Illinois · Public charity
Hfs Chicago Scholars
HFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS (hfs) was created for the express purpose of supporting the educational aspiration of economically disadvantaged, but academically motivated chicago inner-city youth. Hfs grants partial scholarships to qualifying students, works with other unrelated scholarship funds and the chosen high school of the scholarship…
- $650k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $608k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,300
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $73,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Hfs Chicago Scholars funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 33 | $608k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $400k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $482k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $445k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $421k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $434k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $381k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $362k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ignatius Jesuit Community | $402,665 | 8 | n/a |
| De Lasalle Institute | $398,725 | 8 | n/a |
| Fenwick Foundation Inc | $355,635 | 8 | 7% |
| Chicago Hope Academy | $184,476 | 8 | 0% |
| Loyola Academy | $166,621 | 8 | n/a |
| Trinity High School | $156,857 | 8 | n/a |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $113,275 | 8 | n/a |
| Holy Trinity High School | $91,375 | 8 | n/a |
| Providence St Mel School | $87,950 | 7 | 0% |
| The Latin School of Chicago | $68,800 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ignatius Jesuit Community | $402,665 | 8 | n/a |
| De Lasalle Institute | $398,725 | 8 | n/a |
| Fenwick Foundation Inc | $355,635 | 8 | 7% |
| Chicago Hope Academy | $184,476 | 8 | 0% |
| Loyola Academy | $166,621 | 8 | n/a |
| Trinity High School | $156,857 | 8 | n/a |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $113,275 | 8 | n/a |
| Holy Trinity High School | $91,375 | 8 | n/a |
| Providence St Mel School | $87,950 | 7 | 0% |
| The Latin School of Chicago | $68,800 | 7 | 0% |
| St Rita of Cascia High School Corporation | $65,525 | 7 | n/a |
| St Patrick High School | $60,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Francis W Parker School | $52,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Morgan Park Academy | $46,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Willows Academy | $38,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Marian Catholic | $34,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Marist High School | $33,520 | 2 | n/a |
| Josephinum Academy | $28,790 | 5 | n/a |
| Beacon Academy a Montessori High School | $27,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Walther Lutheran High School Association Inc | $24,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Mount Carmel | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Mount Carmel High School | $11,920 | 2 | n/a |
| Lake Forest Academy | $10,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Regina Dominican High School | $5,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Leo High School | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| The Chicago Academy for the Arts | $5,300 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hfs Chicago Scholars supplied at peak.
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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: Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation · LINK Unlimited Scholars · The Chicago Community Trust · The Cuneo Foundation · WP & HB White Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati · Marquette Bank Education Foundation · Fred J Brunner Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The John P Loftus Scholarship Fund
How this is measured
About Hfs Chicago Scholars
- How much does Hfs Chicago Scholars give?
- Hfs Chicago Scholars reported 33 itemized grants totaling $608,017, out of $650,072 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hfs Chicago Scholars fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (94%), Religion (4%), Arts & Culture (0%).
- Who are Hfs Chicago Scholars's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: St Ignatius Jesuit Community ($403k), De Lasalle Institute ($399k), Fenwick Foundation Inc ($356k).
- Does Hfs Chicago Scholars fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hfs Chicago Scholars?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation, LINK Unlimited Scholars, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Hfs Chicago Scholars based?
- Hfs Chicago Scholars is based in IL.
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