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ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT C/O MATTHEW BESLER

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT C/O MATTHEW BESLER is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in CHICAGO, IL. Its most recent IRS filing (2023) reports expenses of $964K, total assets of $175K. Imperigo tracks 3 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $2.8M.

EIN: 273627386 CHICAGO, IL Citizen Participation NTEE: W24 Latest filing: 2023
Total Expenses$964K
Total Assets$175K
Grant Records3
Funding Total$2.8M
Filing Years2018–2023

Mission

THE ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PARTICIPATES IN PUBLIC POLICY BY IDENTIFYING POLICIES DRIVEN BY LIBERTY AND FREE ENTERPRISE AND THEN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THOSE POLICY CHOICES AND ADVOCATING FOR THOSE POLICY CHOICES.

Where $100 goes at Illinois Opportunity Project C/O Matthew Besler

How Illinois Opportunity Project C/O Matthew Besler divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $88 for programs

$88
Participation in public policy by identifying policies driven by liberty and free enterprise and then educating the public about those policy choices and advocating for those policy choices…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2023. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Marilyn Smolenski
VICE PRESIDENT Mark Cavers
CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR Matthew Besler
TREASURER/DIRECTOR Patrick Hughes

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$818,860 2 grants
Unspecified
$2,000,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2023 — $964K $175K
2022 $2.3M $1.2M $1.1M
2020 $4.9M $4.4M $734K
2019 $1.5M $1.5M $303K
2018 $3.5M $3.5M $213K

Between 2018 and 2022, reported annual revenue declined from $3.5M to $2.3M (-34%), with total assets most recently reported at $175K.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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