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· Public charity

Hire360

to expand employment and advancement opportunities for community residents in the service, hospitality, manufacturing, and construction industries by providing recruiting, training, and placement assistance and upgrading the skills of the currently employed as well as mentoring new community businesses.

$2.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$397k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Employment$2.5MEducation$774kReligion$136kHuman Services$120kCommunity Improvement$51kHealth$50k
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $2,397,544, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,652,787 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $255,243 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+3 grants · $930k
$155,186
Median grant
1
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Goodwill Ind of Northern IL & WI Stateline Area Inc$397,339
East Central IL Building & Construction Trades Council$274,196
Illinois Central College$258,347
Career Pathways of Southern IL$244,574
Saturday Place$200,000
Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Apprentice & Training$174,429
Southwestern Illinois College$160,686
Lewis & Clark Community College$155,186
Macon County Workforce Investment Solutions$144,936
Awaken Foundation$135,865
Tri-County Urban League Inc$119,554
Respiratory Health Association$50,000
Chicago Women in Trades$29,574
Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce & Community Initiative$27,203
Unite Here Chicago$25,655
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Tri-County Urban League Inc: $120k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 7 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
2

Total granted

$1.3M
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+27%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25
EmploymentEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CW
    CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES
    4× · 2022–2025 · $557k · revenue +117%
  • CS
    CENTRAL STATES SER JOBS FOR PROGRESS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $206k · revenue +7%
  • UH
    UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND
    4× · 2022–2025 · $176k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • HA
    HISPANIC AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +27%
  • CI
    Current Innovation NFP
    one grant, 2024 · $7k · revenue 0%
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.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Chicago Workers' Collaborative Nfp

Chicago Workers' Collaborative's mission is to promote full employment and equality for the lowest wage-earners, primarily temporary staffing workers, in the Chicago region through leadership and skills training, critical assistance and…

Education
2
Chicago Jobs Council

Chicago Jobs Council (CJC) pursues its mission through advocacy, applied research, public education and capacity-building initiatives focused on influencing the development or reform of public policies and programs. From 18 original…

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3
Construction Career Collaborative

As an interdependent alliance of construction industry leaders, we are collectively committed to positively impacting the future of the industry by strengthening the safe, skilled, and sustainable craft workforce pipeline.

Public Benefit
4
Local Economic and Employment Development Council Inc

North Branch Works is a membership-supported nonprofit neighborhood organization that for more than three decades has promoted balanced, job-creating economic development along the North Branch of the Chicago River.

Employment
5
Tri Industries Nfp

Employment, training, and support for individuals with significant disabilities

Employment
6
Chicagoland Associated General Contractors

To deliver exceptional value to our members through industry leadership, superior services, and innovative programs.

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7
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
8
The Indiana Plan for Equal Employment Inc

The indiana plan recruits women and minorities to enter construction apprenticeship programs to encourage gainful employment.

Employment
9
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

The chicagoland chamber of commerce combines the power of people, with our legacy of leadership and business advocacy, to drive a dynamic economy. we focus on delivering value for our members, making chicagoland a world-class place to live…

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10
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership

To develop services and training programs for area employers to expand employment opportunities. wrtp is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit workforce intermediary dedicated to connecting people to family-sustaining jobs. our mission is to enhance the…

Philanthropy
11
The WorkWell Partnership

The WorkWell Partnership operates a four-week job training program consisting of training and counseling, with qualified trainers, mentors, and advocates helping to prepare formerly incarcerated citizens for employment that can be…

Education
12
Finishing Trades Institute of Midwest Trust

Training programs for the health and safty of the members of the international brotherhood of painters and allied trades

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Women in Trades; the most unlike its peers is Respiratory Health Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES: $556,721 · OtherCHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADESGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN IL AND WI STATELINE AREA INC: $397,339 · OtherGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN IL AND WI STATELINE AREA INCEast Central IL Building & Construction Trades Council: $274,196 · OtherEast Central IL Building & Construction Trades CouncilIllinois Central College: $258,347 · OtherIllinois Central CollegeCAREER PATHWAYS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $244,574 · OtherCAREER PATHWAYS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOISCENTRAL STATES SER JOBS FOR PROGRESS INC: $206,392 · OtherCENTRAL STATES SER JOBS FOR PROGRESS INCMID-AMERICA CARPENTERS REGIONAL COUNCIL APPRENTICE AND TRAINING PROGRAM: $174,429 · OtherMID-AMERICA CARPENTERS REGIONAL COUNCIL APPRENTICE AND TRAINING PROGRAMSOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE: $160,686 · OtherSOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGELEWIS & CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $155,186 · OtherLEWIS & CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGEMACON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: $144,936 · OtherAWAKEN FOUNDATION: $135,865 · Other+2 more: $62,022 · OtherChicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative: $130,855 · EmploymentREVOLUTION WORKSHOP: $97,500 · EmploymentSaturday Place: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND: $175,619 · EducationTri-County Urban League: $119,554 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $96,468 · Community ImprovementSt Paul Church of God In Chris Community Development Ministrie: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterCurrent Innovation NFP: $7,000 · Environment
Other$2,770,693Employment$228,355Youth Development$200,000Education$175,619Human Services$119,554Community Improvement$96,468Housing & Shelter$70,000Environment$7,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES: $556,721 over 4y, 10.0% of budgetCENTRAL STATES SER JOBS FOR PROGRESS INC: $206,392 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSaturday Place: $200,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetUNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND: $175,619 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetMID-AMERICA CARPENTERS REGIONAL COUNCIL APPRENTICE AND TRAINING PROGRAM: $174,429 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative: $130,855 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTri-County Urban League: $119,554 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetREVOLUTION WORKSHOP: $97,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $96,468 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSt Paul Church of God In Chris Community Development Ministrie: $70,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetRESPIRATORY HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHISPANIC AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $12,022 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCurrent Innovation NFP: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Chicago Cook Workforc…Jobs for the Future I…Polk Bros Foundation …The Chicago Community…AbbVie FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Chicago Cook Workforce PartnershipIL13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership · Jobs for the Future Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Hire360 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hire360. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 21 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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