Illinois · Public charity
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation
Fueled by the generosity of Chicago's philanthropic community, the City Colleges of Chicago Foundation raises charitable contributions to support community colleges students from all backgrounds in reaching their academic and career goals.
- $8.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $6.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,842,717
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations City Colleges of Chicago Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 3 | $6.1M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $3.3M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $6.5M | 70% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $3.2M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $4.0M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Colleges of Chicago | $23,451,130 | 6 | n/a |
| Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $550,000 | 4 | 2% |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $387,963 | 1 | 2% |
| One Million Degrees | $110,000 | 1 | 2% |
| National Association of Women Business Owners - Chicago Chapter | $70,000 | 4 | 14% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $55,670 | 2 | 0% |
| Mexican American Chamber of Commerc | $45,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Women's Business Development Center | $37,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Colleges of Chicago | $23,451,130 | 6 | n/a |
| Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $550,000 | 4 | 2% |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $387,963 | 1 | 2% |
| One Million Degrees | $110,000 | 1 | 2% |
| National Association of Women Business Owners - Chicago Chapter | $70,000 | 4 | 14% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $55,670 | 2 | 0% |
| Mexican American Chamber of Commerc | $45,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Women's Business Development Center | $37,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Organizing and Family Issues | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Enlace Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lift Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alivio Medical Center Inc | $19,537 | 1 | 0% |
| Working Credit NFP | $15,150 | 1 | 2% |
| Women in Listed Derivatives Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | 33% |
| The Cara Program | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brighton Park Neighborhood Council | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Depaul USA Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Chicago Foundation for Women · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · Michael Reese Health Trust · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Unidosus · Robert R McCormick Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund
How this is measured
Compare City Colleges of Chicago Foundation with peer funders
About City Colleges of Chicago Foundation
- How much does City Colleges of Chicago Foundation give?
- City Colleges of Chicago Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $6,112,254, out of $8,019,233 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does City Colleges of Chicago Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Community Improvement (1%), Philanthropy (0%).
- Who are City Colleges of Chicago Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: City Colleges of Chicago ($23M), Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation ($550k), All Chicago Making Homelessness History ($388k).
- Does City Colleges of Chicago Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as City Colleges of Chicago Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chicago Foundation for Women, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is City Colleges of Chicago Foundation based?
- City Colleges of Chicago Foundation is based in IL.
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