Illinois · Nonprofit
COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $419,325 to it, the largest being IDEOORG ($112,750). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $419k
- Net assets
- $612k
What Collaboration for Early Childhood does
Mission
To cultivate the development of the whole child, birth to age five, by engaging families, local organizations, early childhood educators, caregivers, and health providers to create equitable, nurturing, and interconnected systems of support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Parent support, including home visiting, parent coaching, workshops, facilitated play groups and publication of an early childhood directory.
$728,785 spent$1,608,719 earned by the program52% of program spendingThe organization provided support to care providers and educators through training, professional development advising, and an annual symposium.
$267,923 spent$11,710 earned by the program19% of program spendingThe organization supported a local physicians network on health issues, provided vision and hearing screening for preschool age children and a developmental screening program for children ages birth to five.
$209,324 spent$5,978 earned by the program15% of program spendingCommunity engagement builds the capacity of local partners to benefit children through partnerships, engagement, and volunteer opportunities. It includes intake coordination, the creation of resources, and awareness building.
$208,033 spent15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,414,065.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $838k to $1.2M (+45%).
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: 2022 19% · 2023 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Mary Reynolds
Executive director
Board chair
Robert Tucker
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $14k → $29k.
6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD’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
COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 86% · 2019 42% · 2020 42% · 2021 47% · 2022 70% · 2023 35% — 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
36% of COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
52% of COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD'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 $201k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $219k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD: 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 COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD?
- COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $419,325 to it, the largest being IDEOORG ($112,750). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $419,325 in grants to COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD?
- IDEOORG is the largest funder on record, with $112,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 17 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