Illinois · Nonprofit
PADS OF ELGIN INC
PADS OF ELGIN INC (Illinois) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,786,637 to it, the largest being WILLOW SPRINGS CHARITABLE TRUST JENNY B STODDARD TRUSTEE ($590,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $322k
What Pads of Elgin Inc does
Mission
To respectfully and compassionately empower persons and families who are in need of housing to become self-sustaining by providing shelter, needed services and professional guidance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The basic shelter program operates 365 days and nights, providing 24/7 safety and security to men, women, and children. In a single congregate facility, separate sleeping quarters are designated for men, women, and families equipped with pads and fresh linens. Guests have access to showers and laundry facilities, clothing and hygiene products, as well as three daily meals (including packed lunches) and bedtime snacks while accommodating specific dietary needs. In addition to overnight and day shelter, pads provides comprehensive case management services to individuals and families.case managers work with each guest to create an action plan that addresses their individual needs. Case management services offered to guests include money management and financial literacy, life skills, counseling, housing referrals, mental health assessments, substance abuse support, advocacy, employment, and educational opportunities.
$1,327,140 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,327,140.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.1M to $534k (−51%).
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: 2020 33% · 2021 34% · 2022 62% · 2023 62% · 2024 59% · 2025 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of PADS OF ELGIN INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $75k → $186k.
7 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 PADS OF ELGIN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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
PADS OF ELGIN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 42% · 2019 69% · 2020 63% · 2021 56% · 2022 48% · 2023 54% — growing more concentrated.
“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
40% of PADS OF ELGIN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
80% of PADS OF ELGIN INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
PADS OF ELGIN INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like PADS OF ELGIN INC
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PADS OF ELGIN INC: 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 PADS OF ELGIN INC?
- PADS OF ELGIN INC (Illinois) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,786,637 to it, the largest being WILLOW SPRINGS CHARITABLE TRUST JENNY B STODDARD TRUSTEE ($590,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PADS OF ELGIN INC have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $1,786,637 in grants to PADS OF ELGIN INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PADS OF ELGIN INC?
- WILLOW SPRINGS CHARITABLE TRUST JENNY B STODDARD TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $590,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PADS OF ELGIN 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 43 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