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ILLINOIS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC
ILLINOIS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being Omron Foundation Inc ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $78k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Illinois Junior Academy of Science Inc does
Mission
The illinois junior academy of science exists for the benefit of students in the state of illinois. The process students follow for the ijas gives these students some insight into the problems and methods of thinking that are particular to the scientist. This process encourages these students to find information concerning new investigations and discoveries in science. It gives them a chance to use, and gain an understanding of, scientific equipment. It gives a reason for students with a special interest in science to go beyond the classroom curriculum and develop their own investigation(s). It encourages students in their progress towards a career in science.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The illinois junior academy of science exists for the benefit of students in the state of illinois. The process students follow for the ijas gives these students some insight into the problems and methods of thinking that are particular to the scientist. This process encourages these students to find information concerning new investigations and discoveries in science. It gives them a chance to use, and gain an understanding of, scientific equipment. It gives a reason for students with a special interest in science to go beyond the classroom curriculum and develop their own investigation(s). It encourages students in their progress towards a career in science.
$47,924 spent55% of program spendingThe illinois junior academy of science exists for the benefit of students in the state of illinois. The process students follow for the ijas gives these students some insight into the problems and methods of thinking that are particular to the scientist. This process encourages these students to find information concerning new investigations and discoveries in science. It gives them a chance to use, and gain an understanding of, scientific equipment. It gives a reason for students with a special interest in science to go beyond the classroom curriculum and develop their own investigation(s). It encourages students in their progress towards a career in science.
$39,353 spent45% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $87,277.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $75k to $75k (+1%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Christina Palffy
Safety chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ILLINOIS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC’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
100% of ILLINOIS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
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.
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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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ILLINOIS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC?
- ILLINOIS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being Omron Foundation Inc ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ILLINOIS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to ILLINOIS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of ILLINOIS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC?
- Omron Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ILLINOIS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE INC 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 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