Aurora Downtown
The mission of Aurora Downtown is to do all things necessary to relieve poverty and combat community deterioration by improving, redeveloping, aiding and assisting business enterprises and persons within the geographic boundaries described by city of aurora ordinance.
Aurora Downtown at a glance
In short: Aurora Downtown gave $48K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $48K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $48,229
- +305.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- Average grant
- $48,229
- Median grant
- $48,229
- Primary geography
- Illinois (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Aurora Downtown funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The City of Aurora ($48K).
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Aurora Downtown gives
- Giving grew 704% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2022) to $48K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $48K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The City of Aurora Aurora, IL | — | $48,229 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | $27,715 | $126,319 | $48,229 | 1 | $10 |
| 2024 | $98,702 | $189,558 | $297,685 | $11,890 | Total only | $31 |
| 2023 | $211,651 | $317,073 | $301,008 | $12,047 | Total only | $29 |
| 2022 | $191,977 | $295,045 | $316,017 | $6,000 | 1 | $35 |
| 2021 | $212,989 | $320,176 | $322,941 | $18,900 | 1 | $65 |
| 2020 | $215,762 | $386,094 | $316,772 | $17,500 | 1 | $41 |
| 2019 | $146,905 | $308,762 | $303,497 | $9,000 | 1 | $43 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Aurora Downtown
Based on IRS filings
Aurora Downtown is a public charity, based in Aurora, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $48K. Net investment income was $10.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Aurora Downtown's 2025 filing lists 18 officers; none of the 18 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Bart Grometer
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cort Carlson
Standing Director
Director → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Standing Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Raquel Rodriquez
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bernie Laskowski
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jessica Duplessis
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Biersdorf
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Harish Ananthapadmanabhan
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Mendoza
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill Morgan
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Ebel
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mayor Richard Irving
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Nelson
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Claudia Urrutia
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Johnson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Whelan
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Perrault
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Travis Andry
Treasurer
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristine Schmidt
Secretary
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (32)
- Former: Brian Failing (2019–2024) — Board Chair
- Former: Jesus Sanchez (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Kim Caponi (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Kelsey Cozens (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Kim Woodin (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Nestor Gio Rodriquez (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Gina Salamone (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jason Sunderland (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Kristine Walker (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Eric Battaglia (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Mancuso (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Penelope Torres (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Yvonne Toney-Thompson (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Karen Christensen (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Scott Bode (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jessica Linder Gallo (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Andrea Pikscher (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Emily Beaupre (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Kim Granholm (2019–2020) — Chair
- Former: Kori Kasper (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Miriam Meza-Gotto (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Roger Schnorr (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Shannon Cameron (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Shannon Gutierrez (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Tim Frederick (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Tony Hunsberger (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jon Monsma (2020) — Vice Chair
- Former: Clara Diaz (2019) — Director
- Former: Donald Hughes (2019) — Director
- Former: Lulu Blacksmith (2019) — Director
- Former: Reba Osborne (2019) — Director
- Former: Sam Velasquez (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Aurora Downtown
How much does Aurora Downtown give each year?
Aurora Downtown gave $48K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it reported $12K in grants paid.
Where does Aurora Downtown operate?
Aurora Downtown has awarded grants in Illinois.
What is Aurora Downtown's EIN?
Aurora Downtown's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 51-0174902. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 4, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 21, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 21, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 27, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 2, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 11, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS January 28, 2026)
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