Illinois · Nonprofit
ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION
ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,684 to it, the largest being CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF ILLINOIS ($17,664). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $66k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $117k
What Illinois Chemical Education Foundation does
Mission
Promote study of chemical industry
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Scholarship luncheon - each spring the foundation presents scholarships to illinois high school and undergraduate science students at a scholarship luncheon. As part of the luncheon $2,000 scholarships are presented to students who demonstrate academic excellence in the pursuit of a science related career. A $3,000 davidson award is also presented to the top high school chemistry teacher in illinois. Selection of the davidson recipient is based on a written application, peer recommendations, student interviews and an in-class visit by representatives from the selection committee.
$51,022 spentof which $43,000 as grants88% of program spendingCareer conference - the foundation hosts an annual career conference at the museum of science and industry in chicago as part of a three part program designed to introduce high school and junior high school students to careers in the chemical industry and the concept of sound science. The program includes a quiz game show on careers; a chemistry demonstration show called weird science; and a hands-on, interactive industry exhibit area. To date, approximately over 95,000 students have attended the career conference.
$6,871 spent12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $57,893.
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 2023 to 2024, from $89k to $116k (+31%).
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.
97% of ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Mark Biel
CEO
Board chair
Jeff Szklarek
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $20 → $5k.
From the IRS filings of ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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
ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 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 ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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
88%
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 ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: 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 ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,684 to it, the largest being CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF ILLINOIS ($17,664). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $17,684 in grants to ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF ILLINOIS is the largest funder on record, with $17,664 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ILLINOIS CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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