Illinois · Nonprofit
STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION
STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,212,500 to it, the largest being DILLON FOUNDATION ($1,205,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $967k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $964k
What Sterling Riverfront Foundation does
Mission
Raise money to fund the sterling riverfront park redevelopment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION’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
STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
“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 STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.2M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% 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 STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION: 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 STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION?
- STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,212,500 to it, the largest being DILLON FOUNDATION ($1,205,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,212,500 in grants to STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION?
- DILLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,205,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STERLING RIVERFRONT FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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