Illinois · Nonprofit
ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR
ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,000 to it, the largest being AMPT ADVANCING NONPROFITS ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $79k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $15k
What One Lawndale Arts & Activism Incubator does
Mission
OLAAI's purpose is to provide critical youth development programming that centers racial healing and art/activism in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago and to collaborate on community engagement activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Artivism Project of Lawndale in which 10 young people engaged in participatory action research and art making that culminated in a community showcase attended by 70 people.
$24,849 spentof which $14,812 as grants49% of program spendingOne Lawndale Youth Unity Project Summer 2025 featured 12 young people engaged in racial healing circle training and participation, with opportunity to lead circles with other youth.
$17,244 spentof which $16,500 as grants34% of program spendingCommunity Activators program featured 15 young people tabling, hosting events, and connecting to organizations within the Lawndale neighborhood.
$8,380 spentof which $10,312 as grants17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $50,473.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Cecily Langford
President/CEO
Board chair
Alyson Stout
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
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 ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR’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
ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR.
“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
100% of ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
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
ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR: 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 ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR?
- ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,000 to it, the largest being AMPT ADVANCING NONPROFITS ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $22,000 in grants to ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR.
- Who is the largest funder of ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR?
- AMPT ADVANCING NONPROFITS 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 ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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