Illinois · Nonprofit
Circles of Learning Inc
Circles of Learning Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being THE KJELLSTROM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What Circles of Learning Inc does
Mission
To provide high quality, affordable child care services and a comprehensive support network so that families can achieve and maintain social and economic independence. Our philosophy is supported by creating a safe and nurturing environment that promotes the physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of each child enrolled.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The services offered include infant/toddler care, enhanced pre-school educational services in collaboration with the Rockford Public Schools Early Childhood Program and Before and After School Care including summer and holidays. Additional services include nutrition, ongoing learning assessments, family events, and a sliding fee scale based on family size and income. Enrollment for 2023/2024 was 284 children.
$3,268,692 spent$475,769 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,268,692.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.3M to $8.5M (+16%).
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 70% · 2018 67% · 2019 67% · 2020 77% · 2021 81% · 2022 79% · 2023 86% · 2024 81% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of Circles of Learning Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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
Laura Olson
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
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 Circles of Learning 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Circles of Learning Inc'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
Circles of Learning Inc's revenue grew 60% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Circles of Learning Inc
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Circles of Learning Inc: 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 Circles of Learning Inc?
- Circles of Learning Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being THE KJELLSTROM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Circles of Learning Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to Circles of Learning Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Circles of Learning Inc?
- THE KJELLSTROM FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Circles of Learning Inc 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 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