Illinois · Nonprofit
GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO
GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,600 to it, the largest being DAVID T NASH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($11,400). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $11k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $12k
What Great Vest Side Club of Chicago does
Mission
Membership in the Great Vest Side Club of Chicago ("gsv") is open to the public of the people who were born between approximately 1922 and 1942 and grew up on the west side of chicago, particularly, lawndale. Gvs derives its revenues from banquets sponsored twice a year that is attended by its members and on occasion other invitees for the purpose of raising money for the various approved 501(c)(3) charities. The board of dirctrors consider and approve all gifts to charities. However, the principal beneficiary of these gifts has been and will continue to be the "american friends of magen david adom or "armda". Armda is an approved 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which serves as the state of israel's emergency medical, disaster, ambulande, blood and healthcare network. Gifts to armda by the gvs has been used primarily to fund the purchases of ambulances for use in israel. Other approved 501(c)(3) organizations that have received gifts from the gvs include [1] israel cancer research fund, [2] israel tennis foundation, [3] weta public television, [4] lukemia research, [5] felicia kaplan memorial foundation, and [6] american committee for share zedek medical center in jerusalem…
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Charitable contributions or gifts have been made to the following 501(c)(3)afmda (american friends of magen david adom)3175 commercial ave, suite 101, northbrook, il 60062fein: 13-1790719
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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 2018 to 2019, from $7k to $12k (+61%).
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.
100% of GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $100.
From the IRS filings of GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO’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
GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 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
GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,085 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,085 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO
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
100%
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 GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO: 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 GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO?
- GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,600 to it, the largest being DAVID T NASH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($11,400). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $11,600 in grants to GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO?
- DAVID T NASH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREAT VEST SIDE CLUB OF CHICAGO 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), 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