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MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC

MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,015 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($26,351). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$271k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$97k
Net assets
$340k
5/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Monarch Awards Foundation Inc does

Mission

Provides community service programs, scholarships, and charitable grants addressing youth enrichment, health and wellness, poverty, economic security, human rights, and social justice in chicagoland.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. 21st annual community feeding we donated 2,000 food baskets during the thanksgiving season to 11 agencies impacting over 10,000 community members in chicago's englewood and surrounding communities. The purpose of this program is to address food insecurity and ensure families are supported during critical times with essential food items and other supplies.

    $93,535 spent$12,635 earned by the program
    36% of program spending
  2. 19th community expo featuring the 35th annual music and arts explosion our annual back to schoool community service program celebrates students as they prepare for the new school year. Over 600 people from englewood and the surrounding communities receive backpacks, school suppliees, hygiene essentials, underwear, and other services. Students also can receive free haircuts and hairstyles. All services are complimentary and done in partnership with other local organizations and politicians.

    $46,470 spent$750 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  3. Chipp (childhood hunger initiatives power pack) provides weekend food supplies to students to help bridge the gap for families that might be impacted by food insecurity. We provided over 400 meals per month from january-june 2025 to students at paul cuffee stem academy. Extra meals are given to students for long weekends, spring break, and holidays.

    $13,273 spent
    5% of program spending
  4. Others.

    $109,767 spent$4,750 earned by the program
    42% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $263,045.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($335k) Expenses 100 ($277k) Net assets 100 ($167k)2020 Revenue 85 ($286k) Expenses 89 ($245k) Net assets 124 ($208k)2021 Revenue 97 ($327k) Expenses 100 ($276k) Net assets 154 ($258k)2022 Revenue 78 ($262k) Expenses 84 ($233k) Net assets 172 ($287k)2023 Revenue 125 ($421k) Expenses 120 ($332k) Net assets 224 ($376k)2024 Revenue 124 ($416k) Expenses 137 ($378k) Net assets 247 ($414k)2025 Revenue 81 ($271k) Expenses 125 ($345k) Net assets 203 ($340k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (81)Expenses (125)Net assets (203)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $290k to $382k (+32%).

$170k
$211k
$261k
$290k
$382k
$414k
$347k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$58k
’19
$41k
’20
$50k
’21
$29k
’22
$88k
’23
$38k
’24
−$74k
’25
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.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed18191919182024
Joined·+2+14+3+10+10+15
No longer listed·114311811
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $600 → $6k.

4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 9 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

MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

55% 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 MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC.

27%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 74% · 2022 95% · 2023 85% — 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.

How long its funders stay

80% of MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

55% of MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $43k that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from Illinois funders.

IL
OH

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $54k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

Organizations like MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 16%Fundraising 8%

Governance

24
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 MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC?
MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,015 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($26,351). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $97,015 in grants to MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION INC?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $26,351 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MONARCH AWARDS FOUNDATION 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 9 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