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MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP

MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,134,877 to it, the largest being MIDLAND STATES BANK FOUNDATION ($800,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$807k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$615k
9/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship Nfp does

Mission

Midland institute for entrepreneurship, nfp was formed for charitable and educational purposes, specifically, the purpose to establish and maintain a high quality educational program known as creating entrepreneurial opportunities (ceo) programs for select junior and senior high school students. In addition, midland institute for entrepreneurship, nfp provides resources to communities to aid in the establishment of ceo programs in communities throughout the united states. Midland institute for entrepreneurship, nfp provides initial and ongoing training, support and materials to these communities to establish and maintain the ceo programs.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. To establish and maintain high quality educational program known as creating entrepreneurial opportunities (ceo) programs for junior and senior high school students.

    $846,212 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $846,212.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($485k) Expenses 100 ($895k) Net assets 100 ($202k)2019 Revenue 116 ($560k) Expenses 64 ($570k) Net assets 458 ($924k)2020 Revenue 87 ($424k) Expenses 75 ($672k) Net assets 334 ($675k)2021 Revenue 103 ($499k) Expenses 74 ($667k) Net assets 252 ($507k)2022 Revenue 249 ($1.2M) Expenses 78 ($697k) Net assets 503 ($1.0M)2023 Revenue 129 ($627k) Expenses 93 ($832k) Net assets 401 ($810k)2024 Revenue 166 ($807k) Expenses 112 ($1.0M) Net assets 305 ($615k)
2017201920202021202220232024
Revenue (166)Expenses (112)Net assets (305)Peer revenue range

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 $913k to $1.5M (+59%).

$533k
$1.2M
$911k
$913k
$1.5M
$1.2M
$1.2M
2017201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

34% of MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$410k
’17
−$10k
’19
−$249k
’20
−$167k
’21
$507k
’22
−$205k
’23
−$194k
’24
12
months of
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.

Board chair

Donald Wilson

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201920202021202220232024
Listed610910101010
Joined··+1+1+1+1+0
No longer listed··20110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $155k → $5k.

7 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP’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

MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

70%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 71% · 2019 69% · 2020 61% · 2021 55% · 2022 86% · 2023 97% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

How long its funders stay

50% of MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

95% of MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

MN
IL
IN
MO
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $275k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−24% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve11.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 8%Fundraising 7%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP?
MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,134,877 to it, the largest being MIDLAND STATES BANK FOUNDATION ($800,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,134,877 in grants to MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP?
MIDLAND STATES BANK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 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