Illinois · Nonprofit
EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND
EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $70,196 to it, the largest being WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION ($70,196). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $587k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $70k
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What Everett McKinley Dirksen Endowment Fund does
Programs
Research and archival program services - the center awards congressional research grants to scholars from the disciplines of history, political science, and public policy to assist in their writing and teaching about congress. The center also maintains nearly 4,000 linear feet of historical manuscript collections documenting the careers of four members of congress. These collections are complemented by more than 75 smaller collections.
$214,014 spentPublic program services - the center co-sponsors an annual public policy symposium with bradley university's institute for principled leadership, awards a scholarship annually to students at bradley university, serves in leadership positions in such professional organizations as the association of centers for the study of congress, and uses a variety of social media platforms to promote its programs and services.
$85,286 spentGeneral and public education activities by the dirksen center includes disseminating historical information via social media platforms, aiding younger students who are conducting research and writing papers about everett dirksen, providing materials to students and educators alike who are teaching/ learning about congress and its members (both past and present), participating in educational programs organized by other not-for-profit organizations, and offering presentations (both virtually and in-person) to the broader community on topics such as congress, government, history, and leadership.
$116,541 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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 2021 to 2022, from $8.3M to $6.8M (−18%).
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
Tiffany White
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND’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.
Where its funders are
EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND's revenue fell 39% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND
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In Illinois
Nationally
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND?
- EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $70,196 to it, the largest being WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION ($70,196). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $70,196 in grants to EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND?
- WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,196 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN ENDOWMENT FUND 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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