Illinois · Nonprofit
URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION
URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $899,677 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($640,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $673k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $900k
- Net assets
- $230k
What Urban Outreach Foundation does
Mission
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As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Urban outreach community empowerment programs - the organization operates year-round urban outreach initiatives that provide coaching mentorship workshops and community support services to underserved populations. Program activities included life-skills coaching small-group workshops resource referrals and development sessions designed to strengthen families and improve community engagement.
$357,842 spent$397 earned by the program62% of program spendingEducational ministries training programs - the organization provides educational ministry programs including teacher training educational seminars leadership sessions and instructional materials. Services include classroom-based and virtual courses teacher approval fees and training designed to build instructional capacity for faith-based educators and partner organizations.
$148,119 spent$14,212 earned by the program26% of program spendingCurriculum publications and digital media outreach - the organization produces christian curriculum written materials devotionals and digital media that support discipleship and spiritual development. This includes developing educational content publishing materials and distributing media resources used by churches educators and individuals. Royalties from published works help sustain and expand these programs.
$68,454 spent$48,391 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $574,415.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $54k to $377k (+597%).
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.
77% of URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $200k → $640k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION’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
URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 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.
Where its funders are
URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $200k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION: 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 URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION?
- URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $899,677 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($640,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $899,677 in grants to URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $640,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN OUTREACH FOUNDATION 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 5 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