Illinois · Public charity
Chicago Cares Inc
Chicago Cares, Inc. mobilizes volunteers to build a stronger, more unified Chicago.
- $56k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Chicago Cares Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $116k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $231k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Organizing Project | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| South Shore Chamber Community Development Corp | $42,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Northwest Side Community Development Cor | $40,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Logan Square Neighborhood Association | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Teamwork Englewood Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Phalanx Family Services | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sinai Community Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Serving People with a Mission | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Mobile Makers | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Organizing Project | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| South Shore Chamber Community Development Corp | $42,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Northwest Side Community Development Cor | $40,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Logan Square Neighborhood Association | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Teamwork Englewood Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Phalanx Family Services | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sinai Community Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Serving People with a Mission | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Mobile Makers | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| 18th Street Casa de Cultura Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Opencollective Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Between the Lines Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| St Agatha Parish | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinios Workers in Action | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Forward Momentum Chicago | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Growers Collective Inc | $5,608 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chicago Cares Inc supplied at peak.
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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Forefront · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · University of Chicago Medical Center · Field Foundation of Illinois · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Allstate Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Chicago Cares Inc
- How much does Chicago Cares Inc give?
- Chicago Cares Inc reported 5 grants totaling $56,016 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Chicago Cares Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (63%), Arts & Culture (5%), Housing & Shelter (4%).
- Who are Chicago Cares Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Southwest Organizing Project ($95k), South Shore Chamber Community Development Corp ($43k), Northwest Side Community Development Cor ($41k).
- Does Chicago Cares Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chicago Cares Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Forefront.
- Where is Chicago Cares Inc based?
- Chicago Cares Inc is based in IL.
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