Illinois · Nonprofit
THE HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION
THE HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($185,000). 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 FY2024
- $75k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $215k
- Net assets
- $40k
What The Human Element Foundation does
Mission
The Human Element Foundation systematically approaches shortfalls in the refugee experience, engaging committed citizens to improve the lives of recent refugee populations by working together to lead to better outcomes and to the ultimate accomplishment of our goal: to lift up and support those in need in the refugee community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Financial support - provide refugee families in the form of rental assistance, food deliveries, tuition assistance and more to ensure that all have food on the table, a roof over their heads, and the lights and heat on.
$18,203 spent88% of program spendingLogistical support - transportation to grocery stores, markets, school and work can pose a problem for recent refugee arrivals. We offer transportation support, and instruction on how to navigate our public transit systems, as well as providing funds to establish ventra or other transportation system accounts. We also assist with administratvie support services such as assisting with booking medical appointments and enrollment in school.
$2,568 spent12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $20,771.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $11k to $40k (+277%).
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.
100% of THE HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $95k → $25k.
2 of 2 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 HUMAN ELEMENT 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION 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
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 68% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION'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. $215k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,851 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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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 HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION: 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 HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION?
- THE HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($185,000). 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 HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $215,000 in grants to THE HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HUMAN ELEMENT FOUNDATION?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $185,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HUMAN ELEMENT 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.
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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 2022–2024), 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