Illinois · Nonprofit
PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA
PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA (Illinois) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,350,358 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($2,279,976). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $5.4M
- Net assets
- $7.2M
What Pious Projects of America does
Mission
Pious projects fosters charitable giving to numerous causes that focus on improving all aspects of life for people and communities in need.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Emergency relief - Pious Projects of America is committed to assisting those suffering from natural and man-made disasters by providing food, water, medical supplies and other essential items to affected areas. The emergency relief programs seek to address the immediate needs of those overcome by catastrophic circumstances, including aid for refugees, water and food packages to those stricken with drought, famine, disaster and other timely assistance.
$12,643,819 spentof which $12,232,924 as grants75% of program spendingPoverty relief aid - Pious Projects of America works tirelessly to aid those in need. The organization continues to develop the neediest villages in africa by building water wells, schools, medical centers and religious centers. The organization is committed to the long-term development of underdeveloped and impoverished populations in order to provide sustainable relief and alleviate poverty and suffering for those communities.
$2,458,383 spentof which $2,378,491 as grants15% of program spendingOrphan support - the orphan support campaign provides assistance to orphans throughout the world and includes providing orphaned children with daily care, clothing, food, shelter and other essentials. Additionally the organziation is developing orphanges and an orphan academy to provide the orphans with basic necessities and a quality education.
$851,182 spentof which $823,520 as grants5% of program spendingSeasonal campaigns
$699,767 spentof which $677,025 as grants4% of program spendingOther campaigns
$186,845 spentof which $180,774 as grants1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,839,996.
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 2022 to 2023, from $4.3M to $7.5M (+72%).
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.
100% of PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $18k → $1.5M.
16 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 99% · 2019 81% · 2020 42% · 2021 61% · 2022 38% · 2023 94% — 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
40% of PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
54% of PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA'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 $2.5M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 12 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA: 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 PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA?
- PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA (Illinois) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,350,358 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($2,279,976). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $5,350,358 in grants to PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,279,976 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PIOUS PROJECTS OF AMERICA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 33 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