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ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,555 to it, the largest being Bradley Fedorow Perpetual Charitable Trust ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $98k
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Illinois Library Association does
Mission
Advocating for the public interest -1. Develop and promote strong public policy related to libraries, literacy, and lifelong learning;2. Defend intellectual freedom and access to information; and3. Increase public awareness of the value of libraries to society.promoting excellence and innovation -1. Provide outstanding programs of continuing education and leadership development;2. Support the recruitment, retention, and professional development of a culturally and racially diverse workforce for librairies;3. Produce high quality publications and communications; and4. Celebrate the achievement of excellence and innovation on behalf of the membership.managing the present to prepare for the future -in order to achieve these goals, ila will use its resources wisely and maintain a flexible structure that promotes the diverse interests and broad participation of members.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual conference, reaching forward conference, workshops, forums and professional development - to provide educational support for members and advance members' networking capabilities.
$700,583 spent$631,485 earned by the program21% of program spending"I-read and other publications - to disseminate printed matter promoting and explaining the use of libraries for educational opportunities. The "I-read" program provides summer reading materials to library districts.
$2,245,356 spent$2,495,941 earned by the program66% of program spendingMembership - to provide journal and weekly electronic newsletter to members for networking and library information.
$209,401 spent$11,360 earned by the program6% of program spendingPublic policy and awards - to provide the public with a focus on library needs and developments and to provide awards to recognize leaders in the library field for their accomplishments.
$232,747 spent$35,873 earned by the program7% of program spendingAwards - to recognize leaders in the library field for their accomplishments.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,388,087.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $2.4M to $3.2M (+33%).
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: 2020 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of ILLINOIS LIBRARY 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. 2 of the last 7 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $34k → $106.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 funders by total. 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 LIBRARY ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
34% 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 LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 62% · 2022 61% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
13% of ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 14% 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
83% of ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k 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.
Against its field
ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION's revenue grew 21% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $41k on record.
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SUPPLIES$41k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ILLINOIS LIBRARY 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 LIBRARY 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 LIBRARY ASSOCIATION?
- ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,555 to it, the largest being Bradley Fedorow Perpetual Charitable Trust ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $97,555 in grants to ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION?
- Bradley Fedorow Perpetual Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ILLINOIS LIBRARY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 14 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