Illinois · Nonprofit
GARAGE IN GILMAN
GARAGE IN GILMAN (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,751 to it, the largest being MARY HELEN ROBERTS TRUST ($45,501). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
GARAGE IN GILMAN runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,082 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,082 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2020
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Arthur and Gesena Griffin Trust Yellow Cardinal Advisory Groupshared funderslocal
- Faithhope & Charity Recycle Store Incportfolio match
- Foundation for Boston Centers for Youth & Families Incportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $9k → $10k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 GARAGE IN GILMAN’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
GARAGE IN GILMAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 90% · 2020 70% · 2021 86% · 2022 53% · 2023 48% — 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.
Where its funders are
83% of GARAGE IN GILMAN's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 4 funders put you under-funded among the 120 organizations that share them.
- Arthur and Gesena Griffin Trust Yellow Cardinal Advisory Groupshared funderslocalIN · backs 13 organizations that share your funders · funds 19 organizations near you
- Faithhope & Charity Recycle Store Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Foundation for Boston Centers for Youth & Families Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mary Heath Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sweet Grass Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lakeshore Advantage Corporationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Steve and Kate Smith Community Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- NRA Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United Fund of Globe-Miami Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gibson Community Hospital Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Flint and Genesee Group Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like GARAGE IN GILMAN
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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.
Public support
51%
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 GARAGE IN GILMAN: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds GARAGE IN GILMAN?
- GARAGE IN GILMAN (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,751 to it, the largest being MARY HELEN ROBERTS TRUST ($45,501). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GARAGE IN GILMAN have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $66,751 in grants to GARAGE IN GILMAN, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GARAGE IN GILMAN?
- MARY HELEN ROBERTS TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $45,501 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GARAGE IN GILMAN 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 FY2020 (financials across 2020–2020), and the filings of 4funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing