Illinois · Nonprofit
Envision Unlimited
Envision Unlimited (Illinois) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,717,159 to it, the largest being The Coleman Foundation Inc ($1,015,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $93M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Envision Unlimited does
Mission
Envision Unlimited commits to provide persons with disabilities or other special needs quality services which promote choice, independence and community integration.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community Living ServicesEnvision empowers residents in its Community Living Programs to reach their potential for independent living. Services and supports focus on skill acquisition, with a core belief that all persons can be functioning and contributing members of their communities. Programs are provided to adults with an intellectual and developmental disabilities in a variety of settings, ranging from 24-hour Community Integrated Living Arrangement (CILA) homes, intermittent support, a Host Family program, respite care, and short-term stabilization options. Each resident has an individual, person-centered plan to outline the type and frequency of services and supports they desire and require.
$49,746,578 spent$56,635,622 earned by the program60% of program spendingMental Health ServicesEnvision Unlimited's Mental Health Program offers outpatient psychiatric services, residential services, and psychosocial rehabilitation for clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses. We utilize a recovery model in which clients direct their own treatment and collaborate with staff on setting and achieving their wellness goals. We also provide employment services to our Mental Health clients and utilize peer mentors with lived experience to aid in recovery.Some of the most common disorders treated in our clinic include schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bi-polar disorder, PTSD, and major depression. Our services are critical to clients who are uninsured/underinsured, as 92% of them are considered low income and cannot afford the high costs of services offered by the private sector. Envision Unlimited focuses on what clients and families desire, regardless of their ability to pay. In addition to having a range of mental illnesses, intellectual and developmental disabilities, more than 90% of clients live at or below the Federal Poverty Level.
$19,625,216 spent$22,299,295 earned by the program24% of program spendingCommunity Day ServicesEnvision's Community Day Services offer individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) the opportunity to engage in their community, develop support groups outside of the family, as well as provide an environment to cultivate personal interests and vocational skills. Historically, services have been provided in centers serving large groups of individuals. Now, however, services are increasingly being shifted from sheltered locations to a Community Hub model that offers social, therapeutic, skill development, job training and placement, creative, and other services, while engaging for- and non-profit community groups to utilize the spaces and interact with Envision program participants.
$9,668,839 spent$9,336,053 earned by the program12% of program spendingSpecialized Foster CareChildren with disabilities are up to 3.5 times more likely to have experienced abuse or neglect than their non-disabled peers, and when they enter the foster care system, they have unique needs. Envision's Foster Care Program focuses on the wellness of each child and supports foster families in providing a safe, nurturing environment. Children range in age from infant to 18 and come from various backgrounds. Many are single placements, but some have siblings. Some may have developmental disabilities and/or emotional issues. Some have been victims of abuse or neglect. All are in need of the stability and guidance that a secure and loving home environment can provide.
$3,238,832 spent$2,862,748 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $82,279,465.
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 2020 to 2021, from $18M to $25M (+43%).
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 86% · 2018 85% · 2021 2% · 2022 11% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of Envision Unlimited’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Mark McHugh
President and CEO
Board chair
Mary Kay Krupka
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $94k → $329k.
11 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 Envision Unlimited’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 funders by total. 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
Envision Unlimited leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 57%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
30% 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 Envision Unlimited.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 53% · 2019 88% · 2020 77% · 2021 27% · 2022 30% · 2023 30% — 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
37% of Envision Unlimited'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
88% of Envision Unlimited's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $501k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
Envision Unlimited has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Envision Unlimited
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
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 9 related entities
- Envision Foods · disregarded
- CARC Industries · exempt
- Victor C Neumann Foundation · exempt
- Victor C Neumann Association · exempt
- Bluestem Housing Partners NFP · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Envision Unlimited?
- Envision Unlimited (Illinois) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,717,159 to it, the largest being The Coleman Foundation Inc ($1,015,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Envision Unlimited have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $2,717,159 in grants to Envision Unlimited, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Envision Unlimited?
- The Coleman Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,015,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Envision Unlimited 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 44 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