Illinois · Nonprofit
Gifts From Liam
Gifts From Liam (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $102k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $73k
What Gifts From Liam does
Mission
To improve outcomes for birthing people and babies by addressing the emotional practical and systemic challenges of pregnancy early parenting and loss.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Diaper Assistance & Education: GFL provided diaper assistance and pregnancy and parenting education through more than a dozen community events including maternal health fairs community baby showers and resource wellness fairs and through a network of 11 active community distribution partners serving families in need. The organization distributed over 50,000 diapers and pull-ups to more than 1,600 families including responding to 500 direct requests primarily from low income Black and Latino families in underserved communities. This work was supported by in-kind donations from GFLs annual diaper drive and additional community-led drives. GFL developed the second chapter of its Pregnanting Toolkit to support expectant parenting and bereaved families and co-led the Pregnanting Group a peer-led virtual support group fostering connection among expectant and new parents.
$15,721 spent88% of program spendingBereavement Support & Training: GFL provided culturally responsive bereavement support to families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss with a significant portion of services delivered to Spanish-speaking families across the US and abroad. Services included direct support a peer support group a moderated group chat and a bereaved mothers Secret Santa gift exchange. GFL co-led the Family Connects Chicago Perinatal & Infant Loss PAIL Subcommittee a coalition of more than 140 representatives from hospitals social service agencies behavioral health providers and community organizations. Through this work we developed the PAIL Resource Directory which reached over 700 unique users nationwide. GFL facilitated three bereavement care trainings reaching 50 healthcare and community providers and presented at multiple local and national conferences. The organization also hosted community-building events including a film screening for professionals and bereaved parents.
$2,098 spent12% of program spendingAdvocacy: GFL led the passage of Liams Law IL PA 1030948 in 2024 and throughout 2025 guided its statewide implementation. This included providing education on the law through presentations to hospitals perinatal networks and community-based organizations; developing the official Liams Law Notice for hospital distribution to patients experiencing a stillbirth; and creating educational materials for hospitals and the public. GFL collaborated with the state health department and other state partners to resolve administrative issues related to certificate inaccuracies naming conventions and to ensure consistent hospital compliance. In partnership with local universities legislators and advocacy groups GFL developed a cost benefit analysis to inform future legislation establishing a statewide stillbirth tax credit. GFL also advanced public awareness by leading the issuance of the Governors Stillbirth Awareness Day Proclamation.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $17,819.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $81k to $70k (−14%).
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.
96% of Gifts From Liam’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Anna Calix
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Gifts From Liam’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
Gifts From Liam leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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
100% 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 Gifts From Liam.
“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
100% of Gifts From Liam's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Gifts From Liam has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Gifts From Liam
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
98%
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 Gifts From Liam: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Gifts From Liam?
- Gifts From Liam (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Gifts From Liam have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $60,000 in grants to Gifts From Liam, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Gifts From Liam?
- UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Gifts From Liam 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 2 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