Illinois · Public charity
Economy Shop
Economy Shop sells donated clothing and other household items to the general public and utilizes the funds raised to support local charitable organizations.
- $231k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $33,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $33,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $451k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Economy Shop 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 | 7 | $231k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $88k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $84k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $88k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $114k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $162k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park & River Forest Day Nursery | $138,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Animal Care League | $137,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Beyond Hunger | $137,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Thrive Counseling Center | $137,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Senior Citizens Center of Oak Park & River Forest | $137,000 | 7 | 67% |
| Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare S | $137,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Housing Forward | $98,250 | 6 | 0% |
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 Christopher Family Foundation · Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Economy Shop
- How much does Economy Shop give?
- Economy Shop reported 7 grants totaling $231,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Economy Shop fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Education (15%), Animals (15%).
- Who are Economy Shop's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Oak Park & River Forest Day Nursery ($138k), Animal Care League ($137k), Beyond Hunger ($137k).
- Does Economy Shop fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Economy Shop?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Christopher Family Foundation, Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc.
- Where is Economy Shop based?
- Economy Shop is based in IL.
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