Illinois · Nonprofit
DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD
DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,855 to it, the largest being Chicago Association of REALTORS ($54,055). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $0
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $76k
- Net assets
- $-10254
What Dearborn Real Estate Board Aka Dearborn Realtist Board does
Mission
The dearborn realtist board, inc is necessary to address the real estate professional and community's need for expanding the understanding and realization of housing and economic opportunities within the field of real property for all people
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
As advocates in the community our members receive exclusive access to training, professional development and a nationwide referral nework to help build & grow their impact on the 2mn5 initiativ. The chicago realtists, dearborn realtist board are the oldest african american real estate trade association in the nation. We were established in 1941 in an area where african americans resided was a community in chicago called dearborn which stemmed from 22nd street on the north, south to 63rd street, east to the lake and west to wentworth street in chicago. This area is where our founding presidents established their office and the name of dearborn realtist board was formed. The dreb's mantra is "democracy in housing." we are at the forefront of economic development in housing in the african american community.
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $211k to $112k (−47%).
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: 2018 71% · 2019 86% · 2020 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 7 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
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD’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
DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 42% · 2019 100% · 2020 52% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
71% of DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,376 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD
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.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD: 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 DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD?
- DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,855 to it, the largest being Chicago Association of REALTORS ($54,055). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $75,855 in grants to DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD?
- Chicago Association of REALTORS is the largest funder on record, with $54,055 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEARBORN REAL ESTATE BOARD AKA DEARBORN REALTIST BOARD 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 3 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