Illinois · Nonprofit
THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP
THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,706,640 to it, the largest being Yagan Family Foundation ($622,758). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $621k
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $434k
What The Honeycomb Project Inc Nfp does
Mission
The honeycomb project engages, mobilizes, and inspires kids and their families to build strong and connected communities across chicago. Through a range of programs, resources, and strategic partnerships, we put kids at the forefront of social change.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
For nearly a decade, the honeycomb project has provided vital resources and volunteer support to more than 50 chicago non-profits. Our family-centered programs address a spectrum of regional challenges including housing, environmental conservation, public health, food accessibility, and education. More than 25,000 volunteers have participated in honeycomb programs, making a difference in the lives of millions of residents in the chicago region. Honeycomb programs teach volunteers empathy, civic action and social awareness - in turn building the next generation of social change makers.
$498,205 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $498,205.
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 2019 to 2020, from $396k to $1.2M (+192%).
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 4% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
102% of THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 6 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Kristina Lowenstein
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $66k → $301k.
7 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. 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 HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 37% · 2019 35% · 2020 50% · 2021 43% · 2022 42% · 2023 33% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
29% of THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $285k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states 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 HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP?
- THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,706,640 to it, the largest being Yagan Family Foundation ($622,758). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,706,640 in grants to THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP?
- Yagan Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $622,758 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT INC NFP 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 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