Illinois · Nonprofit
PROJECT IMPACT 180
PROJECT IMPACT 180 (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,476 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($91,950). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $46k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $123k
- Net assets
- $4k
What Project Impact 180 does
Mission
At Project Impact 180, we believe that every young person has the potential to achieve greatness, and that with the right support and guidance, they can overcome any obstacle. Our comprehensive mentoring program is designed to help youth develop critical life skills, from communication and problem-solving to goal-setting and decision-making. We are dedicated to providing each participant with the tools they need to succeed, and we are committed to creating supportive and safe environments where youth can thrive
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Stability of the families after the holidays. Hosted the first Community Literacy Night where we distrubted more than 40 pajama sets and books to families with kids up to 12 years of age. During literacy night, youth engaged in various literact activities presented
$0 spentStipends for youth in our leadership and mentoring programs
$0 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
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 $19k to $9k (−53%).
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.
91% of PROJECT IMPACT 180’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Elaine Marthel
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $25k → $23k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 PROJECT IMPACT 180’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 7 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
PROJECT IMPACT 180 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 PROJECT IMPACT 180.
Largest funder’s share by year: 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
74% of PROJECT IMPACT 180'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 $32k that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $92k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
PROJECT IMPACT 180's revenue fell 23% between 2021 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,880 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like PROJECT IMPACT 180
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PROJECT IMPACT 180: 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 PROJECT IMPACT 180?
- PROJECT IMPACT 180 (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,476 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($91,950). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PROJECT IMPACT 180 have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $123,476 in grants to PROJECT IMPACT 180, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROJECT IMPACT 180?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $91,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROJECT IMPACT 180 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 7 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