Illinois · Nonprofit
MOOSE FOUNDATION INC
MOOSE FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,788 to it, the largest being CHEHALIS LODGE #1109 LO OF MOOSE INC ($61,791). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $86k
- Net assets
- $328M
What Moose Foundation Inc does
Mission
Moose foundation, inc. Operates exclusively to support the purposes and endeavors of mooseheart child city and school, inc., moosehaven, inc., and moose charities, inc.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Support provided toward the operation and maintenance of a children's home known as mooseheart child city and school, inc. Mooseheart provides full care for children in need, including providing education, vocational training, home life, religious instruction, and social activities. Mooseheart also provides a wealth of support services and enrichment programs to help young people attain their highest level of self fulfillment. The approximate number of individuals served is 120.
$4,800,000 spentof which $4,800,000 as grants84% of program spendingSupport provided toward the operation and maintenance of a home for dependent aged members known as moosehaven, inc. Moosehaven assumes full responsibility for total care of residents, including providing food, clothing, housing, and medical and dental care. It also benefits the community by aiding in extendig the lives of residents and enabling them to live safe, useful, and independent lives, and to relieve stress.
$800,000 spentof which $800,000 as grants14% of program spendingCollege scholarships are provided to graduates of mooseheart high school and other high schools. All children attending school at mooseheart have scholarships available to them for post high school education.
$148,290 spentof which $148,290 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,748,290.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $299M to $328M (+10%).
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.
44% of MOOSE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Scott D Hart
Moose international CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $11k → $18k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $34M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Moose Charities Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MOOSE FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of MOOSE FOUNDATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
MOOSE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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
100% 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 MOOSE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 55% · 2019 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
MOOSE FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k 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
MOOSE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 452 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 452 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MOOSE 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Moose Charities Inc · exempt
- Mooseheart Child City and School Inc · exempt
- Moosehaven Inc · exempt
- Moose International Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MOOSE FOUNDATION INC?
- MOOSE FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,788 to it, the largest being CHEHALIS LODGE #1109 LO OF MOOSE INC ($61,791). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MOOSE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $85,788 in grants to MOOSE FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOOSE FOUNDATION INC?
- CHEHALIS LODGE #1109 LO OF MOOSE INC is the largest funder on record, with $61,791 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOOSE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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