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Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association

Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being SYNCHRONY FOUNDATION ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$18k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$100
Net assets
$38k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association does

Mission

To promote Penn State Univ in the greater Chicago area

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Night for the Cure THON - chapter fundraiser used to support the Four Diamonds Fund to fight pediatric cancer

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($22k) Expenses 100 ($37k) Net assets 100 ($18k)2018 Revenue 203 ($46k) Expenses 116 ($43k) Net assets 115 ($20k)2019 Revenue 173 ($39k) Expenses 108 ($40k) Net assets 107 ($19k)2020 Revenue 139 ($31k) Expenses 70 ($26k) Net assets 138 ($25k)2021 Revenue 94 ($21k) Expenses 21 ($8k) Net assets 214 ($38k)2022 Revenue 71 ($16k) Expenses 33 ($12k) Net assets 236 ($42k)2023 Revenue 57 ($13k) Expenses 29 ($11k) Net assets 247 ($44k)2024 Revenue 65 ($14k) Expenses 37 ($14k) Net assets 219 ($39k)2025 Revenue 80 ($18k) Expenses 32 ($12k) Net assets 214 ($38k)
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Revenue (80)Expenses (32)Net assets (214)

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 $37k to $24k (−34%).

$40k
$37k
$24k
$27k
$38k
$42k
$47k
$46k
$40k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$15k
’17
$3k
’18
−$1k
’19
$6k
’20
$13k
’21
$4k
’22
$2k
’23
$726
’24
$6k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'22
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association’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.

Where its funders are

Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.

CT

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association

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

05Profile & governance

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

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association?
Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being SYNCHRONY FOUNDATION ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100 in grants to Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association.
Who is the largest funder of Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association?
SYNCHRONY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Greater Chicago Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association 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 1 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