Illinois · Nonprofit
GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES
GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES (Illinois) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,623,912 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ($7,497,550). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $5.5M
What Guardian Angel Community Services does
Mission
Our mission is to provide diverse services that inspire people to improve the quality of their lives in their greatest time of need
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Groundwork / adult protective servicegroundwork is a domestic violence program for battered women and their children. The program provides emergency shelter, counseling, and social services. The shelter is open 365 days per year, 24 hours per day. Advocacy is provided to victims of domestic violence to assist in seeking orders of protection or wishing to file criminal charges against the perpetrator. Prevention education is offered in schools, businesses, and community organizations.
$2,084,277 spentof which $1,200 as grants23% of program spendingFoster carefoster care licenses and monitors foster homes and foster parents and provides a loving, nurturing and safe environment to children who have been removed from the custody of their biological parents due to child abuse or neglect.
$3,073,623 spentof which $895,478 as grants$3,325,626 earned by the program34% of program spendingSuzy's caring placethe goal of suzy's caring place is to reduce the incidence of homelessness among victims of domestic violence. Support services and rental assistance is provided to suzy's caring place participants, and the rental fee is based on the fair market value of rent costs in the area. Program participants sign leases directly with the landlord, and they sign a participant agreement with guardian angel that details program expectations. Suzy's caring place participants are responsible for costs of daily living beyond that of the fair market value rental costs covered by the program. Clients provide food for themselves and their children. The program originally offered a 6 -24 month stay; however, these timeframes may vary as they are contingent on the funding sources. Suzy's caring place is a voluntary program and participants may end services at any time, while the aim is to achieve permanent housing before ceasing services in the program.
$1,830,024 spentof which $908,506 as grants20% of program spendingSexual assault service center the sexual assault service center provides comprehensive services to adult victims of sexual assault and sexual abuse, their significant others, and the community. Children ages 3 and over also receive comprehensive services, including counseling. Direct client services include a 24-hour hotline, counseling, medical advocacy, case management, crisis intervention, and information and referral. The program also provides extensive educational services and offers trainings at schools, social services agencies, and community organizations.
$1,532,357 spentof which $30 as grants$266,176 earned by the program17% of program spendingPartner abuse intervention program (paip)paip provides perpetrators of domestic violence with appropriate and effective services so they will recognize and accept accountability for their actions, while maintaining a focus on victim safety. Clients are encouraged to change beliefs that support sexism and domestic violence, value egalitarian relationships, and develop skills to help them eliminate the use of abuse in all forms.the program consists of four main services:-intake-group sessions (26 classes, approximately 2 hours in length each)-crisis intervention-information/referral services
$297,507 spent3% of program spendingExchange club centerthe exchange club center for the prevention of child abuse at Guardian Angel Community Services in joliet's aims to break the cycle of child abuse through identification, prevention, and services. The exchange club center will act as an educational and resource center for the communities in our area. Services offered include:-community based education parenting program-parent coaching-the nurturing families infant-19 parenting program-car seat education and installation services-prevention education & institutional advocacy
$202,696 spent2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,020,484.
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.
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 $5.5M to $7.3M (+33%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 60% · 2022 61% · 2023 59% · 2024 63% · 2025 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Ines Kutlesa
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Heather Jourdan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 7 funders, grant income rose $604k → $1.7M.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 19 funders by total. 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
GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 55% · 2019 62% · 2020 55% · 2021 57% · 2022 97% · 2023 57% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $90k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Government funding GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.6M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.1M
- Department of Justice$477k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES?
- GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES (Illinois) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,623,912 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ($7,497,550). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $11,623,912 in grants to GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES?
- ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT is the largest funder on record, with $7,497,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 19 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