Illinois · Nonprofit
COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC
COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,339 to it, the largest being AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING ($268,339). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $428k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly Inc does
Mission
The coalition of limited english speaking elderly, is a not-for-profit organization established to improve the lives of language minority elderly and their families by supporting and encouraging the agencies that serve them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The coalition of limited english speaking elderly, inc. Is a not-for-profit organization extablished to improve the lives of language minority elderly and their families by supporting and encouraging the agencies that serve them.
$917,886 spent97% of program spendingThe coalition of limited english speaking elderly, inc. Is a not-for-profit organization extablished to improve the lives of language minority elderly and their families by supporting and encouraging the agencies that serve them.
$28,998 spent3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $946,884.
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 2019 to 2020, from $876k to $1.1M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 19% · 2018 26% · 2019 28% · 2020 41% · 2021 64% · 2022 80% · 2023 79% · 2024 92% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (72% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $22k → $216k.
From the IRS filings of COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY 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
COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
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 COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 98% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% — 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 COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 369 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 369 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY 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 COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC?
- COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,339 to it, the largest being AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING ($268,339). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $428,339 in grants to COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY INC?
- AGEGUIDE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AREA ON AGING is the largest funder on record, with $268,339 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COALITION OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERLY 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing