Illinois · Public charity
Chicago Learning Exchange
The Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) is a nonprofit organization that connects and supports our city's array of out-of-school time youth-focused organizations in order to prepare youth, youth workers, and our city for the future.
- $34k
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $15k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $349k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Chicago Learning Exchange funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $60k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $66k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $77k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Television Network Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 8% |
| National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum | $46,490 | 3 | 0% |
| Urban Gateways | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Exploration | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Columbia College Chicago | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nerdy Media1 | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ChickTech | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago Architecture Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Resilience Partners NFP | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Television Network Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 8% |
| National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum | $46,490 | 3 | 0% |
| Urban Gateways | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Exploration | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Columbia College Chicago | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nerdy Media1 | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ChickTech | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago Architecture Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Resilience Partners NFP | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hyde Park Neighborhood Club | $12,300 | 1 | 1% |
| Latin Center | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chicago Learning Exchange 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 · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Chicago Learning Exchange
- How much does Chicago Learning Exchange give?
- Chicago Learning Exchange reported 1 itemized grants totaling $15,000, out of $33,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Chicago Learning Exchange fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (58%), Education (14%), Community Improvement (10%).
- Who are Chicago Learning Exchange's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Community Television Network Inc ($70k), National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum ($46k), Urban Gateways ($20k).
- Does Chicago Learning Exchange fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chicago Learning Exchange?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Chicago Learning Exchange based?
- Chicago Learning Exchange is based in IL.
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