Illinois · Nonprofit
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $330,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CULTURE PROJECT ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $330k
- Net assets
- $560k
What Government Accountability Alliance does
Mission
The organization advocates on behalf of taxpayers at the illinois capitol and across the state. It does this by drafting legislation, offering testimony, encouraging grassroots involvement and encouraging pro-free enterprise positions on bills.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
An independent government watchdog advocating for the people of illinois and working to turn free-market ideas into law.
$2,727,087 spentof which $3,594 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,727,087.
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. 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 2022 to 2023, from $4.2M to $496k (−88%).
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.
99% of GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
John Tillman
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $130k → $200k.
From the IRS filings of GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE’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
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 75% — 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
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Illinois Policy Institute · exempt
- Iron Light Inc · corp_trust
- Bearing Tree Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE: 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 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE?
- GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $330,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CULTURE PROJECT ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $330,000 in grants to GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE.
- Who is the largest funder of GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE?
- AMERICAN CULTURE PROJECT is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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