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TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE

TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $715,226 to it, the largest being Jo-Carroll Energy Inc (NFP) ($715,226). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$254k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$715k
Net assets
$167k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 69%
01What it does

What Tri-County Economic Development Alliance does

Mission

Tcedas mission is to siginficantly enhance economic development progress in northwest illinois and beyond, as ultimately by job creation.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Tceda works with businesses considering moving operations form northwest illinois to other locations. Services include coordination of support with upgrades or relocation within the areas well as researching outside assistance options.

    $100,615 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $100,615.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($217k) Expenses 100 ($200k) Net assets 100 ($137k)2018 Revenue 109 ($235k) Expenses 120 ($239k) Net assets 97 ($134k)2019 Revenue 97 ($210k) Expenses 124 ($248k) Net assets 70 ($96k)2020 Revenue 76 ($166k) Expenses 72 ($144k) Net assets 86 ($118k)2021 Revenue 89 ($194k) Expenses 81 ($162k) Net assets 109 ($149k)2022 Revenue 79 ($171k) Expenses 75 ($151k) Net assets 123 ($170k)2023 Revenue 90 ($196k) Expenses 87 ($173k) Net assets 140 ($192k)2024 Revenue 84 ($182k) Expenses 104 ($208k) Net assets 121 ($166k)2025 Revenue 117 ($254k) Expenses 126 ($252k) Net assets 122 ($167k)
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Revenue (117)Expenses (126)Net assets (122)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $135k to $96k (−29%).

$147k
$135k
$96k
$119k
$149k
$170k
$192k
$191k
$168k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 1% · 2019 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

84% of TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$17k
’17
−$4k
’18
−$38k
’19
$22k
’20
$31k
’21
$20k
’22
$22k
’23
−$26k
’24
$2k
’25
6.7
months of
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.

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Listed131414111312111412
Joined·+1+4+5+3+0+2+3+2
No longer listed·04811304
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $110k → $114k.

Funder
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'22
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE’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.

Where its funders are

100% of TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
Illinois out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve6.7mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

40% of spending goes to programs.

Program 40%Management 60%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE?
TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $715,226 to it, the largest being Jo-Carroll Energy Inc (NFP) ($715,226). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $715,226 in grants to TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE?
Jo-Carroll Energy Inc (NFP) is the largest funder on record, with $715,226 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TRI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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