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ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC

ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,832,100 to it, the largest being THE SIDHU-SINGH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.7M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$3.8M
Net assets
$3.5M
3/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 75%
01What it does

What Illumine Service Foundation Inc does

Mission

Illumine service foundation's mission is to support activities for peace, sports for peace and arts for peace.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The isf impact fund provided 44 discrete grants in 2024 for initiatives that drive small but demonstrable change to foster peace and goodwill, predominately in underrepresented and under-resourced communities. Isf's support advanced grantees' internal operational capacity and their ability to address social justice issues, including but not limited to criminal justice reform; education; food security; immigration; indigenous food systems and sovereignty; maternal child health; mental health; and services that strengthen individuals, families, and communities through programmatic efforts and storytelling.

    $1,375,792 spentof which $1,348,792 as grants
    82% of program spending
  2. Thomas jefferson film: we are producing a feature-length documentary exploring the friendship between a descendent of thomas jefferson and a descendent of one of thomas jeffersons enslaved persons, specifically sally hemings.

    $274,694 spent
    16% of program spending
  3. We are building a retreat center in upstate new york to help facilitate conversations around peace and social justice. The center will be a location where individuals and groups can come to reflect on personal and collective peace.

    $27,000 spent
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,677,486.

02The organization over time

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($599k) Net assets 100 ($929k)2018 Revenue 53 ($674k) Expenses 168 ($1.0M) Net assets 64 ($596k)2019 Revenue 43 ($544k) Expenses 107 ($639k) Net assets 54 ($501k)2020 Revenue 25 ($321k) Expenses 83 ($495k) Net assets 35 ($327k)2021 Revenue 215 ($2.7M) Expenses 35 ($212k) Net assets 308 ($2.9M)2022 Revenue 39 ($496k) Expenses 152 ($913k) Net assets 263 ($2.4M)2023 Revenue 209 ($2.7M) Expenses 340 ($2.0M) Net assets 371 ($3.4M)2024 Revenue 136 ($1.7M) Expenses 292 ($1.7M) Net assets 373 ($3.5M)
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Revenue (136)Expenses (292)Net assets (373)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $343k to $2.9M (+738%).

$936k
$596k
$517k
$343k
$2.9M
$2.5M
$3.5M
$3.5M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

96% of ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,024 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$677k
’17
−$333k
’18
−$95k
’19
−$174k
’20
$2.5M
’21
−$417k
’22
$627k
’23
−$6k
’24
1.0
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.

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Listed33333333
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·0000000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $125k → $40k.

6 of 15 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 ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION 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.

How concentrated its funding is

ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

52%
largest funder
78%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 72% · 2019 89% · 2020 50% · 2021 49% · 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

0% of ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 20% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 8 states in all.

NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
DC
TX

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

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’21
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $619k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC's revenue grew 36% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve1.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
33%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

53%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC?
ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,832,100 to it, the largest being THE SIDHU-SINGH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $3,832,100 in grants to ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC?
THE SIDHU-SINGH FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ILLUMINE SERVICE FOUNDATION INC 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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