Illinois · Nonprofit
East Side Aligned
East Side Aligned (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $972,208 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($562,208). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $972k
- Net assets
- $604k
What East Side Aligned does
Mission
East Side Aligned aims to create the conditions for all children and youth within the East St. Louis School District 189 footprint to be healthy and safe in their environments, socially connected and emotionally secure, successful in school, college, and work, and positively engaged in their community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Out-of-School Time - Provided facilitative leadership to the East St. Louis Youth Development Alliance, which serves over 1,000 children and youth. Recent achievements: Generated $1.8 million to expand access to high-quality programs; integrated mental health services across program sites; hosted the 9th annual YDA Summit to equip 100 youth development professionals with knowledge and tools to better support young people; and administered data and evaluation activities to assess impact and inform program improvements.
$461,136 spentof which $161,339 as grants42% of program spendingEarly Childhood - Provided facilitative leadership to the Greater East St. Louis Early Learning Partnership. Recent achievements: Developed a 3-year strategic plan and generated over $200k to implement strategies to increase services for children (0-5) who have been exposed to violence; increased family leadership and involvement in decision-making through sustaining two family councils; established a partnership with local PBS station to expand reach of early childhood resources to parents and providers; and held various events to celebrate young children, early childhood providers, and families and elevate the importance of early childhood development.
$275,760 spentof which $9,000 as grants$13,326 earned by the program25% of program spendingYouth Voice and Leadership - Provide facilitative leadership to Leaving Our Voices Everywhere (LOVE), a youth-led group that organizes events and training opportunities to equip youth with knowledge and skills to increase civic engagement, foster healing and well-being, and position young people for various leadership roles. Recent achievements include: Trained 15 youth in trauma-informed practices and equipped them to provide trainings for their peers; hosted events to educate and dialogue with peers about community issues; and supported the planning and hosting of a community-wide event to connect over 200 people in opportunities to improve their community.
$232,869 spentof which $11,982 as grants$8,000 earned by the program21% of program spendingYOUTH MENTAL HEALTH - Provided facilitative leadership to the Youth Mental Health and Wellness Coalition of St. Clair County, which works to improve the coordination, quality, and impact of services to support the well-being of young people. Recent achievements: Hosted convenings strengthen connections between families and service providers; obtained funding to establish a Family-Run Organization within our community; and developed a public awareness campaign to equip youth with tools and practices to improve well-being.
$121,160 spent$124,235 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,090,925.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $261k to $565k (+117%).
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: 2022 0% · 2023 3% · 2024 37% · 2025 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of East Side Aligned’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Aaron Rogers
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $345k → $321k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 East Side Aligned’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
East Side Aligned leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
63% 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 East Side Aligned.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 80% · 2023 58% — 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.
Where its funders are
East Side Aligned draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k 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
East Side Aligned has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like East Side Aligned
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for East Side Aligned: 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 East Side Aligned?
- East Side Aligned (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $972,208 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($562,208). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does East Side Aligned have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $972,208 in grants to East Side Aligned, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of East Side Aligned?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $562,208 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like East Side Aligned 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 9 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