Illinois · Nonprofit
SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER
SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $630,535 to it, the largest being Housing Action Illinois ($514,380). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $631k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What South Suburban Housing Center does
Mission
The organization's mission is to promote and foster long-term diversity by working to eliminate all forms of discrimination and exploitation in the housing market.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Comprehensive fair housing enforcement program: these activities are substantially funded by two types of federal hud administered fair housing initiatives program (fhip) component grants, private enforcement initiative (pei) and education and outreach initiative (eoi). The pei grant project encompassed the following activities: complaint intake and investigation; formal complaint processing and filing; informal dispute resolution, fair housing advocacy for distressed protected class families; fair housing stability assistance for income disrupted economically affected families, and some education, outreach, and training activities. For program year 2025, the organization processed 211 complaint intakes, conducted 110 test part investigations in 30 communities; continued to litigate 2 formal federal court actions and filed 5 new administrative complaints alleging violations of the federal, state or local fair housing laws; provided fair housing stability assistance to 92 income distressed renters and homeowners, successfully resolved 9 enforcement actions and formed partnerships with 16 local/national organizations and governments bodies to achieve these accomplishments. The…
$588,461 spent48% of program spendingHousing counseling program: primarily funded by multiple small dollar grants and fundraising activities. Includes the provision of the following comprehensive hud-certified housing counseling activities: individual one- on-one pre- and post-purchase homeownership counseling; and mortgage delinquency and foreclosure counseling; as well as group counseling activities including workshops for home buying, post-purchase, financial literacy, foreclosure assistance and mortgage fraud awareness. For fiscal year 2025, one-one-one counseling services were provided to 352 individuals and families, of which 118 were facing foreclosure, 4 obtained post- purchase counseling and 230 seeking to purchase a home, resulting in 105 new homeowners and 31 homes saved through mortgage modifications. Rental referral and homeless assistance resources were provided to an additional 566 individuals. Over 349 individuals attended 25 hud-approved workshops and webinars. Our annual housing resource fair was supported by 30 unique vendors and provided resources to over 118 families. In addition to the individual counseling services provided, we served as a partner agency for the cook county bureau of economic…
$512,842 spent42% of program spendingInclusive community grant program: initially funded by a 2013 conciliation agreement, this program provided one hundred twenty-eight (128) down payment grants, fifty-five (55) mortgage distress assistance grants allowing the grant recipient to avoid losing their home to foreclosure or property tax sale, and seven (7) rental housing assistance grants totaling over 1.2 million through 2024. The down payment assistance component of our icf program was revitalized by the landmark 2022 fannie mae settlement, allowing us to replenish the program with 1,208,000. The program provides up to 15,000 in down payment assistance as a five-year forgivable grant. The south suburban chicago phased closed in 2023 with 605,250 in grant assistance provided. The northwest indiana phase of the down payment assistance grant program launched in gary, in. In 2024. Eight (8) grants were awarded to buyers totaling 75,000 in 2025. To date, this phase of the program has generated 11,452,549 in real estate sales transactions, which in turn facilitated 7,665,000 in local economic impact. In addition to our icf program, a memorandum of understanding was established with the village of hazel crest in december…
$133,482 spentof which $105,000 as grants11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,234,785.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $1.1M to $3.3M (+206%).
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 92% · 2020 83% · 2021 90% · 2022 38% · 2023 83% · 2024 87% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $24k → $98k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER’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 SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 46% · 2022 79% · 2023 89% — 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
40% of SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
98% of SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $43k 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.
Government funding SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.1M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.1M
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 SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER: 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 SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER?
- SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $630,535 to it, the largest being Housing Action Illinois ($514,380). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $630,535 in grants to SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER?
- Housing Action Illinois is the largest funder on record, with $514,380 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH SUBURBAN HOUSING CENTER 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 10 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