Illinois · Nonprofit
SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE
SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,216,513 to it, the largest being IFF ($635,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $16k
What South Shore Drill Team & Performing Arts Ensemble does
Mission
The organization uses performing arts to engage youth throughout their critical teenage years, mitigating the dangers of gangs, drugs and violence while guiding members toward their education and career goals.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Performing Arts Training: It takes about a year for a child to learns how to march and two to three years to be a part of the "Big Guard". Rehearsals include discussions on life skills and helping members develop a sense of self-discipline, dedication, teamwork and respect for each other. The chance to perform before an appreciative crowd raises their self-esteem and motivates them to continue working hard in school and at rehearsals. Being part of the team allows young people to travel beyond their neighborhood and meet others from different backgrounds. Winter guard international competition requires specific movements and different equipment, demanding a higher level of commitment and skill. Recreational activities keep youth engaged in the program.
$922,991 spent$1,090,798 earned by the program77% of program spendingAt risk youth: Approximately 85% of members come from inner city neighborhoods where they are likely to encounter gangs and drugs on a daily basis. This program is geared to reducing negative influences and teaching youth who have gotten into trouble at school or in the neighborhood to take responsibility for their actions. The team assists students with tutoring and offers a computer lab for homework. Team, staff, and members monitor grades and attendance and offer information about college and financial aid. Since all members must be students in good standing, those who are at risk for dropping out receive help to keep them in school. The team has a 99.5% graduation rate of it's members and most attend college.
$245,641 spent$290,301 earned by the program20% of program spendingEmployment Training: High school and college age members instruct the younger children under adult supervision. The team's assistant instructors learn job-readiness skills. How to work with children, complete paperwork, and be responsible. The stipends paid, while small, are often critical to helping first generation college students pay for books and tuition.
$36,278 spent$42,874 earned by the program3% 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: $1,204,910.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $170k to $84k (−51%).
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: 2021 28% · 2022 20% · 2023 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Arthur Robertson
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $239k → $60k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE’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 SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 63% · 2021 88% · 2022 65% · 2023 53% — 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
67% of SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
97% of SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $369k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,562 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,562 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Government funding SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$25k
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 SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE: 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 SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE?
- SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,216,513 to it, the largest being IFF ($635,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,216,513 in grants to SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE?
- IFF is the largest funder on record, with $635,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH SHORE DRILL TEAM & PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE 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 2021–2023), and the filings of 9 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