Illinois · Nonprofit
THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $310 to it, the largest being AbbVie Foundation ($260). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $134k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $310
- Net assets
- $249k
What The Illinois Firefighters Memorial Foundation does
Mission
To assist with the college expenses of the dependents of firefighters whgo lost thier lives in the line of duty and to honor their memory by the constructon and maintenance of the illinois firefighters memorial at the state capital and to annually recognize such officers at the state capital
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Education expenses were paid for nine dependent chilfren of fallen firefighters
$125,956 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $125,956.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $144k to $225k (+57%).
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 95% · 2021 95% · 2022 97% · 2023 100% · 2024 99% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $130 → $50.
From the IRS filings of THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL 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 ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
84% of THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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 ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL 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 ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION?
- THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $310 to it, the largest being AbbVie Foundation ($260). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $310 in grants to THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION?
- AbbVie Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $260 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ILLINOIS FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), 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