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PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA

PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $54 to it, the largest being KOHL FEINERMAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST ELIZABETH K & GARY S FEINERMAN TTEES ($54). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$14k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$54
Net assets
$271k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Phi Beta Kappa Association of the Chicago Area does

Mission

A social, educational and charitable society whose primary purpose is to foster liberal education and scholarship

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Awards to phi beta kappa chapters of local colleges, for current initiates

  2. College scholarships to outstanding chicago high school graduates with low family incomes

  3. Odyssey project - tutor under privileged adults who want to further their education while working

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($16k) Expenses 100 ($11k) Net assets 100 ($246k)2021 Revenue 112 ($17k) Expenses 81 ($9k) Net assets 103 ($255k)2022 Revenue 184 ($29k) Expenses 142 ($16k) Net assets 108 ($267k)2023 Revenue 83 ($13k) Expenses 112 ($13k) Net assets 109 ($267k)2024 Revenue 88 ($14k) Expenses 89 ($10k) Net assets 110 ($271k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (88)Expenses (89)Net assets (110)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $255k to $267k (+5%).

$246k
$255k
$267k
$267k
$271k
20202021202220232024
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’20
$8k
’21
$13k
’22
$199
’23
$4k
’24
03Who funds it

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 PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA’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.

Where its funders are

PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.

CA

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA

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.

Public support

82%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA?
PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $54 to it, the largest being KOHL FEINERMAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST ELIZABETH K & GARY S FEINERMAN TTEES ($54). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $54 in grants to PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA.
Who is the largest funder of PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA?
KOHL FEINERMAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST ELIZABETH K & GARY S FEINERMAN TTEES is the largest funder on record, with $54 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PHI BETA KAPPA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHICAGO AREA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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