Illinois · Nonprofit
Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada
Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,748,882 to it, the largest being THE BLOOMBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($949,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada does
Mission
The purpose of the Government Finance Officers Association ("GFOA") is to advance excellence and innovation in government finance to build thriving communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Training and Annual Conference - Seminars and concurrent sessions are held on various governmental accounting, auditing, and financial reporting issues, as well as budgeting and financial planning, debt management, economic development, pension and benefit administration, technology and digital government, treasury management and investing. 176 training seminars were held with attendance of 34,200 participants, including GFOA's annual conference.
$6,893,614 spentof which $5,000 as grants$8,402,173 earned by the program36% of program spendingAward Programs - Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, Distinguished Budget Presentation, Canadian Award for Financial Reporting and Popular Annual Financial Reporting are programs in which members of GFOA's special review committee review financial reports of governments participating in the programs. 6,814 submissions were reviewed and 6,735 were awarded to governments.
$4,460,219 spentof which $121,450 as grants$4,018,269 earned by the program23% of program spendingResearch and Consulting - The Research and Consulting Center performs research and consulting on various public sector finance and administration issues and publishes research findings to over 26,000 members both online and through Government Finance Review. Publications are available to members of the government finance profession, all government officials, and the general public.
$3,910,789 spent$3,119,674 earned by the program20% of program spendingMembership, Resources, Certification, Relationships, and Advocacy
$3,871,344 spentof which $209,247 as grants$6,086,065 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,135,966.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $21M to $25M (+19%).
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.
10% of Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (30% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
Christopher P Morrill
Executive Director, CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $67k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.6M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest GFOA Endowment Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada raised.
From the IRS filings of Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada’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 Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 91%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 81% — 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 Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada draws 100% 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. $295k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada has grown faster than half of the 132 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 132 public benefit nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- GFOA Endowment Corporation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada: 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 Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada?
- Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,748,882 to it, the largest being THE BLOOMBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($949,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,748,882 in grants to Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada?
- THE BLOOMBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $949,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Government Finance Officers Association the United States & Canada 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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