Illinois · Nonprofit
CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC
CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 136 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,299,531 to it, the largest being ENCOURAGE INC ($2,530,000). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 136
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $7.7M
What Connections for the Homeless Inc does
Mission
Connections for the homeless serves and catalyzes our community to end homelessness, one person at a time. We prevent evictions, offer daytime and overnight shelter services, and provide housing to more than 5,000 people annually.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Eviction prevention services are deployed when individuals and families face an immediate threat of homelessness or have recently become homeless. Typical financial aid such as payments for rent and utilities in arrears, security deposit, and move-in fees are provided, along with short-term case management to assist clients in budgeting and other planning to ensure they are able to maintain their housing.
$1,922,317 spentof which $1,575,162 as grants19% of program spendingCommunity and shelter services - street and community outreach, drop-in services, physical and behavioral health services, and shelter for people experiencing homelessness are provided through community and shelter services. Along with case management, individuals are assessed for various housing programs and are provided with basic needs such as food, hygiene products, showers, clothing, and laundry facilities. 70-beds of shelter are available for individuals and families in a safe and healing environment. Health staff work with participants to address physical and behavioral health issues and improve long-term health.
$3,225,605 spentof which $184,028 as grants33% of program spendingHousing services - the agency runs several housing programs for youth, individuals, and families. Support includes short-and long-term housing subsidies coupled with comprehensive case management services to help people stabilize and maintain housing. Most housing is scattered site throughout north suburban cook county and leased from private landlords.
$4,710,670 spentof which $2,206,356 as grants$96,655 earned by the program48% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,858,592.
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 $4.7M to $11M (+140%).
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 54% · 2018 56% · 2020 46% · 2021 72% · 2022 71% · 2023 41% · 2024 51% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 23 funders to 65 funders, grant income rose $400k → $2.8M.
23 of 136 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 136 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
CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
57% 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 CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 16% · 2019 17% · 2020 22% · 2021 9% · 2022 10% · 2023 20% — 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
62% of CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
93% of CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 488 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 488 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13.5M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$12.8M
- Department of Health and Human Services$789k
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.
Organizations like CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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
- Connections Margarita Inn LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC: 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 CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC?
- CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 136 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,299,531 to it, the largest being ENCOURAGE INC ($2,530,000). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC have?
- IRS filings report 136 organizations giving $19,299,531 in grants to CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC, 91 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC?
- ENCOURAGE INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,530,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS 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.
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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 136 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