Illinois · Public charity
Illinois Action for Children
Illinois Action for Children uplifts children and all who care for them, advancing strong families and prosperous communities.
- $8.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $7k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,011
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,011
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Illinois Action for Children funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $33k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $16k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $583 | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $28k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $23k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia Place | $24,234 | 7 | 0% |
| The Learning Tree of East Elgin (Premier IL Elgin East | $17,455 | 3 | n/a |
| Smart Learning Center A | $14,453 | 5 | n/a |
| Kidwatch Plus Inc | $13,873 | 8 | 0% |
| State of IL Child Development Ctr | $11,862 | 7 | n/a |
| Small World Learning Center | $10,242 | 9 | n/a |
| Blooming Bud Daycare Center | $9,236 | 6 | n/a |
| Little Achievers | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Kiddie Academy of Mt Prospect | $7,011 | 1 | n/a |
| Rainbow Daycare | $6,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia Place | $24,234 | 7 | 0% |
| The Learning Tree of East Elgin (Premier IL Elgin East | $17,455 | 3 | n/a |
| Smart Learning Center A | $14,453 | 5 | n/a |
| Kidwatch Plus Inc | $13,873 | 8 | 0% |
| State of IL Child Development Ctr | $11,862 | 7 | n/a |
| Small World Learning Center | $10,242 | 9 | n/a |
| Blooming Bud Daycare Center | $9,236 | 6 | n/a |
| Little Achievers | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Kiddie Academy of Mt Prospect | $7,011 | 1 | n/a |
| Rainbow Daycare | $6,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Happy Kids Preschool & Daycare Ctr | $5,460 | 3 | n/a |
| Bode Preschool & Childcare Ctr | $3,814 | 9 | n/a |
| Prodigy Child Inc | $3,500 | 4 | n/a |
| New Kindgdom Christian Center Church | $3,239 | 1 | n/a |
| Let's Play | $3,020 | 2 | n/a |
| Teeny Tiny University | $2,868 | 5 | n/a |
| New Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church | $650 | 3 | n/a |
| Hobby Horse Nursery Schools Ltd Lake Shore Schools | $590 | 9 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $583 | 3 | n/a |
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: Henry Booth House · Community Services for Children Inc · Women's Business Development Center · YWCA Metropolitan Chicago · Think Small · Early Learning Coalition of Broward County Inc · The Allstate Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Illinois Action for Children
- How much does Illinois Action for Children give?
- Illinois Action for Children reported 1 itemized grants totaling $7,011, out of $8,724,073 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Illinois Action for Children fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Human Services (39%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are Illinois Action for Children's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Concordia Place ($24k), The Learning Tree of East Elgin (Premier IL Elgin East ($17k), Smart Learning Center A ($14k).
- Does Illinois Action for Children fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Illinois Action for Children?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Henry Booth House, Community Services for Children Inc, Women's Business Development Center.
- Where is Illinois Action for Children based?
- Illinois Action for Children is based in IL.
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