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THE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

THE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being ESSENDANT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ATTN TAX ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$49k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$6k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What The Gene Roman Family Foundation does

Program

  1. Funds are distributed to cancer victims to pay medical expenses and other items relating to their well-being. Two hundred twenty-nine individuals have been our beneficiaries this fiscal year.

    $3,054 spent

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($24k) Expenses 100 ($18k) Net assets 100 ($10k)2018 Revenue 92 ($22k) Expenses 162 ($29k) Net assets 40 ($4k)2019 Revenue 111 ($27k) Expenses 178 ($31k) Net assets -3 ($-349)2020 Revenue 136 ($33k) Expenses 137 ($24k) Net assets 84 ($9k)2021 Revenue 94 ($23k) Expenses 99 ($18k) Net assets 131 ($14k)2022 Revenue 83 ($20k) Expenses 205 ($36k) Net assets -23 ($-2404)2023 Revenue 138 ($33k) Expenses 201 ($36k) Net assets -43 ($-4474)2024 Revenue 174 ($42k) Expenses 252 ($44k) Net assets 16 ($2k)2025 Revenue 171 ($42k) Expenses 182 ($32k) Net assets 27 ($3k)2026 Revenue 203 ($49k) Expenses 259 ($46k) Net assets 61 ($6k)
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Revenue (203)Expenses (259)Net assets (61)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $14k to $-2404 (−118%).

$10k
$4k
$-349
$9k
$14k
$-2404
$-4474
$2k
$3k
$6k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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Listed6666666666
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·000000000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $1k.

Funder
'20
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION’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 GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

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

’20
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 171 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve1.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 171 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2026

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05Profile & governance

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION?
THE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being ESSENDANT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ATTN TAX ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,500 in grants to THE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION?
ESSENDANT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ATTN TAX is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE GENE ROMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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