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WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,429,005 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ($3,417,273). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.1M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $997k
What Western Illinois Regional Council - Community Action Agency does
Mission
Western illinois regional council's mission is to partner with people and communities to improve lives and neighborhoods.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Weatherization/energy assistance - benefitted 3,808 households.services - assisting with payment of winter utility bills for low income persons to ensure the availability of heat, and energy conservation measures on a house to make the house more energy efficient.
$5,599,936 spentof which $4,617,857 as grants$461,057 earned by the program76% of program spendingCommunity service - benefitted 555 individuals. Services - provision of services to victims of domestic violence and their dependents, and services to victims of sexual assault and abuse. Additionally, we attempt to assist with basic necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, limited medical services, and education scholarships.
$1,702,950 spentof which $196,725 as grants$249,765 earned by the program23% of program spendingHousing and housing rehabilitation - benefitted 11 households. Services - assist low income individuals who already own their homes with construction costs relating specifically to health and safety hazards and code violations. Provide assistance to elderly and disabled individuals to make their homes more accessible so they can continue to live in their homes.
$59,000 spentof which $46,722 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,361,886.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.0M to $3.6M (+81%).
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 89% · 2018 94% · 2019 66% · 2020 66% · 2021 94% · 2022 94% · 2023 90% · 2024 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% 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.
Board chair
Nancy Mowen
Board chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $256k → $595k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY’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
WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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
100% 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 WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 76% · 2019 76% · 2020 73% · 2021 72% · 2022 98% · 2023 76% — 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
100% of WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k 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
WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY has grown faster than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $626k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$556k
- Department of Commerce$70k
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 WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
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
94% 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
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Village at Wheeler Housing LLC · partnership
- Village at Wheeler LP · partnership
- Wirc-Vaw Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY?
- WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,429,005 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ($3,417,273). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $4,429,005 in grants to WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY?
- ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT is the largest funder on record, with $3,417,273 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN ILLINOIS REGIONAL COUNCIL - COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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