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NSSRA FOUNDATION

NSSRA FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,772,377 to it, the largest being GERALD AND OLIVIA SHAPIRO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($602,250). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$670k
Funders on record
33
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$1.3M
19/33 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Nssra Foundation does

Mission

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to facilitate participation of disabled adults and children in programs offered by the northern suburban special recreation association.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To help families with program fee costs and to assist nssra in hosting shining stars and summer bash event

    $108,524 spentof which $108,524 as grants
    23% of program spending
  2. Nssra bus purchase

    $106,078 spentof which $106,078 as grants
    23% of program spending
  3. Donations taken in and given directly to ela to support their program

    $208,316 spentof which $208,316 as grants
    45% of program spending
  4. Other

    $44,821 spent
    10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $467,739.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($180k) Expenses 100 ($69k) Net assets 100 ($609k)2018 Revenue 119 ($214k) Expenses 215 ($149k) Net assets 111 ($674k)2019 Revenue 1623 ($2.9M) Expenses 2712 ($1.9M) Net assets 281 ($1.7M)2020 Revenue 437 ($787k) Expenses 2518 ($1.7M) Net assets 129 ($786k)2021 Revenue 155 ($279k) Expenses 783 ($543k) Net assets 86 ($523k)2022 Revenue 258 ($465k) Expenses 448 ($311k) Net assets 111 ($677k)2023 Revenue 279 ($502k) Expenses 320 ($222k) Net assets 157 ($957k)2024 Revenue 344 ($619k) Expenses 656 ($455k) Net assets 184 ($1.1M)2025 Revenue 372 ($670k) Expenses 708 ($491k) Net assets 213 ($1.3M)
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Revenue (372)Expenses (708)Net assets (213)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $793k to $1.8M (+122%).

$618k
$793k
$1.8M
$881k
$559k
$712k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.3M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

73% of NSSRA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,206 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$111k
’17
$65k
’18
$1.0M
’19
−$959k
’20
−$264k
’21
$154k
’22
$280k
’23
$164k
’24
$178k
’25
32
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed161512121416161617
Joined·+3+1+4+4+2+0+3+1
No longer listed·44420030
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $14k → $152k.

6 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 NSSRA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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

NSSRA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

42% 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 NSSRA FOUNDATION.

34%
largest funder
65%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 41% · 2019 37% · 2020 70% · 2021 32% · 2022 45% · 2023 40% — 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

39% of NSSRA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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 NSSRA FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL
MO
VA
NC
FL

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

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’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $339k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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

Against its field

NSSRA FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,010 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin27% · top quartile
Months of reserve32.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,010 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like NSSRA FOUNDATION

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

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 4%Fundraising 1%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

94%

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 NSSRA FOUNDATION?
NSSRA FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,772,377 to it, the largest being GERALD AND OLIVIA SHAPIRO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($602,250). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NSSRA FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $1,772,377 in grants to NSSRA FOUNDATION, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NSSRA FOUNDATION?
GERALD AND OLIVIA SHAPIRO FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $602,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NSSRA FOUNDATION 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 33 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