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.
- Revenue FY2020
- $25k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $106k
What Garage in Gilman does
Mission
Community center with programming for youth and senior citizens
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Friday Night Hangout: Semi-organized recreation and social time for students (4th-8th grades). Attendance 5-30 kids each Friday. Volunteers supervise and play games, with some preplanned activities mixed with free time.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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.
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
Organizations like GARAGE IN GILMAN
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.
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
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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.
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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 4 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