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THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE

THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE (Illinois) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,484,620 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ($7,085,737). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$9.3M
Funders on record
35
Grants received
$15M
Net assets
$12M
24/35 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What The Center for Prevention of Abuse does

Mission

To help all people - women, men, and children - to live free from violence and abuse

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Domestic Violence Provide services and support to victims of domestic violence and their children. These services are provided to residents of the following counties Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford. Provided 20,862.50 direct service hours to 3,035 clients.

    $3,116,547 spent$19,063 earned by the program
    40% of program spending
  2. Elder Abuse Provide services to victims of elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation. These services are provided to residents of Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall, Stark and Putnam counties. Provided 28,604.50.direct service hours to 1,280 clients.

    $1,614,649 spent
    21% of program spending
  3. Sexual Assault Provide services to victims of sexual violence. These services are provide to residents fo Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties. Provided 3,683.50 direct service hours to 407 clients.

    $1,480,114 spent
    19% of program spending
  4. Program Service Expenses 1,517,080, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 110,966 Other program services provided to residents of Peoria, Tazwell, and Woodford counties. Provided 8,755 direct services hours to 427 clients. This year, the designation for Human Trafficking and Long-Term Care Ombudsman has been established separately.

    $1,517,080 spent$110,966 earned by the program
    20% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,728,390.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($6.7M) Expenses 100 ($6.0M) Net assets 100 ($8.3M)2022 Revenue 126 ($8.4M) Expenses 106 ($6.3M) Net assets 115 ($9.6M)2023 Revenue 115 ($7.7M) Expenses 123 ($7.3M) Net assets 123 ($10M)2024 Revenue 126 ($8.4M) Expenses 130 ($7.8M) Net assets 132 ($11M)2025 Revenue 139 ($9.3M) Expenses 139 ($8.3M) Net assets 145 ($12M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (139)Expenses (139)Net assets (145)

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 $11M to $13M (+11%).

$9.6M
$9.9M
$11M
$11M
$13M
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 65% · 2022 50% · 2023 78% · 2024 77% · 2025 77%. 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 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$690k
’21
$2.1M
’22
$335k
’23
$599k
’24
$987k
’25
11
months of
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

Carol Merna

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed2020202121
Joined·+9+0+3+6
No longer listed·9026
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $715k → $2.5M.

8 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. 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

THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE.

46%
largest funder
85%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 52% · 2019 51% · 2020 50% · 2021 39% · 2022 58% · 2023 37% — 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

50% of THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

99% of THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

MT
MN
IL
WI
SD
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $463k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.9M on record.

Federal$2.9M
grants $2.9Mcontracts $0
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25
Top agencies
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.1M
  • Department of Justice$759k

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 THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE

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In Illinois

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 3%Fundraising 4%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE?
THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE (Illinois) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,484,620 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ($7,085,737). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE have?
IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $15,484,620 in grants to THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE?
ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT is the largest funder on record, with $7,085,737 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 35 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