Illinois · Nonprofit
DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION
DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,000 to it, the largest being ENCOVA FOUNDATION OF WEST VIRGINIA ($4,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $55k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $46k
What Don'T Be Next Foundation does
Mission
Our organization's mission is to contribute to the community in ways that will unify people of different backgrounds, provide support for mental health and addiction, and give to children with special needs. The dont be next foundation will never be a perfect organization. But like its founding fathers, it will try to adhere to the motto progress, not perfection. We hope when we leave this life that we have done just a little something to have made it a better place, not only for ourselves or our families, but for the individuals and families we call our community. We are honored and privileged to take on this endeavor in memoriam of fallen friends, friends that will never be forgotten. The dont be next foundation will assure us of that, now and well into the future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Scholarships program: awarded post-secondary education scholarships to local students who met the organization's criteria; provided 2 scholarships totalling 15,000
$50,140 spentof which $44,500 as grants100% of program spendingTurkeys giving turkeys: provided holiday food assistance by purchasing and donating turkeys to local verterans.
Provided financial support to local charitable organizations whose missions align with the organization's purposes; distributed approximately 29,500 to 10 local charities.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $50,140.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $44k to $46k (+4%).
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.
100% of DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION’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
DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
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
DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION
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.
Public support
35%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION?
- DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,000 to it, the largest being ENCOVA FOUNDATION OF WEST VIRGINIA ($4,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $8,000 in grants to DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION?
- ENCOVA FOUNDATION OF WEST VIRGINIA is the largest funder on record, with $4,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DON'T BE NEXT FOUNDATION 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 2 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