Illinois · Nonprofit
Hamilton Action Team
Hamilton Action Team (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,092 to it, the largest being CHICAGO CUBS CHARITIES ($225,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $249k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $228k
- Net assets
- $164k
What Hamilton Action Team does
Mission
To promote and support the academic and fine arts programs at Alexander Hamilton Elementary School; to assist Hamilton Elementary School in enriching its educational programs by raising funds and capital through fundraising activities; to aid the school in obtaining resources for improving and beautifying its facilities and grounds necessary for the well-being and safety of the school community; to develop plans and strategies to identify and solicit individuals, community members, businesses and foundations for gift and grant support; to foster business and community involvement to improve the quality of public education and assist the school in achieving its educational objectives; to educate the community on the advantages of charitable giving and to motivate prospects to make donations that benefit and promote the educational needs of the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To promote and support the academic and fine arts programs at Alexander Hamilton Elementary School; to assist Hamilton Elementary School in enriching its educational programs by raising funds and capital through fundraising activities; to aid the school in obtaining resources for improving and beautifying its facilities and grounds necessary for the well-being and safety of the school community; to develop plans and strategies to identify and solicit individuals, community members, businesses and foundations for gift and grant support; to foster business and community involvement to improve the quality of public education and assist the school in achieving its educational objectives; to educate the community on the advantages of charitable giving and to motivate prospects to make donations that benefit and promote the educational needs of the community.
$491,282 spent98% of program spendingTo foster community building within the school and larger community by organizing and supporting school and community events which help strengthen the school community and resulting family support, leading to improved academic and enrichment experiences resulting in school and student growth and success.
$11,451 spentof which $6,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $502,733.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $428k to $171k (−60%).
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.
24% of Hamilton Action Team’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $50k → $26k.
1 of 3 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 Hamilton Action Team’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
Hamilton Action Team leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
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 Hamilton Action Team.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 97% · 2021 97% · 2022 97% · 2023 98% — 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
100% of Hamilton Action Team's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Hamilton Action Team's revenue grew 34% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Hamilton Action Team
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 Hamilton Action Team: 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 Hamilton Action Team?
- Hamilton Action Team (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,092 to it, the largest being CHICAGO CUBS CHARITIES ($225,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Hamilton Action Team have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $228,092 in grants to Hamilton Action Team, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Hamilton Action Team?
- CHICAGO CUBS CHARITIES is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hamilton Action Team 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 2020–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing