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ILLINOIS OPERATION LIFESAVER

ILLINOIS OPERATION LIFESAVER (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $53,000 to it, the largest being Operation Lifesaver Inc ($53,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$73k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$53k
Net assets
$90k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Illinois Operation Lifesaver does

Mission

To promote highway railroad grade crossing safety and trespass prevention throughout the state.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Rail safety education through a variety of presentations and educational exhibits aimed at preventing incidents and injuries near railroad tracks and trains.Illinois Operation Lifesaver (il ol) promotes rail safety through public awareness campaigns and education initiatives, including free safety presentations by authorized volunteers. Il ol speaks to school groups, driver education classes, community audiences, professional drivers, law enforcement officers, emergency responders, and others.

    $81,975 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $81,975.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
'24*
total
$53k
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of ILLINOIS OPERATION LIFESAVER’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 OPERATION LIFESAVER draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.

DC

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ILLINOIS OPERATION LIFESAVER receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $53k to it.

Operating margin−19% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds ILLINOIS OPERATION LIFESAVER?
ILLINOIS OPERATION LIFESAVER (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $53,000 to it, the largest being Operation Lifesaver Inc ($53,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ILLINOIS OPERATION LIFESAVER have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $53,000 in grants to ILLINOIS OPERATION LIFESAVER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ILLINOIS OPERATION LIFESAVER?
Operation Lifesaver Inc is the largest funder on record, with $53,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ILLINOIS OPERATION LIFESAVER 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 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