Illinois · Nonprofit
CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS
CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $278,892 to it, the largest being CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH MINISTRIES INC ($215,981). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $237k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $279k
- Net assets
- $392k
What Christ in the Wilderness does
Mission
Christ in the Wilderness (citw) is a hermitage retreat center located west of chicago near stockton, illinois among the beautiful, rolling hills of the mississippi valley. We welcome individuals regardless of their backgrounds to spend time alone in a secluded natural environment, nourishing their minds, bodies and spirits.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Christ in the Wilderness provides retreat services to individuals regardless of their backgrounds to spend time alone in a secluded natural environment, nourishing their minds, bodies and spirits.
$119,916 spent$107,042 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $119,916.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $317k to $392k (+24%).
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 CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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
Logan John
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $25k → $7k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS’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
CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 73% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 63% · 2022 99% · 2023 96% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $48k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph Ministries Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS: 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 CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS?
- CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $278,892 to it, the largest being CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH MINISTRIES INC ($215,981). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $278,892 in grants to CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS?
- CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH MINISTRIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $215,981 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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