Illinois · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL
CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL (Illinois) receives grants from 188 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,619,639 to it, the largest being START EARLY ($11,934,091). 121 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $86M
- Funders on record
- 188
- Grants received
- $43M
- Net assets
- $36M
What Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill does
Mission
Founded in 1883, brightpoint (formerly known as children's home & aid) is a leading statewide organization supporting families so children can thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early childhood care and education: a strong developmental foundation from 0-5 creates thriving children. Research shows that access to high-quality early learning builds strong foundations in academic, emotional, and social skills, leading to lifelong positive outcomes. Brightpoint provides high-quality early learning for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old at no cost to eligible families, offering both center-based head start/early head start and homebased options, plus parent education, doula support, and comprehensive health, nutrition, and mental health services.brightpoint serves more than 2,000 children in our centers and over 700 families through home visiting across six sites statewide. Families also benefit from continuity of care, developmental screenings, case management, nutritious meals, and strong wraparound supports that connect them to essential community resources. Quality early learning for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old at no cost to eligible families, offering both center based head start/early head start and home based options, plus parent education, doula support, and comprehensive health, nutrition, and mental health services.brightpoint serves more…
$26,279,909 spentof which $53,288 as grants$857,256 earned by the program37% of program spendingChild welfare: all families face challenges that make caring for their children difficult at times. We help parents and caregivers recognize their strengths, normalize their challenges, and learn new skills that promote the safety and well-being of everyone. Our child welfare services provide guidance and tangible support, which is family-centric to ensure we offer solutions to meet individual needs. When families are unable to care for their children, brightpoint works to find suitable homes for their children with caregivers who can provide the appropriate care. Families receive support services to address the conditions which lead to involvement with the child welfare system. Our staff partner with biological family and caregivers to support reunification or move forward with adoption or guardianship if reunification is not possible.
$19,589,169 spentof which $5,552,224 as grants$193,200 earned by the program27% of program spendingMental health and wellness: our mental health and wellness programs strengthen families through therapy and counseling. We provide comprehensive behavioral health services to parents, children and youth, ages 4 21 years old, across illinois, including individual, family, and group therapy as well as connections to community resources such as medical providers, housing resources and food assistance. Our team of licensed and experienced counselors create a supportive environment for individuals and families to explore and navigate their unique life circumstances.
$12,851,425 spentof which $279,130 as grants$1,865,780 earned by the program18% of program spendingOther program services include child and family counseling, parental support, youth services, and program services management which all serve to give children help, hope and opportunity.
$12,565,461 spentof which $279,321 as grants$424,413 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $71,285,964.
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. 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 $44M to $55M (+25%).
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: 2017 83% · 2018 84% · 2019 84% · 2020 86% · 2021 85% · 2022 85% · 2023 86% · 2024 82% · 2025 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Michael Shaver
President & CEO
Board chair
Mark Tresnowski
Director, chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 58 funders to 66 funders, grant income rose $5.0M → $5.3M.
24 of 188 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $13M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Children's Home and Aid Society Foundati). These are real filings, and they are not money CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL raised.
From the IRS filings of CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 188 funders by total. 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
CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
71% 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 CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 36% · 2019 34% · 2020 27% · 2021 27% · 2022 28% · 2023 37% — growing more concentrated.
“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
45% of CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
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
64% of CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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.
Against its field
CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL's funding base is broadening — from 58 funders to 66 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $99.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$98.1M
- Department of Justice$1.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Children's Home & Aid Society Foundation · exempt
- El Hogar del Nino · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL?
- CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL (Illinois) receives grants from 188 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,619,639 to it, the largest being START EARLY ($11,934,091). 121 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL have?
- IRS filings report 188 organizations giving $42,619,639 in grants to CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL, 121 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL?
- START EARLY is the largest funder on record, with $11,934,091 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 188 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