Illinois · Nonprofit
I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT (Illinois) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,904,154 to it, the largest being Chicago Cred Inc ($2,987,758). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $755k
What I Am Able Center for Family Development does
Mission
I am ables purpose is to enhance opportunities for children and their families to experience optimal social, psychological and emotional outcomes by offering an array of integrated services to meet the needs of the child welfare population.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide social and psychological counseling services for families and children on the westside of chicago. Over 225 clients served. Also, dcfs flex fund grant served children in the system facilitated by I am able caseworkers. Over 500 clients served
$800,104 spent$2,253,095 earned by the program33% of program spendingTrim comprises a seamless network of community members who agree to address traumatic experiences at any stage of development through a committee to trauma informed care. (tic) our goal is to bring together and engage community members/providers to address childhood and family trauma 8-blocks at a time through prevention, intervention, and after care services.clients served 211.
$800,104 spent33% of program spendingWellness heals is a crisis response system for the north lawndale community in chicago that is designed to reduce emergency room visits and psychiatric hospitalization resulting in improved health outcomes. Residents served 85
$800,104 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,400,312.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.1M to $893k (−19%).
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 20% · 2022 60% · 2023 72% · 2024 64% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Dr Carolyn Vessel
CEO
Board chair
Lisa Kenner
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose $118k → $195k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT’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
I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 90%; 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: 2017 60% · 2018 87% · 2019 92% · 2020 86% · 2021 97% · 2022 38% · 2023 44% — 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
43% of I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
98% of I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $554k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
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
87%
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 I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT: 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 I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT?
- I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT (Illinois) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,904,154 to it, the largest being Chicago Cred Inc ($2,987,758). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $3,904,154 in grants to I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT?
- Chicago Cred Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,987,758 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like I AM ABLE CENTER FOR FAMILY DEVELOPMENT 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 13 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