Illinois · Nonprofit
SARAH'S INN
SARAH'S INN (Illinois) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,336,884 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ($3,287,925). 56 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $9.3M
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Sarah's Inn does
Mission
The mission of sarahs inn is to improve the lives of those affected by domestic violence and to break the cycle of violence for future generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program service accomplishments intervention program the goals of the intervention program are to increase the ability of domestic violence survivors and their children for staying safe to help domestic violence survivors achieve greater life stability and self sufficiency and to help ensure that children and teen witnesses of domestic violence become less likely to repeat the cycle of violence as adults. The specific activities of the intervention program include 1 emergency assistance through a 24-hour crisis line, safety planning, emergency shelter, transportation, and housing assistance, 2 individual and group advocacy and counseling to help survivors rebuild their lives and heal, 3 legal advocacy to help ensure protections under the law, and 4 children and teens programming including art therapy, group services and individual counseling that will help break the cycle of violence for future generations. Sarahs inn answers an average of 3,000 calls per year on its crisis line, and serves more than 1,600 adults and children survivors each year.
$3,117,063 spent84% of program spendingViolence prevention program the goal of this program is toeducate youth so that they will pursue non-violence and cultivate healthy relationships throughout their lives. This program primarily targets school aged youth and is conducted through partnerships with local schools and community organizations. Specific activities include 1 together strong a 1-4 week violence prevention program for high school students covering topics such as dating and domestic violence, bullying and harrassment 2 together prepare - a week-long program for 8th graders which highlights topics including health dating relationships, conflict management, and responsible online interactions 3 together discover - a week-long program for 7th graders which highlights topics including identifying personal values, developing empathy, mastering positive coping skills, and healhty relationships 4 together connect - a week-long program for 6th graders which highlights topics including healhty friendships, addressing interpersonal differences, and responsible online interactions and 5 youth committee - a program for 8th-12th graders who want to be peer advocates for non-violence. Our prevention program reaches over…
$401,305 spent11% of program spendingTraining and education program the goal of the trainingand education program is to maximize mission reach through the ongoing development and growth of a network of skilled bystanders to appropriately intervene. Sarahs inn is a certified training site through the illinois domestic violence professionals, inc. And a leader in providing domestic violence education and training geared toward the following audiences 1 professionals, such as first-responders law enforcement, healthcare personnel, and social service providers 2 volunteers and interns who will provide domestic violence services, and 3 community-based groups that have a desire to become better educated about the issue. We train over 12,000 individuals annually.
$198,194 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,716,562.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.1M to $4.0M (+87%).
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: 2019 38% · 2020 43% · 2021 54% · 2022 56% · 2023 61% · 2024 69% · 2025 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of SARAH'S INN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Carol Gall Ma Icdvp
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $281k → $1.2M.
13 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 SARAH'S INN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 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
SARAH'S INN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
71% 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 SARAH'S INN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 61% · 2019 37% · 2020 40% · 2021 46% · 2022 24% · 2023 41% — growing more concentrated.
“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 SARAH'S INN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
99% of SARAH'S INN's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
SARAH'S INN holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding SARAH'S INN receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.2M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.2M
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 SARAH'S INN
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 SARAH'S INN: 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 SARAH'S INN?
- SARAH'S INN (Illinois) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,336,884 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ($3,287,925). 56 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SARAH'S INN have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $9,336,884 in grants to SARAH'S INN, 56 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SARAH'S INN?
- ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is the largest funder on record, with $3,287,925 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SARAH'S INN 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 75 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