Illinois · Nonprofit
NAMI ILLINOIS INC
NAMI ILLINOIS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $589,415 to it, the largest being NAMI National ($260,750). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $589k
- Net assets
- $509k
What Nami Illinois Inc does
Mission
Nami illinois is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with mental health disorders and their families through support, education, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Statewide advocacy and public awareness - the organization directly publishes a monthly newsletter, social media, and other content to raise awareness about mental health issues affecting people across illinois. In addition, the organization's leaders, volunteers, and program contractors regularly share their expertise to ensure the needs and voices of people and families with direct experience living with mental illness are considered in matters related to public policy, service delivery, and public discourse. Examples include media appearances, informational programs organized with affiliates and partner agencies, and providing issue education and advocacy training to affiliates and volunteers.
$831,982 spentof which $124,499 as grants$12,473 earned by the program76% of program spendingStatewide education and support services - the organization directly provides education and mental health support programs to a statewide audience, typically as collaborations with its affiliates and other partners. An annual statewide conference facilitates learning and collaboration among affiliates, volunteers, and any interested illinoisans. This conference consistently draws over 200 participants, attracts prominent national and statewide keynote speakers, and offers 24+ workshops that offer continuing education credits to a variety of professional fields. Sponsorships, gifts, and donated services enable the organization to offer discounted tickets to people living with mental illness, ensuring these important stakeholders have the same opportunities to learn and share ideas as any other illinoisan. The organization also collaborates with affiliates and other partners to provide virtual programming to a statewide audience, including virtual nami signature programs, informational webinars, and other activities of interest to a broad audience across illinois.
$202,729 spent$61,897 earned by the program19% of program spendingAffiliate support and coordination - the organization is the designated entity to prepare and certify volunteer trainers, facilitators, and teachers who deliver nami signature programs across the state of illinois. The organization delivers proprietary curricula and support services to volunteers from 21 local affiliates. In addition, the organization provides technical assistance, data collection, and other support to ensure local affiliates meet the highest standards of program quality and fiscal accountability. While direct service numbers were affected by covid-19, the organization catalyzed and/or supported the transition to virtual programming and other special activities to address mental health concerns related to the global pandemic.
$58,074 spentof which $15,000 as grants5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,092,785.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $456k to $985k (+116%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 6% · 2018 4% · 2019 42% · 2020 50% · 2021 47% · 2022 45% · 2023 41% · 2024 77% · 2025 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of NAMI ILLINOIS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Sara Gray
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $22k → $117k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 NAMI ILLINOIS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 19 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
NAMI ILLINOIS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
86% 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 NAMI ILLINOIS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 59% · 2021 49% · 2022 82% · 2023 65% — 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
57% of NAMI ILLINOIS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% give in more than one year at all.
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
NAMI ILLINOIS INC draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $193k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
NAMI ILLINOIS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NAMI ILLINOIS 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NAMI ILLINOIS INC: 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 NAMI ILLINOIS INC?
- NAMI ILLINOIS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $589,415 to it, the largest being NAMI National ($260,750). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NAMI ILLINOIS INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $589,415 in grants to NAMI ILLINOIS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAMI ILLINOIS INC?
- NAMI National is the largest funder on record, with $260,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAMI ILLINOIS 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 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