Illinois · Nonprofit
THE FUSION PROJECT
THE FUSION PROJECT (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $141 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($141). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2019
- $57k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $141
- Net assets
- $22k
What The Fusion Project does
Mission
The FUSIoN Project draws from cognitive behavioral theory to create weekly programming for girls to find their worth, their voice, and learn skills that will help them develop positive self esteem in their own lives and to help others realize their own worth as well.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990-EZ.
Program
We offer free after school programs as well as camps offered throughout the year that allow any girl the chance to develop social skills, build character, and flourish, diminishing the chances of becoming a statistic. Our program is designed to give junior high girls a safe space to discover their value, confidence, and voice so that they can develop their self-esteem (belief in their worth and awareness of their abilities), which studies show makes it so they will be less likely to become an ever-growing statistic of victimization in our country. Victimization ranges from being bullied to being trafficked. We also offer community education to develop support and awareness. We served 82 girls in 2019 through summer camp and school programs.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $41 → $20.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 FUSION PROJECT’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
100% of THE FUSION PROJECT's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $141 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
THE FUSION PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,858 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,858 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2019
Organizations like THE FUSION PROJECT
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FUSION PROJECT: 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 FUSION PROJECT?
- THE FUSION PROJECT (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $141 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($141). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE FUSION PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $141 in grants to THE FUSION PROJECT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FUSION PROJECT?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $141 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FUSION PROJECT 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 FY2019 (financials across 2019–2019), 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