Illinois · Nonprofit
THE CLOTHES LINE INC
THE CLOTHES LINE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,040 to it, the largest being HUTCHISON FOUNDATION FAIRFIELD NATIONAL BANK TRUSTEE ($4,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $150k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $174k
What The Clothes Line Inc does
Mission
Operate used clothing store
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Sale of donated clothing to public at thrift prices toprovide affordable clothing to needy individuals in the community.
$141,809 spent90% of program spendingSupport of local charitable organizations.
$15,779 spent10% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $157,588.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $158k to $177k (+12%).
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.
12% of THE CLOTHES LINE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
From the IRS filings of THE CLOTHES LINE 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
THE CLOTHES LINE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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 THE CLOTHES LINE INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
THE CLOTHES LINE INC receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 520 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like THE CLOTHES LINE INC
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.
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 THE CLOTHES LINE 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 THE CLOTHES LINE INC?
- THE CLOTHES LINE INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,040 to it, the largest being HUTCHISON FOUNDATION FAIRFIELD NATIONAL BANK TRUSTEE ($4,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CLOTHES LINE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,040 in grants to THE CLOTHES LINE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CLOTHES LINE INC?
- HUTCHISON FOUNDATION FAIRFIELD NATIONAL BANK TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CLOTHES LINE 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 FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), and the filings of 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing