair

Julie Wieland

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed141213131013121013
Joined·+0+2+0+0+3+0+0+3
No longer listed·21030120
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $72k → $3k.

4 of 11 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 CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS 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

CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

70%
largest funder
93%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 95% · 2019 53% · 2020 71% · 2021 67% · 2022 67% · 2023 60% — 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.

How long its funders stay

43% of CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

79% of CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL
MO
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

61% of spending goes to programs.

Program 61%Management 29%Fundraising 10%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc-Usa · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC?
CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $414,079 to it, the largest being HIS FIRST FOUNDATION % JOHN S WIELAND ($288,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $414,079 in grants to CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC?
HIS FIRST FOUNDATION % JOHN S WIELAND is the largest funder on record, with $288,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC find more funders?
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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 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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