Illinois · Nonprofit
John H Vanderpoel Art Association
John H Vanderpoel Art Association (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being Fulk Family Foundation Inc ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $58k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What John H Vanderpoel Art Association does
Mission
Art Museum open to public in Ridge Park during regular Chicago Park District hours, with related activities. Preserving and conserving art collection of approximately 600 works by 400 different artists.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The John H. Vanderpoel Art Association continued to fulfill its stated mission to perpetuate the name and memory of John H. Vanderpoel and to maintain its art collection and to aid children and adults in acquiring a knowledge of and appreciation of art.We started the Vanderpoel lecture series with a lecture by esteemed historian Wendy Greenhouse who lectured about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. We offered a multitude of concerts featuring classical music and jazz. We gave tours to neighborhood groups and Vanderpoel school students. As in previous years we were a featured venue in "Open House Chicago and "Beverly Art Walk". We also co-sponsored "Ridge Park Art Fair & Uprising Solstice Market". Our curator selected paintings that were conserved by professionals.
$23,521 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $23,521.
The organization over time
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Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.4M to $1.5M (+9%).
How it's funded, over time
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Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
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 John H Vanderpoel Art Association’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
John H Vanderpoel Art Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
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.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 John H Vanderpoel Art 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 John H Vanderpoel Art Association?
- John H Vanderpoel Art Association (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being Fulk Family Foundation Inc ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does John H Vanderpoel Art Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to John H Vanderpoel Art Association.
- Who is the largest funder of John H Vanderpoel Art Association?
- Fulk Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like John H Vanderpoel Art 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.
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