Grand Victoria Foundation Pauses Diversity Disclosure

Grand Victoria Foundation has not publicly posted the aggregated demographic data for its directors and officers that Illinois now requires certain large grantmaking nonprofits to place on their websites. The Elgin-founded philanthropy’s pause stands out because the foundation has recast itself around racial justice and says it supports Black communities and other communities of color across Illinois. The issue has drawn wider attention as Illinois’ disclosure law enters its second year and compliance remains uneven among major charities. State guidance says covered organizations must post the information within 30 days after filing their annual AG990-IL charitable report. ### Which Illinois rule is Grand Victoria Foundation supposed to follow? Illinois Public Act 103-0635 requires any corporation that reports grants of $1 million or more to other charitable organizations to post aggregated demographic information about its directors and officers on its public website, if it has one. The categories listed by the Illinois Department of Human Rights include race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation and gender identity. (dhr.illinois.gov) The Illinois guidance also says individuals must be allowed to decline to disclose any or all demographic information. The data, once posted, must remain accessible on the organization’s website for at least three years. ### Why does this foundation fall under that law? Grand Victoria Foundation says on its website that it has awarded more than $184 million in grants statewide, including more than $20 million in Elgin. (dhr.illinois.gov) Its 2025 grant awards page lists dozens of grants to charitable organizations, many in six-figure amounts, and its 2024 federal filing reported more than $9 million in charitable disbursements, according to ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer. The foundation’s current website also shows an active grants program for fiscal 2026 and a 2026 grant awards page. Those public materials indicate Grand Victoria remains an active statewide grantmaker with a public website, both facts that are relevant to the Illinois posting requirement. ### Why is the missing disclosure drawing extra attention here? Grand Victoria Foundation has made racial justice central to its public identity. (grandvictoriafdn.org) Its homepage says it works to “catalyze racial justice in Illinois” and to cultivate “the voices, power, and aspirations of Black people,” while its strategic plan says the organization adopted a Black-centered focus that goes beyond conventional diversity, equity and inclusion language. (grandvictoriafdn.org) The foundation’s board page also describes Grand Victoria as governed by a “diverse board of visionary leaders.” That language has heightened interest in whether the foundation will publish the aggregate numbers the state now requires, because the law is aimed at making leadership demographics publicly visible rather than leaving them to institutional description. ### Who runs the foundation now? (grandvictoriafdn.org) Grand Victoria Foundation lists Sharon Bush as president and names Ricardo Estrada, Christopher Rudd, Kristin Finney-Cooke, Teresa Córdova, Candace Moore, Chanel Coney and Andreason Brown among its board leadership. The website says Bush is only the second person to lead the foundation in its 25-year history. ProPublica’s database shows the foundation reported $14.4 million in revenue, $8.6 million in expenses and about $181 million in total assets for fiscal 2024. (grandvictoriafdn.org) The same filing says Bush received $267,473 in compensation and other reportable payments. ### What is still not public? As of May 19, 2026, Grand Victoria Foundation’s website pages reviewed for this story did not show a public posting of the aggregated board-and-officer demographic data described in the Illinois standard. (grandvictoriafdn.org) The available pages include the foundation’s homepage, team page, grant listings, strategic plan and audits. The next concrete milestone is set by the statute itself: a covered charity must post the aggregate demographic information within 30 days after filing its annual AG990-IL report, and keep that posting online for at least three years. (projects.propublica.org) (dhr.illinois.gov) (grandvictoriafdn.org)