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Friendship Senior Options NFP

Public charity · Grantmaker Naperville, IL EIN: 20-1278553 Website

Keeping friendship at the center of everything we do, friendship senior options offers exceptional services to seniors along life's journey.

Key facts about Friendship Senior Options NFP

EIN
20-1278553
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Total assets
$2,858,738

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$2.9M

-57.8% YoY

Revenue

—

-100.0% YoY

Expenses

$3.4M

-71.7% YoY

About Friendship Senior Options NFP

Based on IRS filings

Friendship Senior Options NFP is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in Naperville, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.9M in total assets.

Focus Areas

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Schaumburg

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M1 grant2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2021, annual grant giving ranged from $150K (2019) to $5.0M (2021). In 2021 it made 2 grants totaling $5.0M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

2 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 1 grant of 2 (50%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for 2025.

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$5M$10M$15M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$2,858,738$6,779,497$8,162,664
Revenue—$5,382,997$7,076,350
Expenses$3,399,967$12,017,058$6,931,945
Net Investment Income—$-1,099,972$104,831

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Friendship Senior Options NFP is led by Clark Delanois, Chairman since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Clark Delanois

    Chairman

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2022

    Chair → Chairman, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $2K (2019) → $0 (2025)

  • Loren Trimble

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $2K (2019) → $0 (2025)

  • Geoffrey Roehll

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (28)
  • Former: Geoff Roehll (2019–2024) — Past Chair & Secretary
  • Former: Jeff Nyberg (2019–2024) — Controller
  • Former: Michael Flynn (2019–2024) — CEO
  • Former: Stacy J. Gordon (2022–2024) — Director & Risk Management
  • Former: Mark Zullo (2023–2024) — Vice President - Marketing
  • Former: Jeffery A. Schweitzer (2024) — Finance Manager
  • Former: Brad Barrie (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Catherine Tardy (2019–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Connie Shoemake (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Mary Sheahen (2019–2023) — Vice Chair
  • Former: William Powell (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Joshua Flaim (2021–2023) — Director & Human Resources
  • Former: Bill Bowne (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jean Schlinkmann (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kathleen Rivera (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Patricia Mash (2019–2022) — Vice President, Planning & Marketing
  • Former: Stephen Yenchek (2019–2022) — President & CEO
  • Former: Thomas Castronovo (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Richard J. Zielinski (2021–2022) — Director & Financial Report
  • Former: Linda Flaherty (2019–2021) — Corporate Director & Risk M
  • Former: Benjamin Gilchrist (2019–2020) — Vice President & Operations
  • Former: Larry Shoemake (2019–2020) — Past Chair
  • Former: Chuck Cassel (2019) — Director
  • Former: Duane Tyler (2019) — Director
  • Former: Kathleen Gilmer (2019) — Director
  • Former: Patricia Sanches (2019) — Director of Human Resource
  • Former: Raymond Gerke (2019) — Director of Financial Plan
  • Former: Ronald Ahlman (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.

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

Mark Zullo — Vice President - Marketing: $320KMark ZulloVice President - Marketing$320KMichael Flynn — CEO: $299KMichael FlynnCEO$299KJeff Nyberg — Controller: $192KJeff NybergController$192KStacy J Gordon — Director, Risk Management: $139KStacy J GordonDirector, Risk Management$139KJeffery a Schweitzer — Finance Manager: $106KJeffery a SchweitzerFinance Manager$106KClark Delanois — Chair: $4KClark DelanoisChair$4KGeoff Roehll — Past Chair & Secretary: $4KGeoff RoehllPast Chair & Secretary$4K

The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $320K, to Mark Zullo (Vice President - Marketing). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Friendship Senior Options NFP

How large is Friendship Senior Options NFP?

Friendship Senior Options NFP reported $2.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

What is Friendship Senior Options NFP?

Friendship Senior Options NFP is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in Naperville, IL. It holds $2.9M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Friendship Senior Options NFP operate?

Friendship Senior Options NFP has awarded grants in Illinois.

What is Friendship Senior Options NFP's EIN?

Friendship Senior Options NFP's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-1278553. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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