Illinois · Nonprofit
THE DISTRICT INC
THE DISTRICT INC (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $700 to it, the largest being MICHELMANN FOUNDATION ($600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $700
- Net assets
- $0
What The District Inc does
Mission
The district is a non-profit merchants' association dedicated to the revitalization of downtown rock island. In 1992, businesses banded together to revitalize downtown rock island - to make it the arts & entertainment destination of the region.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
The district's mission is to make downtown rock island a creative and innovative experience. To do this, the district directs and manages a series of community events. The district produces two primary revenue generating community festivals: gumbo ya ya, which celebrates louisiana culture and ya maka my weekend, a caribbean festival. The district also partners with a sports themed festival, the rock island grand prix. The rock island grand prix racing association brings knowledge of kart racing and the district provides the logistics and festival expertise and also acts as a liaison with the downtown businesses. This partnership allows the district to bring a high quality festival to the community and increases public awareness of our downtown. This event is free to the public.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2017 to 2018, from $14k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $100.
Left out of every figure on this page: $38k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Development Association of Rock Island). These are real filings, and they are not money THE DISTRICT INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE DISTRICT 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 DISTRICT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 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 DISTRICT 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.
Organizations like THE DISTRICT 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.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE DISTRICT 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 DISTRICT INC?
- THE DISTRICT INC (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $700 to it, the largest being MICHELMANN FOUNDATION ($600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DISTRICT INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $700 in grants to THE DISTRICT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DISTRICT INC?
- MICHELMANN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DISTRICT 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), 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