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Illinois Environmental Council Education

To educate the public about environmental issues.

$335k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2024
2
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$325,288
Largest grant, FY2024
$325,288
Organizations funded a year
1 to 15
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$4.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Illinois Environmental Council Education funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentCommunity ImprovementReligionHousing & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving2$335k50%
FY20232$60k50%
FY202215$413k73%
FY20211$45k0%
FY202013$245k15%
FY201911$202k91%
FY201812$248kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$878kCommunity Improvement$123kCivil Rights$110kReligion$59kHealth$47kCrime & Legal$45kYouth Development$40kArts & Culture$30kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis$325,28811%
Elevate Energy$80,00020%
People for Community Recovery$70,00024%
BIG NFP DBA Blacks in Green$67,62534%
Faith Coalition for the Common Good Inc$50,00038%
Southeast Environmental Task Force$50,00014%
United Congregations of Metro East$47,00034%
Faith in Place$47,00022%
Green Building Alliance$46,00014%
Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference Inc$40,00022%
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All grantees of Illinois Environmental Council Education by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis$325,28811%
Elevate Energy$80,00020%
People for Community Recovery$70,00024%
BIG NFP DBA Blacks in Green$67,62534%
Faith Coalition for the Common Good Inc$50,00038%
Southeast Environmental Task Force$50,00014%
United Congregations of Metro East$47,00034%
Faith in Place$47,00022%
Green Building Alliance$46,00014%
Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference Inc$40,00022%
Citizens Utility Board$40,00016%
Respiratory Health Association$37,00021%
Sierra Club Foundation$36,83910%
Prairie Rivers Network$35,35014%
Chicago Jobs Council$30,00021%
The Institute of Cultural Affairs$30,00022%
Chatham Business Association Inc$25,000221%
Illinois Peoples Action$15,00018%
Center for Empowerment & Justice$15,0001n/a
Chicago Urban League$15,00010%
Bright Leadership Institute$15,0001n/a
Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation$10,00010%
Housing Action Illinois$10,00010%
Neighbors for Environmental Justice$10,00013%
Pilsen Neighbors Community Council$10,00011%
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance$8,00010%

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($383k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Illinois Environmental Council Education supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUrban League of Metropolitan St Louis: $325,288 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetElevate Energy: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPeople for Community Recovery: $70,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetBIG NFP DBA Blacks in Green: $67,625 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetFaith Coalition for the Common Good Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetSoutheast Environmental Task Force: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetUnited Congregations of Metro East: $47,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetFaith in Place: $47,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGreen Building Alliance: $46,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetSamuel Dewitt Proctor Conference Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCitizens Utility Board: $40,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetRespiratory Health Association: $37,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $36,839 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrairie Rivers Network: $35,350 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetChicago Jobs Council: $30,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Institute of Cultural Affairs: $30,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetChatham Business Association Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetIllinois Peoples Action: $15,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetChicago Urban League: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBickerdike Redevelopment Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHousing Action Illinois: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNeighbors for Environmental Justice: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetPilsen Neighbors Community Council: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMidwest Energy Efficiency Alliance: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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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.

United States Energy …The Energy FoundationThe Chicago Community…Illinois Environmenta…ForefrontArie and Ida Crown Me…Grand Victoria Founda…Builders Vision Found…Natural Resources Def…The Joyce FoundationPolk Bros Foundation …The Minneapolis Found…
United States Energy FoundationCA33.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United States Energy Foundation · The Energy Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Illinois Environmental Council General Fund · Forefront · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Grand Victoria Foundation · Builders Vision Foundation · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · The Joyce Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Minneapolis 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 Environmental Council Education

How much does Illinois Environmental Council Education give?
Illinois Environmental Council Education reported 2 grants totaling $335,288 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Illinois Environmental Council Education fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (57%), Community Improvement (8%), Civil Rights (7%).
Who are Illinois Environmental Council Education's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis ($325k), Elevate Energy ($80k), People for Community Recovery ($70k).
Does Illinois Environmental Council Education fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Illinois Environmental Council Education?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United States Energy Foundation, The Energy Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
Where is Illinois Environmental Council Education based?
Illinois Environmental Council Education is based in IL.

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 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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