Illinois · Nonprofit
CONCORDIA PLACE
CONCORDIA PLACE (Illinois) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $870,548 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($222,127). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $871k
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Concordia Place does
Mission
Concordia Place's continuum of programs support families throughout their children's development, from the neonatal period through college entry: home visiting for expecting parents and infants, early childhood education and care for children ages six weeks to five years, school-age 365 after-school and summer programming for children ages 5-12, and teen leadership programs for 13 to 18-year-olds. Concordia Place's four centers in chicago's avondale, north center, ravenswood, and old irving park neighborhoods serve over 1,000 children and youth each year. This includes over 690 children in the early childhood education and care program, over 70 families in the home visiting program, over 110 children in the school-age 365 after-school and summer program, and over 170 youth in the teen leadership program.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Children's programsearly childhood education & careexperienced and accredited teachers nurture children's learning, curiosity, and independence with fun and educational activities that support their cognitive, social, and physical development. In fy25, Concordia Place served over 690 children ages six weeks to five years, across four sites. All four sites are accredited by the national association for the education of young children (naeyc), a national standard that identifies quality, research-based early learning programs. Fewer than 10% of childcare programs across the country have naeyc accreditation, demonstrating concordia's commitment to high-quality practices. Concordia Place's qualified teachers, all of whom have degrees in education, understand developmental milestones: if children have any issues or delays, they are detected early, activities are adjusted for their needs, and additional supports are implemented as necessary. As a result, children who might have been at risk of academic or developmental delays arrive at kindergarten prepared for future academic success. Through a play-based curriculum, concordia's teachers help students prepare for future academic and…
$7,414,843 spent$6,316,986 earned by the program95% of program spendingCommunity programsteen leadershipteen leadership's after-school and summer programs equip youth ages 13-18 with the skills needed for success in college, career, and life. Designed as a progressive pathway, tl combines life skills, financial literacy, social-emotional learning, and creative expression with hands-on entrepreneurial experience. Teens ages 13-15 begin by exploring their passions in either culinary leaders or craft & culture lab. In culinary leaders, participants learn about nutrition, gardening, and cooking, exploring healthy food habits while creating traditional dishes from their heritage and other cultures. In craft & culture lab, students study traditional crafts from around the world, create art in those styles, and share their work through community showcases and sales. At ages 16-18, participants advance to ruckus entrepreneurs, where they operate a small business producing natural body care products such as soap and lip balm. Teens research, develop, market, and sell their products while building critical financial literacy and entrepreneurial skills. Across all tl programs, students also receive academic support, ensuring they graduate with both practical…
$363,070 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,777,913.
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 $5.2M to $10M (+98%).
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 14% · 2018 13% · 2019 15% · 2020 17% · 2021 42% · 2022 34% · 2023 28% · 2024 24% · 2025 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of CONCORDIA PLACE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Grace Araya
President/CEO
Board chair
Kimberly Boike
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $55k → $123k.
3 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 CONCORDIA PLACE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 funders by total. 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
CONCORDIA PLACE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
38% 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 CONCORDIA PLACE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 49% · 2019 43% · 2020 39% · 2021 54% · 2022 44% · 2023 63% — growing more concentrated.
“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
23% of CONCORDIA PLACE'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
82% of CONCORDIA PLACE's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $229k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
CONCORDIA PLACE is better cushioned than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CONCORDIA PLACE
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Concordia Lutheran Church · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONCORDIA PLACE?
- CONCORDIA PLACE (Illinois) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $870,548 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($222,127). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONCORDIA PLACE have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $870,548 in grants to CONCORDIA PLACE, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONCORDIA PLACE?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $222,127 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONCORDIA PLACE 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 34 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