Illinois · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC
FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,041,450 to it, the largest being BELLOWS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($300,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe Inc does
Mission
Assist Jewish Immigrants from Eastern Europe and their families
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community Center on Devon serves greater Chicago with services, classes and events. approx. 50 people attend various daily activities, 250 people come to events at least once a week, and over 600 people come to events from time tot time.
$249,837 spent17% of program spendingCommunity Center in Riverwoods IL serves northern suburbs with services, classes and events. Approx. 20 people attend various daily activities, 150 people come to events at least once a week, and over 800 people come to events from time to time.
$231,992 spent16% of program spendingAround the Year Heritage Programs ranging from simple services to elaborate holiday celebrations and attracting from 20 to 800 at a single Holiday event.
$226,045 spent16% of program spendingPublications (monthly Russian language newspaper & annual calendar 3000-6000 each), books and brochures
$143,756 spent10% of program spendingPastoral Services - performing circumcisions, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, weddings & funerals, counselling etc.
$124,919 spent9% of program spendingEducation - classes for adults and seniors to teach basics of Judaism and transitioning to life in America
$132,850 spent9% of program spendingCultural events, concerts, and lectures - frequent events attract up to 150 attendees
$25,850 spent2% of program spendingYouth programs including Sunday School
$112,722 spent8% of program spendingScholarships & Grants - awarded to schools, camps and other institutions to subsidize services for needy and immigrants
$148,032 spentof which $148,032 as grants10% of program spendingEmergency Aid to Indigents
$21,972 spentof which $21,972 as grants2% of program spendingMisc. other
$13,661 spent1% of program spending
The 11 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,431,636.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $3.1M to $2.4M (−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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 7% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $115k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC’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
FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% 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
66% 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 FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 87% · 2020 44% · 2021 90% · 2022 81% · 2023 44% — 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
60% of FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
86% of FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $389k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC
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
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC?
- FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,041,450 to it, the largest being BELLOWS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($300,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,041,450 in grants to FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC?
- BELLOWS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 9 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