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OLI GARDENS INC

OLI GARDENS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,652 to it, the largest being THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$149k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$16k
Net assets
$82k
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Oli Gardens Inc does

Mission

To develop sustainable solutions that eliminate food insecurity in our community by providing materials and knowledge on how to grow a garden, eat healthy, and preserve foods. Also to donate food from our gardens to food pantries and veterans.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Oli Gardens Inc operates community-based garden and food access programs aimed at increasing the availability of fresh, nutritious food in underserved and low-income communities, including areas identified as food deserts. Through partnerships with local officials, volunteers, and community organizations, the program supports the cultivation and distribution of healthy produce while promoting nutrition awareness and community engagement.

    $51,387 spent
    91% of program spending
  2. Oli Gardens Inc hosts an annual awards & gala to recognize individuals and organizations that have demonstrated exceptional service, generosity, and community impact. The event also serves as a fundraising and outreach initiative to support the organizations mission of improving access to healthy food and expanding its community programs.

    $5,107 spent$5,127 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $56,494.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($12k) Expenses 100 ($9k) Net assets 100 ($6k)2021 Revenue 124 ($14k) Expenses 186 ($16k) Net assets 65 ($4k)2022 Revenue 424 ($49k) Expenses 543 ($48k) Net assets 91 ($5k)2023 Revenue 509 ($59k) Expenses 571 ($50k) Net assets 247 ($14k)2024 Revenue 264 ($31k) Expenses 499 ($44k) Net assets 15 ($860)2025 Revenue 1290 ($149k) Expenses 778 ($68k) Net assets 1439 ($82k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (1290)Expenses (778)Net assets (1439)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 2024 to 2025, from $860 to $82k (+9445%).

$6k
$4k
$5k
$14k
$860
$82k
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2025 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of OLI GARDENS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’20
−$2k
’21
$1k
’22
$9k
’23
−$13k
’24
$81k
’25
4.9
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed111011111110
Joined·+0+7+0+1+0
No longer listed·16011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6 → $131.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 OLI GARDENS 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

OLI GARDENS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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

99% 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 OLI GARDENS INC.

64%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 95% — 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.

Where its funders are

64% of OLI GARDENS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Illinois funders.

IL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

OLI GARDENS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin54% · top quartile
Months of reserve4.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)67% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like OLI GARDENS INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 17%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds OLI GARDENS INC?
OLI GARDENS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,652 to it, the largest being THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does OLI GARDENS INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $15,652 in grants to OLI GARDENS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OLI GARDENS INC?
THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OLI GARDENS 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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