Illinois · Public charity
Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee
To conduct organizing activites within the jurisdictional areas of affiliated district councils and their affiliated local unions and to promote unity of action in dealing with employers to coordinate and consolidate the activities of affiliated district councils.
- $6.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $49M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $223k 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 | 35 | $6.0M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $2.1M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $5.1M | 23% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $4.2M | 12% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $4.6M | 12% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $1.7M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $1.8M | 14% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $3.0M | 28% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborers International Union of State of MI | $6,695,581 | 8 | 63% |
| Laborers International Union of North America - District Council of Mn and Nd | $4,706,205 | 8 | 21% |
| Wisconsin Laborers' District Council | $3,887,091 | 9 | 33% |
| Vote Yes for Workers Rights | $1,007,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Laborers' International Union of North America Union Local # 6 | $940,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Laborers' International Union Local 1092 | $910,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Laborers International Union of North America Local 152 | $902,192 | 9 | 6% |
| Laborers International Union Local #582 | $900,850 | 9 | 4% |
| Laborers Int'L Union of North America Labor Local 75 | $900,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Laborers International Union Local 4 | $900,000 | 9 | 3% |
Show all 59 grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 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: Laborers' Int'L Union of North America District Council of Chicago · International Union of Operating Engineers Local No 399 · Int'L Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen Admin District Council · The Laborers Northwest Regional Organizing Coalition · Laborers' International Union of North America · International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers · 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
Compare Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee with peer funders
About Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee
- How much does Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee give?
- Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee reported 35 grants totaling $6,057,017 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (85%), Membership Benefit (7%), Civil Rights (4%).
- Who are Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Laborers International Union of State of MI ($6.7M), Laborers International Union of North America - District Council of Mn and Nd ($4.7M), Wisconsin Laborers' District Council ($3.9M).
- Does Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Laborers' Int'L Union of North America District Council of Chicago, International Union of Operating Engineers Local No 399, Int'L Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen Admin District Council.
- Where is Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee based?
- Great Lakes Region Organizing Committee is based in IL.
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