Illinois · Nonprofit
SOUTH SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION
SOUTH SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,140 to it, the largest being EDMOND AND ALICE OPLER FOUNDATION ($30,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What South Suburban Special Recreation Association does
Mission
To promote the power of choice and to enhance the quality of life of individuals of all abilities, by providing accessible recreation in an environment that promotes dignity, success, and fun.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Summer day campcampers served - 87; staffing costs - $65,212; admissions-$878, swim/filed trips - $630; recreation equipment - 0; recreation supplies - $670 clothing - $1,067; food - $597day camp transportationriders- 9; 1 bus used; staff costs - $6,106; fuel cost - $925family banquet240 attendees/participants; food - $9,538 ; dj - $350; promotional item - $4,217
$940,076 spentof which $7,998 as grants$193,419 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $940,076.
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.
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 $1.7M to $2.2M (+25%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Lisa Drzewiecki
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $10k → $5k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION’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 SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 71% · 2022 99% · 2023 79% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SOUTH SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $140 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like SOUTH SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION
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
56% 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 SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION: 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 SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION?
- SOUTH SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,140 to it, the largest being EDMOND AND ALICE OPLER FOUNDATION ($30,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $51,140 in grants to SOUTH SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION?
- EDMOND AND ALICE OPLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH SUBURBAN SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION 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 4 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