Illinois · Nonprofit
NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,000 to it, the largest being THE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $100k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $210k
- Net assets
- $63k
What National Opportunity Project does
Mission
The National Opportunity Project's mission is to educate the public about policy that is driven by the principles of liberty and free enterprise. The National Opportunity Project conducts research and policy reviews on various local, state, and national issues, including education policy, performance and funding, judicial and government reform, and fiscal matters.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
The National Opportunity Project's mission is to educate the public about policy that is driven by the principles of liberty and free enterprise. The National Opportunity Project conducts educational sessions for local leaders and organizations. Through these sessions, local leaders and organizations learn about research, policy reviews, and their constitutional rights driven by the principles of liberty and free enterprise. These sessions are open to any individual, local leader, or organization. The National Opportunity Project also identifies and organizes key partners, forges alliances, develops consensus positions and strategies, and provides strategic planning to build coalitions in support of these policy positions. The National Opportunity Project also develops educational campaigns that build awareness about issues of liberty and free enterprise through its educational materials.
$777,051 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $777,051.
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 2021 to 2022, from $45k to $1.2M (+2638%).
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.
100% of NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT’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
NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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
“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
NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
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.
Against its field
NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT's revenue fell 60% between 2021 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,914 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- National Opportunity Project Action · exempt
- Illinois Opportunity Project · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT: 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 NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT?
- NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,000 to it, the largest being THE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $210,000 in grants to NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT?
- THE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROJECT 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 2 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