Illinois · Nonprofit
HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION
HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,133 to it, the largest being The Nancy Dee Brandes and Dee Family Foundation ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $153k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $62k
- Net assets
- $191k
What Harper Parent Teacher Organization does
Mission
A. To enrich our children's educational environment at harper school and offer support to the school, itsprograms and activities and its personnel.b. To provide a communication link for the harper community, including families with children in the school, the teachers at harper, and the wilmette district 39 staff.c. To cooperate with other parents and/or groups to enrich and support the children of district 39.the objectives of the harper pto are promoted through an educational program directed toward students, parents, teachers, and the general public; are developed through conferences, committees, projects and programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Before/after school student programs and clubs:supplement curriculum in the areas of fine arts, performing arts,sciences, athletics, safety and other activities related to the school and teacher supported.
$22,151 spent25% of program spendingEnrichment: enhancing the overall experience at harper school.
$20,239 spent23% of program spendingTeacher/staff support for supplies and activities
$18,637 spent21% of program spendingVarious school programs: birthday books, garden, civics and safety, field day and other programs
$28,164 spent32% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $89,191.
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 2024 to 2025, from $134k to $191k (+42%).
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.
61% of HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $525 → $336.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION’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
HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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% · 2023 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
100% of HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k 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
HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION
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 HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION: 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 HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION?
- HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,133 to it, the largest being The Nancy Dee Brandes and Dee Family Foundation ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $62,133 in grants to HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION?
- The Nancy Dee Brandes and Dee Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HARPER PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION 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 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