Illinois · Nonprofit
ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being DICK'S SPORTING GOODS FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Illinois Elementary School Association does
Mission
Promote and regulate, throughout the state of illinois, the various educational objectives of healthy minds and bodies, wise use of leisure time and social and vocational activities.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Promote and regulate, throughout the state of illinois, the various educational objectives of healthy minds and bodies, wise use of leisure time and social and vocational activities.
$1,365,224 spent$1,815,768 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,365,224.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.0M to $2.9M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 14% · 2022 7% · 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 10 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
Nicole Schaefbauer
Exec. Director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $15k.
From the IRS filings of ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION’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.
Where its funders are
ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 88 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 88 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
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
62% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION?
- ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being DICK'S SPORTING GOODS FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION?
- DICK'S SPORTING GOODS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 1 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