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CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS

CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS (Illinois) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $348,519 to it, the largest being TRAVIS FOUNDATION ($180,388). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$508k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$349k
Net assets
$5.9M
9/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Cpa Endowment Fund of Illinois does

Mission

To ensure a strong, talented, and diverse cpa profession in illinois by encouraging individuals to choose accounting as a career choice and become a cpa, and by supporting students, particularly those in need, in achieving the cpa.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Scholarships: for high-achieving accounting students at illinois universities who demonstrate a commitment to becoming a cpa. Scholarships are primarily awarded to students in their fourth and fifth year of study, as the fifth year can be a significant hurdle for bright and motivated young people striving to join the cpa profession. Certain scholarships are designated for minority and women students to increase diversity in the profession and support future women leaders. Cpa exam award: for many accounting students and new graduates, the cost of the cpa examination can be an obstacle in their journey to become cpas. This financial award reimburses qualified candidates for the nasba fee.

    $239,539 spentof which $239,539 as grants
    68% of program spending
  2. Mary t. Washington wylie internship preparation program: launches black / african american and other racial / ethnic minority college students into the accounting profession with access to training, resources, and mentors. At the end of the program, employers interview partcipants for a variety of internships and full-time jobs.

    $74,235 spent
    21% of program spending
  3. Student ambassadors: fund innovative outreach program through which accounting students on multiple illinois campuses reach out to their peers and high school students to interest them in pursuing the cpa. Ambassadors hold information sessions about the cpa exam and career options for cpas, promote scholarship opportunities, and nurture personal and professional support networks among future cpas.

    $38,374 spent
    11% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $352,148.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($264k) Expenses 100 ($305k) Net assets 100 ($4.1M)2018 Revenue 172 ($454k) Expenses 101 ($307k) Net assets 110 ($4.5M)2019 Revenue 164 ($433k) Expenses 97 ($295k) Net assets 113 ($4.6M)2020 Revenue 209 ($553k) Expenses 110 ($336k) Net assets 107 ($4.4M)2021 Revenue 162 ($428k) Expenses 122 ($373k) Net assets 139 ($5.7M)2022 Revenue 309 ($818k) Expenses 131 ($398k) Net assets 142 ($5.8M)2023 Revenue 164 ($434k) Expenses 162 ($493k) Net assets 127 ($5.2M)2024 Revenue 219 ($580k) Expenses 155 ($473k) Net assets 139 ($5.7M)2025 Revenue 192 ($508k) Expenses 165 ($504k) Net assets 142 ($5.9M)
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Revenue (192)Expenses (165)Net assets (142)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $4.4M to $5.8M (+30%).

$4.1M
$4.5M
$4.7M
$4.4M
$5.8M
$5.8M
$5.3M
$5.8M
$5.9M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

71% of CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$40k
’17
$147k
’18
$138k
’19
$218k
’20
$55k
’21
$419k
’22
−$60k
’23
$107k
’24
$5k
’25
5.2
months of
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

Geoffrey Brown

President/CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

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Listed222321232323242625
Joined·+6+1+6+3+1+6+3+6
No longer listed·53431517
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $2k → $58k.

4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS’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

CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

32% 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 CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS.

52%
largest funder
72%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 87% · 2020 77% · 2021 80% · 2022 33% · 2023 77% — 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

67% of CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 5 states in all.

IL
WI
MO
DE
NC

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

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $87k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS has grown faster than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve5.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 11%Fundraising 11%

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

51%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Illinois Cpa Society · exempt
  • Illinois Cpas for Political Action · exempt
  • Cpas for the Public Interest · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS?
CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS (Illinois) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $348,519 to it, the largest being TRAVIS FOUNDATION ($180,388). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $348,519 in grants to CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS?
TRAVIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $180,388 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS 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 12 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