· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k6 grants · $140k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $1.1M
- $250k+2 grants · $761k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GCGRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY8× · 2017–2025 · $2.2M
- WCWALTHER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY7× · 2018–2025 · $1.9M
- SPST PAUL LUTHERAN SCHOOL(DORCHESTER)7× · 2018–2025 · $1.8M
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $267k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $258k
- WCWALTHER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HSone grant, 2017 · $181k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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