Illinois · Nonprofit
Rockford Barbell
Rockford Barbell (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $167,333 to it, the largest being LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $424k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $167k
- Net assets
- $177k
What Rockford Barbell does
Mission
To improve the social and emotional well-being of youth through mindful movement and trauma informed practices.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Averaged 58 kids in each six-week program session serving over 150 unique youth & enrolling a total of 349 youth. Program satisfaction was evident by Rockford Barbells retention rate of 60% as well as 87% who would recommend the program to a friend. Different from the traditional therapy model of serving a child 1 hour per week, Rockford Barbell provides its free programing up to 4 days per week. The organization was able to provide 3,605 contact hours over the fiscal year. Increased contact with youth helps develop stronger relationships with kids and families and produce greater social-emotional development. Rockford Barbell uses the Social Skills Improvement Scale (SSIS) to measure social-emotional skills. An average of 83% of parents reported improvement in their childs social-emotional skills or a decrease in behavioral health risk factors. The organizations programs continue to see positive results from kids and families.
$337,219 spentof which $386,289 as grants$406,621 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $337,219.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $153k to $307k (+101%).
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.
98% of Rockford Barbell’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
Elliot Ganet
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $20k → $39k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 Rockford Barbell’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
Rockford Barbell leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 Rockford Barbell.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 68% · 2022 100% · 2023 46% — 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.
Where its funders are
50% of Rockford Barbell's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47k 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
Rockford Barbell has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Rockford Barbell
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
87% 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 Rockford Barbell: 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 Rockford Barbell?
- Rockford Barbell (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $167,333 to it, the largest being LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Rockford Barbell have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $167,333 in grants to Rockford Barbell, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Rockford Barbell?
- LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Rockford Barbell 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 6 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