Illinois · Nonprofit
TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL
TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,192,409 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES ($2,120,377). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Tri-County Opportunities Council does
Mission
Investigate the impact of poverty throughout our nine county service area and will work, in partnership with individuals, families and communities to provide opportunities that support movement toward stability and self-sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The low-income home energy assistance program (liheap) and percentage of income payment plan (pipp) assist households with incomes at or below 60% of the state median income with home energy needs. The pipp program helps households maintain their energy bills while staying on a budget with their utility company. The agency also assisted households with an application for the jo carroll neighbor-to-neighbor program and with ameren funding and the nicor energy aide program. Financial literacy and energy conservation tips were provided to clients at the time of application.
$7,477,194 spentof which $6,734,390 as grants$131,268 earned by the program42% of program spendingHead start is a comprehensive child and family development program that provides center services for three and four-year-old children from low-income families. The program operates 15 licensed centers with 3 part-day classes, 18 extended-day classes, and three full-day, full-year classes. Key components of the program are: school readiness, social and emotional development; medical, dental, mental health, and nutrition services; support to children with disabilities and special needs; supportive family services; and opportunities for parent education and involvement. Early head start is a comprehensive program that provides services to 133 pregnant women, infants, and toddlers through center-based and home-based options. This program provides services to pregnant women, infants, and toddlers through three licensed centers and home-based programming options.
$6,500,034 spentof which $462,636 as grants37% of program spendingThe weatherization program is funded with hhs, doe, state of illinois and braided funding with utility contracts from nicor gas, commonwealth edison and ameren illinois that made 43 homes more energy efficient. Weatherization includes such measures as weather stripping, caulking, insulation, programmable and smart thermostats, comprehensive air sealing, and replacement of water heaters and refrigerators. The program also has a repair/replacement furnace component. The outcome of this program is to reduce the amount of fuel needed to heat the home and to ensure the health and safety of the residence. In addition to weatherizing single family residences, mult-unit residences were completed also.
$957,029 spentof which $521,671 as grants5% of program spendingCommunity services block grant
$725,074 spentof which $205,124 as grants4% of program spendingFoster grandparents
$370,355 spentof which $228,685 as grants2% of program spendingFood and shelter programs
$1,570,808 spentof which $974,426 as grants9% of program spendingAll other programs
$131,198 spentof which $1,238 as grants1% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,731,692.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $3.3M to $4.1M (+24%).
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: 2017 96% · 2018 95% · 2019 96% · 2020 92% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 97% · 2024 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Jill Calkins
President/CEO
Board chair
Albert Harmon
Chair person
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $236k → $184k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL’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
TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 98% · 2020 86% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
100% of TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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
TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL's revenue grew 31% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $79.3M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$75.7M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$3.4M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$156k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the 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
91% 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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL: 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 TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL?
- TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,192,409 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES ($2,120,377). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,192,409 in grants to TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL?
- ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES is the largest funder on record, with $2,120,377 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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