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EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION

EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $437,840 to it, the largest being GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ($130,925). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$128k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$438k
Net assets
$1.1M
5/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%
01What it does

What Edward G Irvin Foundation does

Mission

Community development through youth mentoring, scholarships, college readiness and social/health awareness programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Scholarships and scholarship program activities.

    $37,086 spent
    43% of program spending
  2. Kappa League, youth mentoring and college readiness programs.

    $9,970 spent
    12% of program spending
  3. Food Pantry Program

    $38,613 spent
    45% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $85,669.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($316k) Expenses 100 ($128k) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2021 Revenue 71 ($224k) Expenses 116 ($148k) Net assets 107 ($1.2M)2022 Revenue 71 ($225k) Expenses 132 ($168k) Net assets 112 ($1.3M)2023 Revenue 51 ($162k) Expenses 144 ($184k) Net assets 110 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 58 ($183k) Expenses 187 ($239k) Net assets 105 ($1.2M)2025 Revenue 40 ($128k) Expenses 155 ($198k) Net assets 99 ($1.1M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (40)Expenses (155)Net assets (99)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 $1.1M to $1.2M (+7%).

$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.1M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 28% · 2021 0% · 2022 5% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

89% of EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION’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. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$189k
’20
$76k
’21
$57k
’22
−$21k
’23
−$56k
’24
−$70k
’25
23
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed141514141716
Joined·+5+1+0+5+3
No longer listed·42024
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $68k.

4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 EDWARD G IRVIN 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

EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

75% 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 EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION.

30%
largest funder
69%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 52% · 2020 86% · 2021 47% · 2022 44% · 2023 85% — 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

20% of EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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

98% of EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL
NJ
TX

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $72k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−55% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve23.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−17% · bottom quartile

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

43% of spending goes to programs.

Program 43%Management 55%Fundraising 2%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

64%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION?
EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $437,840 to it, the largest being GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ($130,925). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $437,840 in grants to EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EDWARD G IRVIN FOUNDATION?
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY is the largest funder on record, with $130,925 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EDWARD G IRVIN 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 2020–2025), 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