Illinois · Nonprofit
New Life Centers of Chicagoland
New Life Centers of Chicagoland (Illinois) receives grants from 84 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,596,906 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($6,712,871). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $34M
- Funders on record
- 84
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $7.9M
What New Life Centers of Chicagoland does
Mission
To show the love of Jesus Christ by serving the needs of the people of Chicagoland through programs that provide educational enrichment, health awareness and life resources. New Life Centers of Chicagoland is a neighborhood based organization that connects youth and young adults with Christ and Community through mentoring, education, and sports.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community Care: In 2024, El Mercadito, our indoor markets, along with our mobile fresh markets provided food provision to the families in the communities we serve. In 2024, our distribution hubs across the neighborhood served 128,713 individuals. Our food pantry operates 5 days a week throughout our service areas. We offered English literacy classes for community members and case management for families that visit our pantry through partnerships with other community organizations. In response to the migrant crisis, we launched our New Vecinos program and shelter work. Through this program, NLC provides essential support and resources to individuals and families in need, focusing on sustainable housing solutions. In the past year, we moved 3,357 families and 15,116 individuals into apartments through the city. We distributed 345,779 emergency items, including jackets, hygiene kits and diapers within 24 hours of request. We operated three family shelters in the following neighborhoods: Midway, Hyde Park and Little Village caring for 3,855 people, providing programming and resources to help stabilize families to successful exit the shelter.
$22,448,792 spentof which $10,768,280 as grants$322 earned by the program75% of program spendingPeacemaking: NLC continued to provide street outreach, crisis response, mediation, hospital response, violence interruption, victim advocacy, case management, and mentoring services for young people in Little Village, Far East Side, Brighton Park and Humboldt Park. Our team engaged young people in small groups, one on one sessions, and programming. In 2024, 411 youth received mentoring services throughout the year. Approximately, 511 engaged in weekly programming with our restorative justice department. The Street Outreach staff responded to 100% of all critical incidents in our service area and spent 3,683 hours canvassing the streets working with high-risk key individuals. Our victim advocates provided services to 108 individuals that were either victims of violence or family members of those who were killed due to gun violence. They assisted families and victims in submitting 25 victim compensation applications and supported with 37 funerals.
$4,766,098 spentof which $1,616,505 as grants16% of program spendingMentoring: In 2024, NLC served 2,791 youth through mentoring services and/or weekly programming. Of those 1,074 received one on one mentoring sessions. We provided weekly in-school programming to 5 local schools. We partnered with other agencies to provide cognitive behavioral therapy in the schools as part of our programming. Launched in 2024, The Heart Project supports youth mental health through art-based mentorship. Mentors are available four days a week at the local high school, offering open studio sessions during lunch and free periods. These sessions provide a safe, creative space for students to reflect, express themselves, and heal. NLC also expanded our entrepreneurship mentoring program to serve young ladies in Little Village in addition to Humboldt Park. Participants learn entrepreneurship, marketing, and product creation through jewelry-making, while also building leadership, financial literacy, and faith-based values. The program offers trauma-informed, promoting resilience and self-worth. Girls engage in small group mentoring, leadership, service projects, and creative experiences like workshops and adventure therapy. Youth voice and leadership are central, with…
$1,219,788 spentof which $49,146 as grants$5,900 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,927,859. The per-program figures do not add up to the total the return states; both are shown as filed.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.8M to $8.3M (+119%).
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 39% · 2018 36% · 2019 42% · 2020 8% · 2021 6% · 2022 14% · 2023 40% · 2024 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of New Life Centers of Chicagoland’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Matt DeMateo
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Francisco Paco Amador
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $158k → $2.5M.
13 of 84 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 New Life Centers of Chicagoland’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 84 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
New Life Centers of Chicagoland has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
64% 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 New Life Centers of Chicagoland.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 28% · 2019 67% · 2020 16% · 2021 27% · 2022 28% · 2023 23% — 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
68% of New Life Centers of Chicagoland's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
56% of New Life Centers of Chicagoland's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
New Life Centers of Chicagoland has grown faster than three-quarters of the 203 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 203 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like New Life Centers of Chicagoland
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds New Life Centers of Chicagoland?
- New Life Centers of Chicagoland (Illinois) receives grants from 84 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,596,906 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($6,712,871). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does New Life Centers of Chicagoland have?
- IRS filings report 84 organizations giving $23,596,906 in grants to New Life Centers of Chicagoland, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of New Life Centers of Chicagoland?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $6,712,871 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like New Life Centers of Chicagoland 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 84 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing