Illinois · Nonprofit
COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL
COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $346,249 to it, the largest being HOWARD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($270,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $346k
- Net assets
- $303k
What Columbia Sailing School does
Mission
Promote the safe, responsible, and enjoyable operation of sailboats and other watercraft for people of all ages, genders, and ethnic backgrounds. We wish to promote sailing and boating as viable and rewarding activities and ensure that those who participate do so in a safe and responsible manner.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The programs cater to small children beginning at age 5, young adults of high school and university age, and adults. Curriculum ranges from an introduction to sailing and seamanship through advanced dinghy and keelboat racing. U.s. Sailing's recognized curricula is used and employees are certified to instruct these elements. It is estimated that in 2024, around 500 kids took part in some form of day camp sessions, while 400 in other programs. About 200 adults took part in various classes as well. While striving to achieve sailing excellence, sportsmanship is emphasized.
$1,006,136 spent$934,331 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,006,136.
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 2022 to 2023, from $425k to $536k (+26%).
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: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $56k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL’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
COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 57% · 2021 70% · 2022 72% · 2023 90% — 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
COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL has grown faster than half of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Columbia Yacht Club · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL: 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 COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL?
- COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $346,249 to it, the largest being HOWARD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($270,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $346,249 in grants to COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL?
- HOWARD FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $270,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBIA SAILING SCHOOL 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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