Illinois · Nonprofit
KICKING IT BACK INC
KICKING IT BACK INC (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,119 to it, the largest being SPECIAL PEOPLE IN NEED ($6,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $112k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $576k
What Kicking It Back Inc does
Mission
Kicking it back, inc. Is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of young people and seniors through sports, education, and mentoring programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ten competitors and four coaches were sent to three week long world karate and martial arts championships, as members of usa karate team.
$26,577 spent39% of program spendingWe sent karate students to out-of-town tournaments.
$2,379 spent4% of program spendingWe held regular karate classes four nights each week with 40-50 students attending;18 new this year.
$19,479 spent29% of program spendingHeld programs for senior citizens which include exercise, games, crafts, cognitive exercises and special outings. We also sponsored holiday special events for adults and seniors as well as karate students. Senior promgram attendance varies from 8 for semiweekly social events; 20 plus for semiweekly execise; to over 30 for monthly bingo games.
$19,479 spent29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $67,914.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $91k to $514k (+467%).
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: 2024 6% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of KICKING IT BACK INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $30.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 KICKING IT BACK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 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
KICKING IT BACK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 57% · 2021 100% · 2022 148% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of KICKING IT BACK INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $119 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
KICKING IT BACK INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KICKING IT BACK INC
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
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 KICKING IT BACK INC: 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 KICKING IT BACK INC?
- KICKING IT BACK INC (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,119 to it, the largest being SPECIAL PEOPLE IN NEED ($6,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KICKING IT BACK INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $9,119 in grants to KICKING IT BACK INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KICKING IT BACK INC?
- SPECIAL PEOPLE IN NEED is the largest funder on record, with $6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KICKING IT BACK INC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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