Illinois · Nonprofit
SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP
SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,840,789 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,965,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $86k
What Southland Development Authority Nfp does
Mission
The southland development authority (sda) was launched in 2019 with a mission to collaboratively design and support implementation of comprehensive, transformative, inclusive economic growth in cook county's south suburbs. Sda seeks to re-establish the southland as a major hub of economic activity, revitalizing the area as a unique set of communities that celebrates and engages its rich history and diversity. Inclusive economic growth has been a founding principle of the sda, informing all of its programs and activities with a focus on the following dimensions:1.ownership - growing business and real estate ownership by people of color.2.employment - increasing the employment of workers of color in quality jobs with strong career ladder.3.location and access - ensuring disadvantaged populations can live near job centers.4.participation - growing diverse representation at the relevant private, public and civic sector "tables," where growth strategies are shaped and implemented.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The sda business growth services (bgs) program provides targeted, industry-specific, technical and financial support to businesses through an entensive and sophisticated network of partner organizations, expert mentors and specialists. The bgs program had provided outreach to over 10,000 companies in the southland, and supported over 500 - with 125 preparing for, receiving, or having received mentorship. The program seeks to build on this success, specifically demonstrating a growth in business revenue and employment over time for the businesses that receive sda mentorship services.
$787,596 spent$2,000 earned by the program65% of program spendingThe capital program includes equity and debt opportunities to support southland businesses. The sda launched an online platform to support loan facilitation for small businesses as well as developed the diverse owners program initiative to support entrepreneurs looking to acquire a southland based buisiness.
$110,287 spent9% of program spendingThe sda metals hub will grow revenue for metals, manufacturing and equipment (mm&e) firms in the region collaboratively by creating and harnessing the most accessible, capable, and competitive metal fabrication supply chains in the u.s. To deliver new regional revenue and growth. In addition, it will guide southland mm&e firms towards increased speed, quality, and rapid customization of advanced manufacturing. The founding corporate partners of the metal hub have recently launched their reports to solicit new manufacturing business to the southland area.
$158,936 spent13% of program spendingSda manages south suburban land bank and development authority (sslbda) and multiple local municipal entities development initiatives. Sslbda is an intergovernmental agency established in 2012 that facilitates the redevelopment of acquired properties through strategic partnerships with developers, community organizations, lenders, and local governments. Sslbda through the management of sda improves the quality of life, stabilizes the tax base, and enhances economic activities that promote sustainable, healthy, and stable communities in a manner consistent with local government plans and priorities.
$114,670 spent$540,000 earned by the program9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$39,138 spent3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,210,627.
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 $540k to $1.2M (+129%).
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: 2020 72% · 2021 62% · 2022 38% · 2023 51% · 2024 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Diane Williams
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $375k → $1.4M.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP’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 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% 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 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 59% · 2023 62% — 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
51% of SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP'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. Of the $1.9M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M 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.
Government funding SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $373k on record.
- Department of Commerce$373k
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 SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP: 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 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP?
- SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,840,789 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,965,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $3,840,789 in grants to SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $1,965,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NFP 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 8 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