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Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc

A 501(c)(3) charitable organization, we are the education, philanthropic, and research arm of the Chicago Association of REALTORS. The Foundation provides REALTORS with opportunities to enhance their business through education, fosters careers in real estate, and champions the professional image of the Chicago REALTOR.

$141k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
11
Itemized grants FY2024
7
Organizations funded FY2023
86%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$107k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 8
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$1.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 86% of the organizations Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Housing & ShelterHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving11$107k64%
FY20237$72k86%
FY20224$36k0%
FY20216$153k50%
FY20202$21k50%
FY20194$39k50%
FY20185$46k20%
FY20178$140kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$318kPublic Safety & Disaster$133kHuman Services$42kYouth Development$42kEducation$30kCommunity Improvement$28kEmployment$15kArts & Culture$7k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Realtors Relief Foundation$132,50031%
All Chicago Making Homelessness History$74,00450%
Realtor University$55,00012%
Renaissance Social Services Inc$47,50050%
Kids Above All Illinois$39,50040%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$31,95450%
St Sabina Church$20,0002n/a
Mercy Housing Lakefront$18,50020%
Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse$15,00010%
Covenant House Illinois Inc$15,00010%
Show all 28 grantees
All grantees of Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Realtors Relief Foundation$132,50031%
All Chicago Making Homelessness History$74,00450%
Realtor University$55,00012%
Renaissance Social Services Inc$47,50050%
Kids Above All Illinois$39,50040%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$31,95450%
St Sabina Church$20,0002n/a
Mercy Housing Lakefront$18,50020%
Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse$15,00010%
Covenant House Illinois Inc$15,00010%
Kipp Chicago Schools$10,00010%
Uptown United$10,00011%
The 100 Club of Illinois$10,00011%
Chicago Rehab Network$10,00011%
Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity James Harris Treasurer$10,00011%
Hephzibah Children's Association$10,00010%
Back on My Feet$10,00010%
Southwest Collective$10,00013%
Spanish Coalition for Housing$10,00010%
Voice of the People in Uptown Inc$10,00011%
Ada S McKinley Community Services Inc$10,00010%
Legacy Law School Corporation$10,00010%
The Asian Real Estate Aso of Am Edu Fndt$10,000118%
Chicago Association of REALTORS$7,50010%
Homes for Heroes Foundation$7,22214%
Sarah's Circle$7,00010%
The National Public Housing Museum$7,00010%
Advocates for Adolescent Mothers$6,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRealtors Relief Foundation: $132,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAll Chicago Making Homelessness History: $74,004 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRealtor University: $55,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetRenaissance Social Services Inc: $47,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKids Above All Illinois: $39,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Chicago: $31,954 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Housing Lakefront: $18,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEvanston Rebuilding Warehouse: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCovenant House Illinois Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKipp Chicago Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUptown United: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe 100 Club of Illinois: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChicago Rehab Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetChicagoland Habitat for Humanity James Harris Treasurer: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHephzibah Children's Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBack on My Feet: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouthwest Collective: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSpanish Coalition for Housing: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVoice of the People in Uptown Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAda S McKinley Community Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLegacy Law School Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Asian Real Estate Aso of Am Edu Fndt: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetChicago Association of REALTORS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHomes for Heroes Foundation: $7,222 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetSarah's Circle: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe National Public Housing Museum: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 26.

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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chicago Community…Polk Bros Foundation …Helen V Brach Foundat…Cuore e Mani Foundati…The Pierce Family Cha…Arie and Ida Crown Me…United Way of Metropo…John D and Catherine …Robert R McCormick Fo…Circle of Service Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The a Montgomery Ward…
The Chicago Community TrustIL29.2× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Helen V Brach Foundation · Cuore e Mani Foundation · The Pierce Family Charitable Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The a Montgomery Ward Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc

How much does Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc give?
Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $107,000, out of $141,159 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (52%), Public Safety & Disaster (22%), Human Services (7%).
Who are Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Realtors Relief Foundation ($133k), All Chicago Making Homelessness History ($74k), Realtor University ($55k).
Does Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, Helen V Brach Foundation.
Where is Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc based?
Chicago Association of REALTORS Educational Foundation Inc is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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