Illinois · Nonprofit
EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC
EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,810,800 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES ($2,876,335). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Embarras River Basin Agency Inc does
Mission
The embarras river basin agency, inc is dedicated to serving the needs of at-risk, low-income individuals and families. The common goal of all programs within the agency is to foster community involvement, professional partnerships, and trust between all entities. The agency and staff members are committed to providing life skills that will assist individuals and families to attain a higher level of self-sufficiency and a better quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Energy programs - the weatherization program weatherized 33 homes, assisting 73 individuals, with safe energy efficient measures such as furnace repair/replacement, water heater replacement, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors, copper gas line replacement, flu liners, insulation, stopping air infiltration, and some window and door replacement. Under the py25 program guidelines, each job is allocated two "pots" of funding, totaling $16,000 for materials and labor and $3,500 for health and safety measures. Individual grants are capped at $8,000 for materials and labor and $1,750 for health and safety per pot. For properties requiring extensive restoration, we may submit a request to the state for a third pot of funding to cover additional costs.
$9,272,628 spentof which $6,302,020 as grants$30,338 earned by the program47% of program spendingHead start - head start is a preschool program for children 3-5 years of age. Erba has funding for an enrollment of 292 children. 90% of the children are from families whose income is at or below the federal poverty level. Approximately 15% of the enrolled children have a diagnosed disability and are referred for specialized support services. The program provides developmentally appropriate experiences that foster school readiness skills, and intellectual, social and emotional growth. A comprehensive health care program that includes medical, dental, mental health and nutritional services is also included. Families are engaged in the program at all levels, and transportation is provided to most children.
$5,697,851 spentof which $212,409 as grants29% of program spendingHousing programs - to provide housing for homeless individuals and families. 555 households, 1070 individuals.
$2,795,450 spentof which $284,060 as grants$126,635 earned by the program14% of program spendingLiheap- assist low income citizens by offsetting the rising cost of home energy through direct financial assitance, energy couseling, outreach and education. 7023 households.
$2,036,676 spentof which $374,707 as grants$131,385 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,802,605.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.8M to $4.3M (+13%).
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: 2017 90% · 2018 86% · 2019 87% · 2020 94% · 2021 95% · 2022 97% · 2023 96% · 2024 96% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Catherine Feltner
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $162k → $721k.
4 of 14 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 EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC’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
EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 98% · 2019 73% · 2020 41% · 2021 87% · 2022 84% · 2023 76% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
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
100% of EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118k 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.
Against its field
EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55.3M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$47.5M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$7.6M
- Department of Agriculture$178k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC?
- EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,810,800 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES ($2,876,335). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $3,810,800 in grants to EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC?
- ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES is the largest funder on record, with $2,876,335 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC 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 14 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