Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation
Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Springfield, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $189K in total assets.
Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation at a glance
- Total assets
- $189,395
- +6.8% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $26,859
- -19.6% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $19,498
- +57.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-EZ, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation funds
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Cities
How Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation gives
- 60% of 2020 grantees were also funded in 2019. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2021, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2021) to $556K (2019). In 2021 it reported $1K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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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 | $189,395 | $26,859 | $19,498 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | $177,274 | $33,397 | $12,355 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $156,232 | $51,973 | $14,989 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $119,248 | $11,366 | $2,384 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $110,266 | $27,820 | $1,118 | $1,000 | Total only | $228 |
| 2020 | $83,564 | $231,654 | $253,769 | $161,402 | 13 | — |
| 2019 | $195,589 | $805,104 | $822,366 | $556,338 | 13 | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation is led by Brian Atwood, Chair on every filing since 2021; none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Brian Atwood
Chair
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Allen Gibbs
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cathy Taylor
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keith Carman
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Reverend Courtney Carson
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sherri Dublin
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Denzler
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
18.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Kase
Vice Chair
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (9)
- Former: Andrew Faville (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Dean Clark (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Janice Christiansen (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: M. Blouke Carus (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Mark Wehby (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Marsha Serling (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Patrick J. Ormsby (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Sandra Westlund-Deenihan (2020) — Director
- Former: Sandra Westlund-Deenih (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 Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation
How large is Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation?
Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation reported $189K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-EZ. Its revenue that year was $27K.
What is Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation?
Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Springfield, IL. It holds $189K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation operate?
Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation has awarded grants in Illinois, Missouri.
What is Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation's EIN?
Illinois Manufacturers' Association Education Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-3686904. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 17, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 26, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 1, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 28, 2025)
- Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 29, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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