Illinois · Nonprofit
Think Big Corporation
Think Big Corporation (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $430,000 to it, the largest being NORTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY INITIATIVES INC ($400,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Think Big Corporation is better cushioned than half of the 21,584 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,584 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- United Way of Rock River Valleylocal
- The Highland Project Incportfolio match
- Fund for Southern Communities Incportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $210k.
From the IRS filings of Think Big Corporation’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
Think Big Corporation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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: 2021 100% · 2023 95% — 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.
Where its funders are
99% of Think Big Corporation'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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- United Way of Rock River ValleylocalIL · funds 76 organizations near you
- The Highland Project Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fund for Southern Communities Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Vilcap Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Full of Grace Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- No Boundaries Coalition Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- California Association for Microenterprise Opportunityportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Creative Visions Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Beygood Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Td Jakes Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Common Futureportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like Think Big Corporation
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
75% 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 Think Big Corporation: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Think Big Corporation?
- Think Big Corporation (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $430,000 to it, the largest being NORTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY INITIATIVES INC ($400,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Think Big Corporation have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $430,000 in grants to Think Big Corporation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Think Big Corporation?
- NORTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY INITIATIVES INC is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Think Big Corporation 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 3funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing