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SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC

SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,284 to it, the largest being THE ANGORA RIDGE FOUNDATION ($8,334). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$42k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$292k
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park Inc does

Mission

The Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park, raises funds to develop and maintain a sculpture park along the Northshore Sanitary Canal

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Artist Stipends - 4500

    $4,500 spent
    18% of program spending
  2. Sculpture Installations - 21081.61

    $21,082 spent
    82% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,582.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($43k) Expenses 100 ($48k) Net assets 100 ($284k)2023 Revenue 120 ($52k) Expenses 65 ($31k) Net assets 107 ($305k)2024 Revenue 112 ($48k) Expenses 112 ($54k) Net assets 105 ($299k)2025 Revenue 98 ($42k) Expenses 103 ($50k) Net assets 103 ($292k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (98)Expenses (103)Net assets (103)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $284k to $305k (+7%).

$284k
$305k
$299k
$292k
2022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,075 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$5k
’22
$21k
’23
−$6k
’24
−$7k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $3k → $2k.

From the IRS filings of SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC’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

SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

74%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2019 83% · 2020 89% · 2021 67% · 2022 100% · 2023 92% — 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.

Where its funders are

SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.

MT
IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $11k to it.

Operating margin−17% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In Illinois

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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

IL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC: 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 SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC?
SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,284 to it, the largest being THE ANGORA RIDGE FOUNDATION ($8,334). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $11,284 in grants to SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK INC?
THE ANGORA RIDGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,334 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SKOKIE NORTHSHORE SCULPTURE PARK 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 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