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Filing year 2024

THE SPARKS FOUNDATION TRUST AGREEMENT

Mattoon, Illinois·EIN 38-3681215·NTEE T22 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·501(c)(3)
Total revenue
$919k
Total assets
$1.8M
Total expenses
$202k
Reported officers
2

Reported officers (all unpaid)

No paid executives reported in 2024. THE SPARKS FOUNDATION TRUST AGREEMENT reported 2 unpaid officers and board members on its 990-PF.

Trustee
Advisory Com

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$199k

Itemized grants

12

Median grant

$5k

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
THE FIELDS CHURCH THE FIELDS CHURCHMATTOON, ILOPERATIONS$70k
ST JOHNS LUTHERAN SCHOOL ST JOHNS LUTHERAN SCHOOLMATTOON, ILH.S BUILDING PROJECT$65k
EMERALD ACRES SPORTS COMPLEX LAND OF LINCOLN SPORTS COMPLEXMATTOON, ILFACILITY CONSTRUCTION$25k
COLES COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY COLES COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITYCHARLESTON, ILOPERATIONS$13k
MATTOON AREA FAMILY YMCA MATTOON AREA FAMILY YMCAMATTOON, ILOPERATIONS$10k
SARAH BUSH LINCOLN FOUNDATION SARAH BUSH LINCOLN FOUNDATIONMATTOON, ILHOSPICE HOUSE /OPERATIONS$8k
WOODLAWN CHAPEL WOODLAWN CHAPELCHARLESTON, ILOPERATIONS$3k
MATTOON PUBLIC LIBRARY MATTOON PUBLIC LIBRARYMATTOON, ILOPERATIONS$3k
CAMP NEW HOPE CAMP NEW HOPEMATTOON, ILOPERATIONS$1k
LIFELINKS LIFELINKSMATTOON, ILOPERATIONS$1k
FIT - 2 - SERVE FIT - 2 - SERVEMATTOON, ILOPERATIONS$1k
MATTOON COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER MATTOON COMMUNITY FOOD CENTERMATTOON, ILOPERATIONS$500
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

THE SPARKS FOUNDATION TRUST AGREEMENT reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$114k
$125k
2023
$919k
$202k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.

This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Illinois

THE SPARKS FOUNDATION TRUST AGREEMENT reported no executive compensation in its latest filing. For context, the highest-paid executive at a comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organization in Illinois earns a median of $20,738.

25th percentile
$7k
Median
$20,738
75th percentile
$60k
90th percentile
$148k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 2,342 organizations across 2,342 filings (2021 – 2024).

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What are THE SPARKS FOUNDATION TRUST AGREEMENT's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, THE SPARKS FOUNDATION TRUST AGREEMENT reported $919k in total revenue and $202k in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.