Illinois · Nonprofit
COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC
COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $418,576 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($76,050). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $936k
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $419k
- Net assets
- $5.5M
What Coast Guard Auxiliary Association Inc does
Mission
To provide for the fiscal health of the u.s. Coast guard auxiliary through the promotion of boating safety including educational, outreach and other programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2025, grant recruitment and retention programs were initiated along with a grant to the national association of commodores (nac) for a memorial at cape may.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
National training events: two national training events are typically held each year, offering a comprehensive program of training sessions, workshops, meetings, roundtables, and fellowship opportunities. National training ("ntrain") is held in the march timeframe in st. Louis, mo and the national training summit ("nts") is typically held in august in orlando, fl. Ntrain is the u.s. Coast guard auxiliary's national training event for selected district officers. The event includes leadership training opportunities as well as meetings for the national executive committee ("nexcom"), the national staff operating committee ("opcom"), and the national board of the u.s. Coast guard auxiliary. The nts includes leadership training opportunities as well as meetings for the nexcom, the opcom and (continuation on schedule o) the national board of the u.s. Coast guard auxiliary. The nts also serves as a forum for biennial elections for the auxiliary's national leadership. For 2025, the in-person ntrain was canceled due to funding issues and it was conducted via a virtual event. The nts was held in dallas, tx.
$324,601 spent$51,456 earned by the program51% of program spendingCoast guard auxiliary support: the association provides vital support and resources to volunteers of the u.s. Coast guard auxiliary and operates the auxiliary center ('auxcen'), where auxiliary units and members can purchase uniform items, equipment, education course materials, and other unit pride items. The association also provides resources to support the recreational boating safety activities, projects, and regional training events of the u.s. Coat guard auxiliary. This includes direct grantmaking for initiatives such as member training, public outreach and education. We seek to ensure coast guard auxiliary volunteers are trained, equipped, and ready to serve as "your" community's trusted boating safety expert.
$276,593 spent$144,333 earned by the program44% of program spendingRecreational boating safety (rbs): in 2024 and 2025, with continued support of the auxiliary paddle sports grant from the coast guard, the association distributed 42,000 safety whistles and reflector kits as part of an outreach program designed to promote on-water safety. Additionally, the association sponsored multiple auxiliary "train-the-trainer" events focused on paddle craft, aiming to enhance the auxiliary's capacity to educate the public on boating safety and paddle craft boating laws in 2024 and 2025.
$15,037 spent2% of program spendingThe recruitment and retention ("r&r") grant programs were initiated in 2025 to increase and retain auxiliary members. A committee to develop the grant criteria for submissions has been established. The national association of commodores ("nac") memorial was installed at uscg training center at cape may and recognizes the countless volunteer hours devoted by commodores that have passed.
$15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $631,231.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.7M to $5.6M (+111%).
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 6% · 2018 6% · 2020 6% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Dale E Fajardo
President & CEO/director
Board chair
Mary Kirkwood
Chairman/director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 13 funders, grant income rose $2k → $75k.
8 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION 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
COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
62% 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 COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 57% · 2019 53% · 2020 29% · 2021 35% · 2022 64% · 2023 47% — 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
57% of COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
61% of COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $163k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 13 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $256k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,065 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,065 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $180k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$180k
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.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC?
- COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $418,576 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($76,050). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $418,576 in grants to COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $76,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION 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.
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 28 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