Illinois · Nonprofit
EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION
EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,421 to it, the largest being Evanston Community Foundation ($12,178). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $71k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $591k
What Evanston Environmental Association does
Mission
To support the programs of the evanston ecology center and promote environmental awareness to the surrounding community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The association strives to expand the community's enjoyment and understanding of nature and to bring about wise use of natural resources through environmental education for people of all ages.
$17,773 spentof which $12,696 as grants47% of program spendingThe association strives to expand the community's enjoyment and understanding of nature and to bring about wise use of natural resources through environmental education for people of all ages. This relates to plant sale.
$9,945 spent$18,190 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe association strives to expand the community's enjoyment and understanding of nature and to bring about wise use of natural resources through environmental education for people of all ages. This relates to film festival.
$6,790 spent$7,805 earned by the program18% of program spendingThe association strives to expand the community's enjoyment and understanding of nature and to bring about wise use of natural resources through environmental education for people of all ages. This relates to garden walk.
$3,389 spent$18,975 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $37,897.
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 $526k to $591k (+12%).
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.
33% of EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $40 → $2k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION’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
EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% 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 EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 95% · 2020 49% · 2021 86% · 2022 66% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION: 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 EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION?
- EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,421 to it, the largest being Evanston Community Foundation ($12,178). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $28,421 in grants to EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION?
- Evanston Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $12,178 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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