Illinois · Public charity
Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation
The mission of CHICAGOLAND LUTHERAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION is to empower urban lutheran schools to deliver innovative, quality education in a christian environment.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $80,306
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $502,147
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation 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 | 17 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $2.4M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $2.1M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $2.3M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $2.6M | 15% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $2.4M | 35% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $3.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest grants in FY2025.
| MISC SCHOOLS-PAID INDIRECTLY | $502,147 |
| WALTHER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $258,742 |
| ST PAUL LUTHERAN SCHOOL(DORCHESTER) | $225,572 |
| GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $186,284 |
| ST JOHN LUTHERAN SCHOOL | $163,100 |
| HOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES | $132,691 |
| BETHESDA INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY | $125,607 |
| ST PHILIP LUTHERAN SCHOOL | $103,417 |
| ST JAMES LUTHERAN SCHOOL | $80,306 |
| GOOD SHEPHERD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $62,649 |
| PILGRIM LUTHERAN SCHOOL | $61,000 |
| CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN SCHOOL | $36,148 |
| SAINT LUKE ACADEMY | $29,806 |
| Individual grant recipient | $21,551 |
| GRACE ENGLISH LUTHERAN SCHOOL | $20,500 |
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About Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation
- How much does Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation give?
- Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $2,041,520 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (84%), Religion (10%), Housing & Shelter (1%).
- Does Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation based?
- Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation is based in IL.
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