Illinois · Nonprofit
LIGHTUP LAWNDALE INC
LIGHTUP LAWNDALE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $222k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $2k
What Lightup Lawndale Inc does
Mission
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As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Light up lawndale is a certified 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in chicagos lawndale community. Our mission is to change the narrative of chicagos west side communities through education empowerment engagement housing and economic development. We collaborate closely with residents and organizations in lawndale to foster a healthier more cohesive and flourishing community.
$200,000 spent$200,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $200,000.
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.
Board chair
Schanel Shaw
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 LIGHTUP LAWNDALE 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.
Where its funders are
LIGHTUP LAWNDALE INC 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.
Against its field
LIGHTUP LAWNDALE INC receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LIGHTUP LAWNDALE 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIGHTUP LAWNDALE INC?
- LIGHTUP LAWNDALE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC ($200,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIGHTUP LAWNDALE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $200,000 in grants to LIGHTUP LAWNDALE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of LIGHTUP LAWNDALE INC?
- CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIGHTUP LAWNDALE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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