Illinois · Nonprofit
PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,037,255 to it, the largest being GILMORE FOUNDATION ($436,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $747k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Peoria Public Schools Foundation does
Mission
To provide sources of supplemental funding for improving the quality of education within peoria public schools. The pps foundation works in partnership with the community to raise and disburse these funds for the use and benefit of the students, staff and alumni of peoria public schools.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Funds given to individual schools/district -throughout the year, the pps foundation helps schools with their fundraising projects and connects donors to schools. Donors give their funds for specific schools/projects, and the pps foundation passes along these funds to the individual schools or to the district.
$149,660 spentof which $149,660 as grants25% of program spendingThe pps foundation's career mentoring program includes horizons clubs for middle school students and the see it, be it program for primary school students. Horizons clubs provide weekly opportunities for students in grades 6-8 to interact with community members who share information about career paths, workplace expectations, goal setting, and soft skills development. The see it, be it program introduces students in k-5th grade to a variety of careers through age-appropriate presentations designed to encourage career awareness and future planning.field trips to local businesses and community organizations are an important component of both programs, allowing students to connect classroom learning with real-world experiences. Program expenses include staff and coordinator salaries, transportation and activity costs for field trips, and classroom materials used to support programming.during the fiscal year, approximately 4,500 primary school students participated in the see it, be it program and approximately 800 middle school students participated in horizons clubs, serving an estimated total of 5,300 students across peoria public schools.
$139,769 spent23% of program spendingBasic needs program - this program provides assistance to peoria public schools students and their families by helping meet essential needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. School staff and principals submit request forms identifying the student or family and the type of assistance needed. The pps foundation reviews these requests and provides funds directly for approved needs.examples of food assistance include grocery orders, weekend snack packs for students, and stocking little free pantries at participating schools. Clothing assistance includes school uniforms, undergarments, winter clothing, shoes, and eyeglasses. Shelter assistance may include support for rent, utility payments, and other basic household necessities.for the fiscal year ended 6.30.25, the foundation used $125,000 in grant funding received from the state of illinois to provide assistance to students and families in need. An additional $5,514 in individual donations designated for this program was also used to support assistance grants.
$130,514 spentof which $130,514 as grants22% of program spendingAdditional programs with funds granted out for fye 6.30.25 include:1) student scholarship program - $50,838 in scholarship awards provided to students2) classroom grant program - $34,531 in grants provided to teachers for their classrooms3) music & arts programming - $10,727 in grants provided to schools to support music education4) attendance incentives program - $4,900 in grants provided to schools to use for incentives to increase student attendance
$181,501 spentof which $117,085 as grants30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $601,444.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.2M to $1.4M (+22%).
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: 2021 3% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Cindy Morris
President/CEO
Board chair
Andre Allen
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $16k → $169k.
7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 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
PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 100% · 2019 37% · 2020 85% · 2021 31% · 2022 55% · 2023 42% — 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
50% of PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
89% of PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $456k 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.
Against its field
PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,037,255 to it, the largest being GILMORE FOUNDATION ($436,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,037,255 in grants to PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- GILMORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $436,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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 18 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