Illinois · Nonprofit
UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK
UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What United Parent Leaders Action Network does
Mission
United Parent Leaders Action Network ("uplan") is a network of parents and parent leadership organizations building collective power across the country through organizing, influencing policy, and impacting systems to drive lasting change. Together, we share knowledge, build leadership, and advocate on the issues impacting our families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Helping immigrant parents, economically marginalized parents, and parents of color across the nation by empowering and training them to become full collaborative partners in social, health, and educational systems that affect the well-being of their own families.
$1,457,512 spent$7,348 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,457,512.
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
Ellen Schumer
Executive director
Board chair
Dejon Banks Sr
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK’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
UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
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
UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,299 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,299 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Parents United for Change · exempt
- Community Organizing & Family Issues · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK: 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 UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK?
- UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK?
- CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing