Illinois · Nonprofit
Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens
Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $281,041 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KNOX COUNTY INDIANA INC ($221,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $281k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens does
Mission
Our philosophy is that every person with a developmental disability is entitled to an opportunity to achieve his/her full potential. It is our purpose to provide or obtain high quality services for those persons. These services will maximize each individual's functioning level so that he/she can more fully experience and participate in life and become a contributing member of the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
This program served 73 unduplicated individuals with developmental disabilities for 240 days. Individuals in this program have more severe disabilities and require more intense supervision and assistance. Individuals were provided with at least 6 hours of service per day. These services include: Pre-vocational and vocational training, contract work, behavior modificatin supports and assistance with a variety of activities of daily living. Class time was provided to facilitate academic improvements, social skills, and to enhance communication skills. These individuals participated in a variety of special activities which promoted community integration. We plan to continue providing these necessary services to developmentally disabled individuals in our community.
$1,045,647 spent$131,900 earned by the program63% of program spendingThis program provided residential services to 7 developmentally disabled individuals. These individuals received 24 hour supervision and assistance is a private residential home for 365 days. This program provided the individuals with the opportunity to live and work in their own community. These services include training and assistance to facilitate the improvement of their activities of daily living skills, social skills, and provided opportunities to participate in special activities, including community integration. Staff, including a registered nurse, are available to assist these individuals in every aspect of their lives. This program provided transportation to and from the workshop, special activities, and for professional and medical appointments. We plan to continue providing these necessary services in the future.
$473,496 spent$16,797 earned by the program29% of program spendingThis program served 9 unduplicated individuals with developmental disabilities for 240 days. Individuals in this program are higher functioning and posess the capability of higher productivity and reflect better vocational potential. The goal of this program is to facilitate the maintenance of their abilities and/or improve those abilities to the expectations of community employment. Individuals within this program received the opportunity to participate in contract work. They received continuous vocational training and simulations. Class instruction was provided to assist these individuals to improve their academic, social, and communication skills. They had the opportunity to participate in special activities and outings which promoted socialization and community integration. Our goal is to continue providing these vital services to individuals with developmental disabilities in our community.
$140,890 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,660,033.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.4M to $1.9M (+36%).
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: 2017 71% · 2019 71% · 2020 76% · 2021 73% · 2022 82% · 2023 81% · 2024 87% · 2025 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Keisha Lewis
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $45k → $49k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens’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
Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 79% · 2021 100% · 2022 88% · 2023 72% — diversifying over time.
“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
Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,012 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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 Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens: 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 Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens?
- Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $281,041 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KNOX COUNTY INDIANA INC ($221,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $281,041 in grants to Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens?
- UNITED WAY OF KNOX COUNTY INDIANA INC is the largest funder on record, with $221,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens 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