Illinois · Public charity
Chicago Association of REALTORS
The Chicago Association of REALTORS, the "voice for real estate" in chicago, represents 17,400 members from all real estate specialties, including commercial sales, development, property management, appraisals, auctions, and residential sales, with events and services to promote unity among members, education, and research.
- $99k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $93k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $19,435
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Chicago Association of REALTORS funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $93k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $80k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $95k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $121k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $147k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $159k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $168k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $151k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc | $543,070 | 8 | 50% |
| Realtors Political Action Committee of Illinois | $70,200 | 8 | n/a |
| Illinois Realtors | $59,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dearborn Real Estate Board Aka Dearborn Realtist Board | $54,055 | 6 | 2% |
| Realtor University | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago Parks Foundation | $42,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Video Project | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The National Public Housing Museum | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois Real Estate Educational Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Asian Real Estate Association of America | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc | $543,070 | 8 | 50% |
| Realtors Political Action Committee of Illinois | $70,200 | 8 | n/a |
| Illinois Realtors | $59,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dearborn Real Estate Board Aka Dearborn Realtist Board | $54,055 | 6 | 2% |
| Realtor University | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago Parks Foundation | $42,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Video Project | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The National Public Housing Museum | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois Real Estate Educational Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Asian Real Estate Association of America | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| NAHREP Subsidiary Incorporated | $16,161 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Council of Realtors | $14,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Realtors Relief Foundation | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Roosevelt University | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois State Chapter of The Women's Council of Realtors | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Association of Realtors | $7,830 | 1 | 0% |
| The Magnificent Mile Association | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Realtors to the Rescue NFP | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Aldermanic Black Caucus Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Chicago Association of REALTORS supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Chicago Association of REALTORS
- How much does Chicago Association of REALTORS give?
- Chicago Association of REALTORS reported 6 itemized grants totaling $92,865, out of $98,765 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Chicago Association of REALTORS fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (72%), Community Improvement (13%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are Chicago Association of REALTORS's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc ($543k), Realtors Political Action Committee of Illinois ($70k), Illinois Realtors ($59k).
- Does Chicago Association of REALTORS fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chicago Association of REALTORS?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Chicago Association of REALTORS based?
- Chicago Association of REALTORS is based in IL.
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