Fifth Street Renaissance
Provide housing and comprehensive services to individuals experiencing homelessness to help them address barriers to independent living. Additionally, provide inclusive care, support, housing and advocacy services to HIV+ individuals and their families.
Fifth Street Renaissance at a glance
In short: Fifth Street Renaissance gave $165K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $82K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $164,853
- -65.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $82,427
- -65.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $82,427
- Total assets
- $3,951,397
- -13.5% vs 2024
- 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 Fifth Street Renaissance funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Heartland HOUSED ($154K). Together the top 2 received $165K.
Grant Size Distribution
15 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 11 grants of 15 (73%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Fifth Street Renaissance gives
- Giving grew 62% 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 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $42K (2020) to $473K (2024). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $165K.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Heartland HOUSED Springfield, IL | Housing Assistance - Continuum of Care | $154,166 |
| Helping Hands of Springfield Springfield, IL | Homless Services | $10,687 |
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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 | $3,951,397 | $3,616,970 | $4,040,883 | $164,853 | 2 | $34,188 |
| 2024 | $4,568,001 | $3,832,554 | $3,985,249 | $472,775 | 2 | $26,573 |
| 2023 | $4,431,448 | $2,436,443 | $2,770,179 | $105,018 | 2 | $13,150 |
| 2022 | $4,551,100 | $3,522,246 | $3,587,278 | $101,790 | 5 | $12,663 |
| 2021 | $4,994,855 | $3,310,939 | $3,075,305 | $180,981 | 4 | $6,841 |
| 2020 | $4,254,977 | $1,831,127 | $1,830,249 | $41,774 | Total only | $8,297 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Fifth Street Renaissance
Based on IRS filings
Fifth Street Renaissance is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Springfield, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $165K. Net investment income was $34K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Fifth Street Renaissance is led by Penny Harris-Powell, Executive Director on every filing since 2021; 1 of 11 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Penny Harris-Powell
Executive Director
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$99K (2021) → $120K (2025)
Robert Weis
President
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Greg Pacelli
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Juwanda Burrage
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Kording
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Croteau
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie Fuller
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deborah Williams
Treasurer
President → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joan Bestudik
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rich Owens
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ty Charnley
Asociate Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (17)
- Former: Anna Hickey (2020–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Bob Croteau (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Roma Larson (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Rob Weis (2020–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Bailey Castaneda (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Mark Dochterman (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Matthew Clark (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Andrew Trine (2020–2022) — Director · Filing note: Thru 102021
- Former: Dillon Santoni (2020–2022) — Director · Filing note: Thru 102021
- Former: Doree Vetter (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Autumn Dunham-Neubert (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Buff Carmicheal (2021) — Director · Filing note: Thru 32021
- Former: Aaron Merreighn (2020) — Director
- Former: Buff Carmichael (2020) — Director
- Former: David Faust (2020) — Director
- Former: Penny Powell (2020) — Executive Director
- Former: Warren Kepp (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $120K, to Penny Harris-Powell (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Fifth Street Renaissance
How much does Fifth Street Renaissance give each year?
Fifth Street Renaissance gave $165K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $473K across 2 grants.
How large is Fifth Street Renaissance?
Fifth Street Renaissance reported $4.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.6M.
What is Fifth Street Renaissance?
Fifth Street Renaissance is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Springfield, IL. It holds $4.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Fifth Street Renaissance operate?
Fifth Street Renaissance has awarded grants in Illinois.
What is Fifth Street Renaissance's EIN?
Fifth Street Renaissance's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 37-1074379. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
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 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 30, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 16, 2021)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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