Illinois · Nonprofit
THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE
THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being THE OSPREY FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $185k
What The Ecumenical Institute does
Mission
ICA Greenrise Uptown demonstrates a creative culture for living and working within a historic 8-story building, while supporting religious organizations, non-profits, and social service agencies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The greenrise building non-profit service center enables multiple non-profit agencies to provide medical, mental health support and homeless services to the uptown chicago neighborhoods diverse population. The greenrise building also houses several churches.
$805,924 spent$931,850 earned by the program78% of program spendingEcumenical institute has created intentional communities made up of individuals who want to live simply and are committed to a green and sustainable lifestyle. Intentional community is an inclusive term for eco villages, cohousing communities, cooperative living, and other projects where people strive together with a common vision.
$171,113 spent$197,849 earned by the program17% of program spendingThe conference center aids non-profits in furthering their causes by providing lodging and meeting space for groups traveling to chicago to further the organizations mission. Ecumenical institute has hosted religious groups traveling to chicago to volunteer in the city, educational groups, and participants for on-site conferences.
$57,506 spent$66,491 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,034,543.
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. 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 2020 to 2021, from $3.3M to $3.7M (+11%).
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 7% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Jessica Payne
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 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 THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE’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.
Where its funders are
THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
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 ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE's revenue fell 15% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Institute of Cultural Affairs · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE: 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 ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE?
- THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being THE OSPREY FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,000 in grants to THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE?
- THE OSPREY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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