Illinois · Nonprofit
MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION
MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,245 to it, the largest being ROBERT R NATHAN PHILANTHROPIC FUND ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $349k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $470k
What Mid-West Fastener Association does
Mission
The Mid-West Fastener Association's (mwfa) purpose is to serve and promote the fastener industry and the ever changing needs of its membership. Specifically, the mwfa is dedicated to representing all segments of the industry; manufacturers, distributors, importers and suppliers to the industry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conferences and meetings provide members the opportunity to discuss industry matters and to promote products and services of the fastener industry
Seminars and education courses provide knowledge and skills of the fastener industry to members and educate those attending the courses concerning new products and services related to the associations exempt activities.
Trade shows allow members to promote the products they sell.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $455k to $517k (+14%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
Francesca Lewis
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $545.
From the IRS filings of MID-WEST FASTENER 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.
How concentrated its funding is
MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2017 100% · 2020 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
87% of MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION
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.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MID-WEST FASTENER 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 MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION?
- MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,245 to it, the largest being ROBERT R NATHAN PHILANTHROPIC FUND ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $4,245 in grants to MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of MID-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION?
- ROBERT R NATHAN PHILANTHROPIC FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MID-WEST FASTENER 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 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