Illinois · Nonprofit
GARDEN CENTER SERVICES
GARDEN CENTER SERVICES (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $435,537 to it, the largest being The Coleman Foundation Inc ($192,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $436k
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What Garden Center Services does
Mission
Advancing lives of connection, contribution and meaning for persons with developmental disabilities and the individuals that support them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Garden Center Services' cila program provides eleven small family-sized homes in the chicago suburbs to over fifty individuals allowing them to exercise choice, participate in mainstream community life and share in overall household duties. Garden Center Services cila program recognizes that there is not a "one size fits all" living arrangement for the individuals served. For this reason, Garden Center Services provides a variety of housing options including single family residences, apartments and a townhome.Garden Center Services' cila program is designed to support individuals with daily living skills from our highly qualified staff and encourage participation in activities within the community. Such activities include participating in special olympic programs, sporting events, park district activities, vacationing with friends, going shopping and volunteering in the neighborhood where they reside.our qualified staff is available 24/7 to provide guidance, direction, and encouragement to the residents, while supporting them to fulfill their daily living skills and reach their individual goals with confidence. Through community involvement, the individuals we serve find…
$5,405,516 spent$968,688 earned by the program58% of program spendingCommunity day programs Garden Center Services operates our community day program which is a uniquely crafted experience designed to nurture the mind, body and soul of each individual that enters our door. With a commitment to personalized attention, our program caters to about 100 participants, offering a diverse range of educational, vocational, and social experiences. We prioritize individualized attention, ensuring that each participant receives tailored goals and support to maximize their personal growth.in addition to the enriching activities within our center, the community day program extends its impact by actively assisting participants to find meaningful paid work opportunities across various local businesses. Over the past year, such businesses included a car wash, a children's museum, the local park district, and various fast-food establishments. Garden Center Services takes pride in fostering community integration. Our aim is to empower individuals in achieving meaningful employment and enhancing their well-being. Opportunities for social responsibly are also available for participants. Participants have volunteered to help with projects such as the cook county forest…
$2,588,352 spent$2,173,795 earned by the program28% of program spendingGarden Center Services operates an intermediate care facility for adults with intellectual disabilities (icf/id). This home is licensed by the illinois department of healthcare and family services (public health) and provides 24-hour residential care to the 15 individuals who live within the home. Specifically trained staff assist individuals with daily living and independent life skills, while also promoting independence in these skill areas. Individuals in the home have their own bedrooms and may have their own bathroom or share a jack-and-jill style bathroom with their neighbor. The supported individuals are active members of the community, often participating in park district activities, volunteer opportunities, sporting events, and local festivities. Most residents have lived at the icf for over a decade, and coupled with long term staff caregivers, meaningful relationships and friendships have formed over the years.
$1,365,019 spent$1,207,528 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,358,887.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $8.3M to $9.9M (+20%).
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: 2017 38% · 2018 37% · 2019 37% · 2020 44% · 2021 55% · 2022 47% · 2023 50% · 2024 53% · 2025 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Gerard S Beagles
Chief executive officer/president
Board chair
Jenny Wojcik
Chair (from 3/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $30k → $35k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 GARDEN CENTER SERVICES’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
GARDEN CENTER SERVICES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 96% · 2019 100% · 2020 48% · 2021 55% · 2022 42% · 2023 60% — 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
57% of GARDEN CENTER SERVICES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
98% of GARDEN CENTER SERVICES's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like GARDEN CENTER SERVICES
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Garden Apartments LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GARDEN CENTER SERVICES?
- GARDEN CENTER SERVICES (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $435,537 to it, the largest being The Coleman Foundation Inc ($192,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GARDEN CENTER SERVICES have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $435,537 in grants to GARDEN CENTER SERVICES, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GARDEN CENTER SERVICES?
- The Coleman Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $192,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GARDEN CENTER SERVICES 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 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