Illinois · Nonprofit
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY (Illinois) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $410,535 to it, the largest being TAWANI CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION FUND ($155,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $411k
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy does
Mission
To facilitate the preservation and maintenance of the remaining structures designed by frank lloyd wright through education, advocacy, preservation easements, and technical services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The conservancy sponsored an annual conference attended by conservancy members, wright building owners, architects, scholars, preservationists, and wright enthusiasts to share knowledge and experiences with others committed to preserving wright's work.
$288,358 spent$181,537 earned by the program55% of program spendingThe conservancy provides information and technical assistance to members, private and public organizations, and to governmental bodies with respect to wright-related preservation issues. It also oversees the activities of the frank lloyd wright world heritage council.advocate and lead preservation efforts for endangered wright structures, working collaboratively with local and national organizations when appropriate.
$113,245 spent21% of program spendingProvide publications with general interest and scholarly articles about wright's designs and his body of work, endangered wright buildings, restoration methods, experiences of wright building owners, wright buildings for sale, wright-related current research and books.conduct tours and events centered on the built works of frank lloyd wright.
$104,171 spent$46,573 earned by the program20% of program spendingEasement acquisition & monitoring
$21,570 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $527,344.
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 $3.7M to $4.2M (+16%).
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: 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% 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.
Chief executive
Barbara Gordon
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $13k → $61k.
7 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY’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
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 69% · 2019 43% · 2020 36% · 2021 52% · 2022 35% · 2023 41% — 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
36% of FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
61% of FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY has grown faster than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY
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
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY?
- FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY (Illinois) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $410,535 to it, the largest being TAWANI CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION FUND ($155,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $410,535 in grants to FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY?
- TAWANI CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION FUND is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 21 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