Illinois · Nonprofit
Southland College Prep Charter School Inc
Southland College Prep Charter School Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,627 to it, the largest being DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What Southland College Prep Charter School Inc does
Mission
Southland is committed to the following:-Preparing all students to select, enroll in, and succeed in graduating from a four-year college or university-Communicating clearly and openly with students and families-Creating an environment that enables all students to achieve their educational potentials, incorporating data-driven strategies proven to support the maximization of student learning-Creating relevant, rigorous and interactive learning experiences-Assisting students in intellectual, emotional, and social development-Stimulating inquiry and discovery-Tailoring curriculum to meet the students' interests and needs-Providing immersion in workplace and cultural experiences-Treating students and their families with the concern, compassion and respect which befit our shared commitment to one another as we guide our children on their educational journeys
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Southland College Prep Charter School is unique in that students must take 4 years of English, mathematics, science, social science, world language, technology, fine arts, and physical education in order to graduate. All students are expected to apply to and be admitted to one or more colleges or universities. Once there, we expect each and every one of them to graduate. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the enrollment was approximately 586 students.
$16,227,174 spent$216,197 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $16,227,174.
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 2024 to 2025, from $9.2M to $17M (+81%).
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 4% · 2018 4% · 2019 6% · 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% · 2024 99% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Dr Blondean Y Davis
Chief Executive Officer/Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $98 → $8k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Southland College Prep Charter School 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
Southland College Prep Charter School Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
100% 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 Southland College Prep Charter School Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% — 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 Southland College Prep Charter School Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like Southland College Prep Charter School Inc
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Southland College Prep Charter School 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 Southland College Prep Charter School Inc?
- Southland College Prep Charter School Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,627 to it, the largest being DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Southland College Prep Charter School Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,627 in grants to Southland College Prep Charter School Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Southland College Prep Charter School Inc?
- DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Southland College Prep Charter School 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 2 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