Illinois · Public charity
Chicago Public Education Fund
The CHICAGO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $256,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $37M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Chicago Public Education Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $384k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $1.0M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $927k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $553k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $392k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $399k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $9k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Connected | $1,355,500 | 9 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $574,938 | 3 | n/a |
| New Leaders Inc | $401,987 | 2 | 1% |
| Leadership and Design | $221,250 | 3 | 4% |
| University of Washington | $172,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $142,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Accelerate Institute | $78,280 | 2 | 2% |
| National SAM Innovation Project Inc | $71,085 | 2 | 1% |
| Latino Leadership Pipeline | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Forefront | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Connected | $1,355,500 | 9 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $574,938 | 3 | n/a |
| New Leaders Inc | $401,987 | 2 | 1% |
| Leadership and Design | $221,250 | 3 | 4% |
| University of Washington | $172,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Northeastern University | $142,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Accelerate Institute | $78,280 | 2 | 2% |
| National SAM Innovation Project Inc | $71,085 | 2 | 1% |
| Latino Leadership Pipeline | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Forefront | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation | $48,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Surge Institute | $42,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cambiar Education | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Human Schools Project Incorporated | $25,000 | 2 | 13% |
| University of Chicago | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| LEAP Innovations | $16,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois Principals Association | $15,450 | 2 | 0% |
| The Modern Classrooms Project Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Education Resource Strategies Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Acero Charter Schools Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chicago Public Education Fund 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: Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Chicago Public Education Fund
- How much does Chicago Public Education Fund give?
- Chicago Public Education Fund reported 17 itemized grants totaling $1,053,018, out of $1,352,650 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Chicago Public Education Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (93%), Employment (5%), Community Improvement (2%).
- Who are Chicago Public Education Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Connected ($1.4M), The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ($575k), New Leaders Inc ($402k).
- Does Chicago Public Education Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chicago Public Education Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Chicago Public Education Fund based?
- Chicago Public Education Fund is based in IL.
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