Illinois · Nonprofit
Francis W Parker School
Francis W Parker School (Illinois) receives grants from 130 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,567,420 to it, the largest being SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION ($2,250,000). 94 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $56M
- Funders on record
- 130
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $156M
What Francis W Parker School does
Mission
The Francis W. Parker School (Parker) educates students to think and act with empathy, courage and clarity as responsible citizens and leaders in a democratic society and global community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See Schedule OWe are deliberately composed of a diverse group of people so that we can learn how to honor the dignity and experience of every human being. Our commitment to inclusion and integration makes us an intimate and expansive school aiming for all to feel free and safe and able to acquire knowledge and skills, explore our imaginations, share who we are becoming and embrace the diversity of identities, passions and ideas that shape humanity. We pursue educational excellence and creativity in order to know the pleasures of learning and the value of contributing to the progress and improvement of society. We affirm students and their capacity to thrive when they feel known, understood and appreciated by teachers and classmates. We believe scholarship, character and confidence grow when we are open to new questions, perspectives and information; when we lead with respect, civility and curiosity as we make reasoned judgments; when we collaborate and when we persevere with integrity in the face of challenge. Our culture of trust and authenticity nurtures an abiding sense of purpose and joy that drives our work toward insight, understanding and accomplishment. We are responsive…
$40,940,346 spentof which $6,264,540 as grants$41,733,099 earned by the program88% of program spendingParker also offers certain other auxiliary programs which are used to supplement the general education of the school in making certain that the mission of the school can be achieved by all students. These programs include the schools extended day program, food service and music lessons. All of the auxiliary programs are overseen by the administration of the school and are staffed with school employees or professionals in the field of study. The food service of the school is overseen by a third party provider which specializes in food preparation and service with direct oversight of the school.
$4,884,524 spentof which $349,963 as grants$2,578,687 earned by the program11% of program spendingParker offers a Summer Camp program in accordance with the schools' overall exempt mission. This camp offers a safe, nurturing recreational opportunity for children in the neighboring community. The staff for the camp is composed of Parker faculty and students or former students who adhere to the overall mission of the school to guarantee an enriching experience for all camp participants.
$445,000 spentof which $42,518 as grants$554,029 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $46,269,870.
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 $150M to $184M (+22%).
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.
18% of Francis W Parker School’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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 37 funders to 62 funders, grant income fell $2.4M → $2.3M.
20 of 130 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 Francis W Parker School’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 130 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
Francis W Parker School has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
49% 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 Francis W Parker School.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 36% · 2019 60% · 2020 33% · 2021 39% · 2022 41% · 2023 31% — 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
46% of Francis W Parker School's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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 Francis W Parker School's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
Francis W Parker School is better cushioned than half of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Francis W Parker School
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Belden Acquisition LLC · disregarded
- 317 Belden LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Francis W Parker School?
- Francis W Parker School (Illinois) receives grants from 130 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,567,420 to it, the largest being SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION ($2,250,000). 94 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Francis W Parker School have?
- IRS filings report 130 organizations giving $19,567,420 in grants to Francis W Parker School, 94 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Francis W Parker School?
- SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Francis W Parker School 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 130 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing