Illinois · Nonprofit
POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC
POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $191,308 to it, the largest being BLANCHE M JONES CHARITABLE TRUST ($173,082). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $167k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $191k
- Net assets
- $143k
What Polo Area Senior Services Inc does
Mission
Services for Seniors--socialization health promotion meals recreation
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Off Site Excursions--7 Day Trips 2 Weekend Trips 2Extended Trips--Socialization Recreation 87 hours 217 participants
$53,024 spent35% of program spendingExercise--Health Promotion Socialization 4 days per week Silver Sneakers Pound Cardio Yoga TaiChi Hand Massage 227 hours 1276 participants
$24,214 spent16% of program spendingNutrition Meals--Health Promotion Socialization--Cooking Demo 6 times per year Golden Adventures Breakfasts out once a month Gratitude Cafe twice weekly meals-donation only or free to those who cannot pay Membership meals once a month Hours 204 hours 1172 participants
$22,640 spent15% of program spendingNewsletter Facebook emails-Information ; 100 hours 422 participants
$4,010 spent3% of program spendingPublic Services-Services for Seniors-Medical Equipment Loan Emergency Money Polling Place Flu Shots Blood Pressure Checks Community Holiday Party Mobile Pantry Reunions Celebrations of Life Community Group Meetings and Adpt a Class. 59 hours 147 participants
$6,736 spent4% of program spendingCounseling-Services for Seniors Benefits Access reduced price license plates Dementia Support Group Financial Counseling Social Security Medicare Technology Assistance; Pennies From Heaven emergency money Services Assistance 96 hours 89 participants
$3,267 spent2% of program spendingSpecial Events-Socialization; Mothers Day Veterans Day Gifts & Flowers 20 hours 12 participants
$1,736 spent1% of program spendingRecreation Entertainment; Socialization; Game Day Cards Bingo Wheel of Fortune Brain Games Book Clubs Movies Adopt a Class Gifts & Flowers 375 hours 2,256+ participants
$16,152 spent11% of program spendingClasses Workshops-Services for Seniors Socialization; Nutrition Crafts Caregiving 5 hours 10 participants
$1,159 spent1% of program spendingCoffee Hour Visiting--Socialization Health promotion 1440 hours 1042 participants
$17,240 spent11% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $150,178.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $316k to $266k (−16%).
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 POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Randy A Hayes
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $14k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC’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
POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 62% · 2019 75% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES 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. $101 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 520 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 520 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES 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.
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC?
- POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $191,308 to it, the largest being BLANCHE M JONES CHARITABLE TRUST ($173,082). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $191,308 in grants to POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES INC?
- BLANCHE M JONES CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $173,082 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POLO AREA SENIOR SERVICES 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 FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing