Illinois · Nonprofit
PROJECT NOW INC
PROJECT NOW INC (Illinois) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,166,350 to it, the largest being WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA AGENCY ON AGING ($7,745,467). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $9.2M
- Net assets
- $906k
What Project Now Inc does
Mission
The mission of project now, inc. Is to strengthen communities by helping people help themselves and one another. We strive to eliminate the causes of poverty through strategic partnerships and alleviate the negative conditions where poor people live.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Project now acquired an existing non profit organization, delacerda house, effective 11/15/2024. The new llc is called delacerda, inc.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Weatherization/energy assistance:project now provides weatherization and energy assistance to help reduce heating and cooling costs for low-income residents of rock island, mercer and henry counties. Energy assistance and weatherization programs provided assistance to 15,743 customers in 7,240 homes during the year. Funding for these programs is through federal and state grants and local energy companies.
$7,180,976 spentof which $4,514,589 as grants44% of program spendingChild education:project now head start promotes the school readiness of preschool-aged children from low-income families while providing comprehensive services to the families. Head start offers a variety of services that support the children, including those with special needs or disabilities, in a positive learning environment. The funded enrollment is 200 children in both center and home-based programs. Funding is provided through the us department of health and human services.
$2,836,577 spentof which $469,343 as grants18% of program spendingSenior programs:designed to help seniors live independently in their own homes. Services include: home-delivered meals, congregate meals, transportation, information and assistance, and outreach services. 136,995 home delivered meals were served to 1,254 seniors. 14,526 meals were served to 288 seniors who were eligible for congregate services. 7,212 units of door-to-door transportation were provided to 380 seniors in rock island and mercer counties. 4,957 seniors received information and assistance and 260 farmer market coupon books worth $13,000 were distributed to seniors. 60 medicare beneficiaries were saved an estimate of $473,220 for the year.
$1,897,995 spentof which $970,815 as grants12% of program spendingHousing and housing rehabilitation:project now provides housing services including home rehabilitation (single family rehab and housing accessibility programs) to low income individuals of rock island, mercer and henry counties. Funding is provided through the illinois housing development authority (ihda); 0 homes were completed during 2024-2025. Project now also has 97 affordable rental properties 11 of them are commercial.
$1,696,564 spentof which $749,689 as grants$763,203 earned by the program10% of program spendingCommunity service:provides application assistance, support, advocacy and information & referral to residents of rock island, henry and mercer counties. Customers are helped to manage their basic needs while they move towards increased self-sufficiency. Rent & deposit assistance to 186 households. Coordinated entry helped 521 families with housing and case management. Funding is provided through federal, state and local grants.
$1,684,604 spentof which $13,690 as grants10% of program spendingPublic transit: project now is the service provider for rim rural public transit serving rural rock island and all of mercer counties. Over 500 passengers received 13,758 rides this year.
$746,443 spent5% of program spendingFood programs:designed to feed low income individuals.
$123,738 spent1% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,166,897.
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 2021 to 2022, from $6.4M to $4.1M (−36%).
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: 2017 89% · 2018 86% · 2019 87% · 2020 90% · 2021 91% · 2022 95% · 2023 95% · 2024 92% · 2025 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of PROJECT NOW INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Dwight L Ford
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $789k → $220k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 NOW INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 19 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 NOW INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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
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 PROJECT NOW INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 93% · 2019 95% · 2020 86% · 2021 88% · 2022 87% · 2023 44% — 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
57% of PROJECT NOW INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
93% of PROJECT NOW 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. $164k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 NOW INC has grown faster than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding PROJECT NOW INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $34.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$31.0M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PROJECT NOW 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.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 9 related entities
- New Boston Affordable Housing LLC · disregarded
- Viola Affordable Housing LLC · disregarded
- Project Now Affordable Housing LLC · disregarded
- Delacerda LLC · disregarded
- Knox Apartment Limited Partnership · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PROJECT NOW INC?
- PROJECT NOW INC (Illinois) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,166,350 to it, the largest being WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA AGENCY ON AGING ($7,745,467). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROJECT NOW INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $9,166,350 in grants to PROJECT NOW INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROJECT NOW INC?
- WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA AGENCY ON AGING is the largest funder on record, with $7,745,467 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROJECT NOW 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 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