Illinois · Nonprofit
RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION
RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,862 to it, the largest being GIVING DUPAGE ($41,088). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $485k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $218k
What Riverside Club for Adventure and Imagination does
Mission
The organization provides programs that inspire the imaginations of the young and cultural events that foster a creative community of families, educators, artists, storytellers, craftsmen, and adventurers. It is also a prayerful community in which there are many denominations of the Christian faith represented, as well as fellow pilgrims who seek an educational community rooted in beauty, goodness, and truth. Though we profess a Catholic view of the human person and purpose of education, we are dedicated to finding common ground with the various wings of Christendom through an understanding of the sacramental imagination expressed particularly well by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Riverside offers five imaginative learning programs: (1) Tutorial: boys and girls experience the full pedagogy of Imaginative Learning. The Tutorial is a 9 month, active and engaging course in writing, speaking, drama, and journalism. (2) Ranger: two week-long summer camps offer an outdoor adventure for boys that guides them along the adventurous pilgrimage to heaven. There is brotherhood through outdoor adventures, imaginative storytelling, and prayer. Activities include canoeing, hiking, swimming, air soft, campfire cooking, etc. (3) Theatre: boys and girls participate in seasonal theatrical performance. Summer theatre camps are offered during the summer. Drama is one of the most powerful means of communication for young and old. (4) Creative Arts: boys and girls grow in imagination, creativity, fellowship, and faith. Together they learn how to sing, draw/paint, dance, and play musical instruments. The Arts have the power to awaken a greater vision of life in each person. The Arts inspire us, enliven us, and give us hope. Summer camps are offered for girls. (5) Maker: A team of craftsman and artists run Maker Sessions throughout the year. The Sessions take place at places…
$402,407 spent$363,831 earned by the program75% of program spendingEach Riverside Summer Camp is designed for the hands-on, imaginative child ready to embrace summer and the beauty, majesty, and creativity it offers as a fresh landscape for learning. Each camp is unique and meant to inspire and enliven the hearts of the young with a spirit of adventure and creativity. For 2024, there are four camps: Adventure Days, Creative Arts Days, Summer Musical Theatre, and a Young Adult Retreat. Please see our Riverside website (rside.org) for more details.
$107,309 spent$97,022 earned by the program20% of program spendingRiverFest is Riverside's annual musical festival. An afternoon of live music, food, games & fun for the entire family! Net proceeds support a scholarship fund for boys and girls who wish to attend Riverside's imaginative learning programs. Scheduled for June 1, 2024, at Cantigny Park (Wheaton, IL). Please see our Riverside website (rside.org) for all the details.
$26,827 spent$24,255 earned by the program5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $536,543.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $66k to $189k (+189%).
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.
11% of RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Peter Searby
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $24k → $8.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION’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
RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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
100% 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 RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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 RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k 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
RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION has grown faster than half of the 21,636 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,636 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION
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
100% 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 RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION: 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 RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION?
- RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,862 to it, the largest being GIVING DUPAGE ($41,088). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $66,862 in grants to RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION?
- GIVING DUPAGE is the largest funder on record, with $41,088 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RIVERSIDE CLUB FOR ADVENTURE AND IMAGINATION 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 FY2023 (financials across 2018–2023), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing