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COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION

COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $161,348 to it, the largest being KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SUPREME COUNCIL #2874 ($161,348). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$686k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$161k
Net assets
$945k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($454k) Expenses 100 ($380k) Net assets 100 ($608k)2022 Revenue 127 ($575k) Expenses 121 ($460k) Net assets 119 ($721k)2023 Revenue 129 ($584k) Expenses 139 ($527k) Net assets 128 ($776k)2024 Revenue 149 ($679k) Expenses 158 ($601k) Net assets 140 ($850k)2025 Revenue 151 ($686k) Expenses 155 ($589k) Net assets 155 ($945k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (151)Expenses (155)Net assets (155)

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 2% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$74k
’21
$114k
’22
$57k
’23
$78k
’24
$98k
’25
3.2
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $58k → $16k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

Where its funders are

100% of COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Organizations like COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION

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

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

5
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION?
COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $161,348 to it, the largest being KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SUPREME COUNCIL #2874 ($161,348). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $161,348 in grants to COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION?
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SUPREME COUNCIL #2874 is the largest funder on record, with $161,348 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COLUMBUS BUILDING ASSOCIATION 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 2021–2025), 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing