Illinois · Nonprofit
ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES
ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,403 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($903). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $204k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $15k
What Illinois Families for Hands & Voices does
Mission
Illinois Families for Hands & Voices provides unbiased support to families of children who are deaf/hard of hearing in the form of education, resources, and parent-to-parent support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Guide By Your Side Program offers families of deaf and hard of hearing children support, networking, family events, and education on different communication modalities. One-on-one trained Parent Guides and DHH Guides are offered at no cost to families as they learn to support their children. We serve approximately 150 families per year.
$186,144 spent92% of program spendingIllinois Families for Hands & Voices provides opportunities to educate and connect families of children who are deaf/hard of hearing. The annual "Moms Night Inn" event gives moms and female caregivers of children who are deaf/hard of hearing an opportunity to connect with one another and hear from speakers related to the deaf/hard of hearing experience. We also held a family library event and send a national newspaper to members on a quarterly basis.
$6,945 spent$4,210 earned by the program3% of program spendingIllinois Families for Hands & Voices sends chapter officers (executive director and president) to state-level and national trainings, including the national Early Hearing Detection and Intervention conference and Hands & Voices Leadership conferences. These conference attendances serve to provide training for officers on the current issues in the field, as well as provide exposure and credibility to the organization when chapter officers give presentations.
$1,949 spent1% of program spendingOther
$7,485 spentof which $1,350 as grants$14,372 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $202,523.
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
Andrea Marwah
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $143 → $739.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES’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 FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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
64% 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 FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 68% — 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
64% of ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $500 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $903 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
ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES: 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 FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES?
- ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,403 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($903). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,403 in grants to ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $903 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ILLINOIS FAMILIES FOR HANDS & VOICES 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 2025–2025), 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