Illinois · Nonprofit
SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC
SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $877,434 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($274,999). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $877k
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What South Chicago Parents & Friends Inc does
Mission
To improve the quality of life for persons with developmental disabilities enabling them to be productive valued members of society. The services provided by the organization allow the individuals to learn, work, play, and live as community members.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community living services - the community living services offer a number of residential options for adults with disabilities. Some programs provide 24-hour staff assistance, while others are need-based programs that provide support on a more limited basis. All residential options are licensed by the illinois department of human services. Community integrated living arrangement (cila) is for individuals that live in a 24-hour supervised residential home. This arrangement offers opportunities for them to be as independent as possible in their home and community. They are encouraged to decorate their bedroom and home and to decide those activities and outings in which they would like to participate. Each resident has an individual support plan (isp) that recognizes their needs and preferences, and guides the type of support they receive.
$584,857 spent$983,561 earned by the program26% of program spendingCommunity day services - the community day service program extends to individuals a variety of structured activities, designed to assist in achieving their maximum potential. Individuals receiving services and support are provided instruction in self-care skills, motor skills, adult daily living skills, communications, computer training and basic academic skills. Additionally, job training is provided to enable individuals to develop and improve vocational skills and work attitude with the goal of obtaining a productive earning ability. Expected results from these services and supports include increased inclusion in community activities, greater self-direction, self determination, self-reliance, self-esteem and productive earning opportunities.
$1,092,670 spent$1,286,904 earned by the program49% of program spendingFamily support services encompasses an array of programs that focus on the optimum quality of life for persons who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as their families. Home-based support service enables a self-directed assistant to come to an individual's home on a regular basis. The self-directed assistant will assess, review, and coordinate the individual's personal, educational, and social needs to ensure that all are being met. Intake support service offers access to information and referral to a variety of community resources and services. These resources and services may include legal, educational, health, and social needs for individuals with disabilities.
$537,904 spent$805,518 earned by the program24% of program spendingSupported employment - the supported employment program assists individuals in a variery of employed environments. These services are designed to promote regular interaction with persons without disabilities who are neither paid care givers nor service providers. On the job site, job coaching is provided by a trained agency staff member until natural supports by coworkers are developed. Supported employment may be provided in individual placements or in group settings.
$3,969 spent$7,833 earned by the program0% of program spendingMain st. America s. Chicago fest
$6,021 spent0% of program spendingLocal initiatives support - offers a corridor manager program which identifies market conditions,needs and opportunities for public and private investments and assists in coordinating thoseinvestments along the commercial avenue corridor. The goal of the program is to reactivateneighborhood cores that have historically served as focal points for pedestrian activity, shopping,services, transportation, public spaces and quality-of-life amenities for local residents.
$18,704 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,244,125.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.1M to $3.9M (+27%).
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 86% · 2018 91% · 2019 91% · 2020 90% · 2021 96% · 2022 81% · 2023 22% · 2024 9% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Thomas M Schell
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $4k → $183k.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS 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
SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 63% · 2021 59% · 2022 51% · 2023 55% — 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
60% of SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
64% of SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS 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. $55k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS 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
77% 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 SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS 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 SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC?
- SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $877,434 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($274,999). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $877,434 in grants to SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS INC?
- LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $274,999 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH CHICAGO PARENTS & FRIENDS 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 16 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