How much does Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies give?

Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies reported 26 itemized grants totaling $4,193,222, out of $6,388,094 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

Who are Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County Inc ($4.6M), Embarras River Basin Agency Inc ($2.9M), Tri-County Opportunities Council ($2.1M).

Does Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Housing Action Illinois, Northern Illinois Food Bank, Midland States Bank Foundation.

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Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies

The ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES (association) is a not-for-profit organization which serves as a network for illinois not-for-profit corporations and units of government which strive to raise the health, education, and economic standards of illinois' citizens living at the lower socio-economic margins. The…

$6.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 26
Itemized grants FY2025: 21
Organizations funded FY2024: 0%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $4.2M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $118,103
Largest grant, FY2025: $639,523
Organizations funded a year: 19 to 26; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $10.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies 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.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Community ImprovementOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	25	$4.2M	4%
FY2024	21	$2.0M	0%
FY2023	26	$4.0M	4%
FY2022	20	$3.7M	10%
FY2021	21	$3.1M	10%
FY2020	23	$1.6M	13%
FY2019	19	$1.9M	0%
FY2018	23	$1.8M	0%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Employment$7.6MHousing & Shelter$6.9MCommunity Improvement$3.8MHuman Services$1.4MEducation$88k

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
Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County Inc	$4,623,390	9	1%
Embarras River Basin Agency Inc	$2,876,335	9	3%
Tri-County Opportunities Council	$2,120,377	9	2%
The Two Rivers Council Foundation	$1,810,161	9	95%
East Central Illinois Community Action Agency Inc	$1,678,635	8	8%
Cefs Economic Opportunity Corporation	$1,436,952	9	1%
Will County Center for Community Concerns	$1,322,695	9	4%
Rockford Human Services Department	$1,010,105	9	n/a
St Clair County Community Action Agency	$949,431	6	3%
Two Rivers Head Start Agency	$643,899	4	5%

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All grantees of Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County Inc	$4,623,390	9	1%
Embarras River Basin Agency Inc	$2,876,335	9	3%
Tri-County Opportunities Council	$2,120,377	9	2%
The Two Rivers Council Foundation	$1,810,161	9	95%
East Central Illinois Community Action Agency Inc	$1,678,635	8	8%
Cefs Economic Opportunity Corporation	$1,436,952	9	1%
Will County Center for Community Concerns	$1,322,695	9	4%
Rockford Human Services Department	$1,010,105	9	n/a
St Clair County Community Action Agency	$949,431	6	3%
Two Rivers Head Start Agency	$643,899	4	5%
Bcmw Community Services Inc	$623,245	9	1%
Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council Inc	$531,154	6	2%
Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity Inc	$520,799	3	1%
Project Now Inc	$452,365	9	1%
Shawnee Development Council Inc	$424,895	9	2%
Community Action Partnership of Lake County	$332,709	9	0%
Wabash Area Development Inc	$331,127	9	0%
Family Service Agency of Dekalb County Inc	$322,856	4	5%
Dupage County Department of Human Services	$299,127	8	n/a
Champaign County Clerk	$295,474	4	n/a
Illinois Valley Economic Development Corporation	$266,853	6	1%
Winnebago County Housing Authority	$240,656	8	n/a
Kendall County Forest Preserve District	$210,795	7	n/a
Tazwood Community Services Inc	$178,461	1	2%
Northwestern Illinois Community Action Agency	$120,035	7	1%
Sangamon County Dept of Public Health	$118,115	2	n/a
Mid Central Community Action Inc	$104,280	5	2%
Community Contacts Inc	$69,212	3	n/a
Illinois Housing Development Authority	$56,587	2	n/a
McHenry County Housing Authority	$49,758	4	n/a
Kankakee County Community Services Inc	$27,169	3	0%
Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corp	$20,731	2	0%
Crosswalk Community Action Agency Inc	$10,410	1	n/a
Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois Inc	$5,000	1	0%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 24.

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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.

Housing Action IllinoisIL17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Housing Action Illinois · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Midland States Bank Foundation · Meals on Wheels America · Charities Aid Foundation America · 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.

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About Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies

How much does Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies give?: Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies reported 26 itemized grants totaling $4,193,222, out of $6,388,094 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (38%), Housing & Shelter (35%), Community Improvement (19%).
Who are Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County Inc ($4.6M), Embarras River Basin Agency Inc ($2.9M), Tri-County Opportunities Council ($2.1M).
Does Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Housing Action Illinois, Northern Illinois Food Bank, Midland States Bank Foundation.
Where is Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies based?: Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies is based in IL.