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ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN

ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $86,500 to it, the largest being ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY NEW YORK SECTION ($86,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$2.2M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$87k
Net assets
$1.7M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Illuminating Engineering Society Group Return does

Mission

Illuminating engineering society group seeks to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that benefit the public.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Section meetings - includes newsletter printing and publication, also includes conferences and meetings in other regions and national meetings, also includes special section events.

    $1,800,600 spent$1,837,368 earned by the program
    83% of program spending

  2. Award and grant programs.

    $62,954 spentof which $62,954 as grants
    3% of program spending

  3. Educational seminar revenues and expenses - lighting education programs for section(subordinate) members.

    $70,327 spent$98,427 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $225,375 spent$135,339 earned by the program
    10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,159,256.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($405k) Expenses 100 ($330k) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2022 Revenue 410 ($1.7M) Expenses 441 ($1.5M) Net assets 98 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 539 ($2.2M) Expenses 655 ($2.2M) Net assets 94 ($1.7M)
202120222023
Revenue (539)Expenses (655)Net assets (94)

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 $1.7M to $1.7M (−4%).

$1.8M
$1.7M
$1.7M
202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$75k
’21
$204k
’22
$21k
’23
9.2
months of
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.

202120222023
Listed797979
Joined·+58+0
No longer listed·580
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $17k → $34k.

Funder
'20
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN’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 ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’23
New York out of state home

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

Organizations like ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN

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 New York

Lighthouse Guild International Inc80%The Jewish Guild for the Blind79%Illuminating Engineering Society79%Study Group Solutions Inc78%Instiglio Inc78%Center for Financial Stability Inc77%National Lawyers Guild Inc77%New England Society in the City of New York77%

Nationally

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers - Local Union 490 - General Fund80%Lighthouse Guild International Inc80%Ieee Foundation Inc79%The Jewish Guild for the Blind79%Led Better Inc79%International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #170179%Illuminating Engineering Society79%International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No 48179%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

79
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Illuminating Engineering Society · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN?
ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $86,500 to it, the largest being ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY NEW YORK SECTION ($86,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $86,500 in grants to ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN?
ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY NEW YORK SECTION is the largest funder on record, with $86,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY GROUP RETURN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), 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