Illinois · Nonprofit
Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression
Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression (Illinois) receives grants from 97 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,053,383 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($462,494). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 97
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression does
Mission
We are a not-for-profit dedicated to educating and raising awareness about adolescent depression, encouraging good mental health and breaking down the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Stigma busting and community awareness - erika's lighthouse is committed to eliminating the stigma around adolescent depression, including maintaining an informative website for use by adolescents, parents, and schools who wish to learn more about childhood and adolescent depression. School programs - erika's lighthouse provides schools with free, accessible, and evidence-based educational materials and resources to foster a supportive and inclusive environment. Our four pillared approach includes classroom education, empowerment clubs, family engagement, and staff training. Through our programs, we aim to promote understanding and proactive approaches to mental health, allowing students, educators and families to engage openly in discussions about mental health and seek help without fear of judgement.
$1,278,111 spent$364,167 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,278,111.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.8M to $2.7M (+49%).
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: 2021 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $163k → $416k.
15 of 97 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 97 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
Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
59% 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 Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 49% · 2019 27% · 2020 28% · 2021 18% · 2022 23% · 2023 12% — 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
39% of Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
62% of Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 45 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression?
- Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression (Illinois) receives grants from 97 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,053,383 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($462,494). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression have?
- IRS filings report 97 organizations giving $3,053,383 in grants to Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression, 53 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $462,494 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression 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 97 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