Illinois · Public charity
Chicago Commons Association
Chicago Commons' mission is to empower individuals, families, and communities to overcome poverty, embrace opportunities, and thrive across generations. To fulfill that mission, we provide high quality early childhood education, family-centered adult education, and senior services to more than 3,500 individuals annually.
- $14M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,504,163
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,917,541
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Chicago Commons Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $14M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $14M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $14M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $9.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gads Hill Center | $30,332,477 | 4 | 48% |
| Onward Neighborhood House | $9,962,617 | 4 | 46% |
| Eyes on the Future | $5,985,989 | 4 | n/a |
| Learn Together Grow Together | $4,383,430 | 4 | n/a |
| Learn Together Grow Together II | $321,047 | 1 | n/a |
| Learn Together Grow Together III | $291,512 | 1 | n/a |
About Chicago Commons Association
- How much does Chicago Commons Association give?
- Chicago Commons Association reported 4 grants totaling $13,565,219 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Chicago Commons Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (53%), Human Services (47%).
- Who are Chicago Commons Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Gads Hill Center ($30M), Onward Neighborhood House ($10.0M), Eyes on the Future ($6.0M).
- Does Chicago Commons Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Chicago Commons Association based?
- Chicago Commons Association is based in IL.
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