Illinois · Nonprofit
THE LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS
THE LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $183,039 to it, the largest being Enlace Chicago ($55,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $271k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $183k
- Net assets
- $361k
What The Learning Center House of Connections does
Mission
The Learning Center supports adults in their pursuit of an educational path to more confident and effective living. For 42 years, TLC has empowered adults for effective personal lives, productive employment, and positive contribution to the community. We fulfill this mission by providing free adult education classes to students 18 years and older. We offer students opportunities to improve their reading, writing, math and English language skills; connect those skills to their personal lives; and find employment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Learning Center provides four core classes: Adult Basic Education (ABE), English as a Second Language (ESL), Spanish Literacy and Intensive High School Equivalency (HSE) preparation classes. Instruction is provided by Malcom X College instructors, TLC instructors, AmeriCorps members, and volunteer tutors. The Malcolm X instructor salaries totaling $35,631 were provided at no cost to TLC. TLC served 164 adult learners during FY 2024-2025. Included in our core programming were: a. Special reading/writing workshops b. Health Literacy Project c. Academic textbooks and workbooks d. School supplies e. Computer devices and internet access
$121,165 spentof which $97,354 as grants61% of program spendingIn addition to our core programming, TLC provides a Computer Literacy Program using computer-assisted instruction and broadband service. Many educational computer programs are available online, such as Burlington English, MyOpenMath and Learning Upgrade. 100% of our students participated in our computer literacy program which helped them improve in areas of: a. fluency b. comprehension c. critical thinking d. writing proficiency e. basic computer skills
$44,132 spentof which $16,911 as grants22% of program spendingTo further support our literacy program and adult learners, TLC offered support services which included: a. GED and HISET test fees - Six (6) students received their High School Equivalency Certificate. b. Educational and cultural trips throughout the City of Chicago - 40% of the students we served attended these field trips. c. Public transportation assistance - TLC distributed 300 emergency transit cards to our students. d. Daily nutritious breakfasts and lunches - We served about 155 meals per week during FY 2024-2025. e. One-on-one or small group tutoring - Twenty-two (22) dedicated volunteer tutors provided 1,335.95 hours of supplemental instruction. At $30.97 per volunteer hour for Illinois, the total dollar value contributed by TLC literacy volunteers was $41,374.37. f. Food assistance program - 52 students received monthly produce boxes from Forty Acres Fresh Market. g. Digital Literacy program - 10 English as a Second Language students successfully completed this program.
$33,927 spentof which $18,820 as grants17% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $199,224.
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.
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 $211k to $403k (+91%).
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 21% · 2021 22% · 2022 28% · 2023 27% · 2024 14% · 2025 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Angelica Saucedo
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $25k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS’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 LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 81% · 2021 73% · 2022 82% · 2023 40% — 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
40% of THE LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
99% of THE LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS?
- THE LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $183,039 to it, the largest being Enlace Chicago ($55,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $183,039 in grants to THE LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS?
- Enlace Chicago is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LEARNING CENTER HOUSE OF CONNECTIONS 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 10 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