Illinois · Public charity
Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center
To foster the long-term economic and workforce competitiveness of the state and nation by stimulating innovation and the development of new practices, products, services, and production practices and to operate exclusively for educational and charitable purposes.
- $6.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,620,471
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,182,356
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center 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; $30k 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 | 4 | $6.2M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $6.0M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $5.8M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $5.4M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $5.5M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $5.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $15,591,131 | 6 | n/a |
| Northern Illinois University | $8,846,753 | 6 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $5,964,243 | 6 | n/a |
| Bradley University | $3,164,019 | 6 | 0% |
| Kaskaskia College | $143,984 | 3 | n/a |
| Calumet Area Industrial Commission | $78,340 | 1 | 3% |
| Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council | $70,898 | 1 | 2% |
| Waubonsee Community College | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Southeastern Illinois College Foundation | $40,193 | 2 | 6% |
| Richland Community College | $29,738 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $15,591,131 | 6 | n/a |
| Northern Illinois University | $8,846,753 | 6 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $5,964,243 | 6 | n/a |
| Bradley University | $3,164,019 | 6 | 0% |
| Kaskaskia College | $143,984 | 3 | n/a |
| Calumet Area Industrial Commission | $78,340 | 1 | 3% |
| Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council | $70,898 | 1 | 2% |
| Waubonsee Community College | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Southeastern Illinois College Foundation | $40,193 | 2 | 6% |
| Richland Community College | $29,738 | 1 | n/a |
| City Colleges of Chicago | $29,511 | 1 | n/a |
| John Wood Community College | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
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About Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center
- How much does Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center give?
- Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center reported 4 grants totaling $6,239,770 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Employment (0%).
- Who are Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ($16M), Northern Illinois University ($8.8M), Southern Illinois University- Carbondale ($6.0M).
- Does Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center based?
- Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center is based in IL.
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