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Illinois Opportunity Project
The ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT is an organization that participates in public policy by identifying policies driven by liberty and free enterprise and then educating the public about those policy choices and advocating for those policy choices.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2020
- 3
- Grants FY2020
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $350,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $995,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Total assets, FY2020
- $175k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations Illinois Opportunity Project funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 3 | $1.7M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $38k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $320k | 96% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $176k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Liberty PAC | $67,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Illinois Business Alliance | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Illinois Family Action Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
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About Illinois Opportunity Project
- How much does Illinois Opportunity Project give?
- Illinois Opportunity Project reported 3 grants totaling $1,679,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Illinois Opportunity Project fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Public Benefit (99%), Youth Development (1%), Religion (0%).
- Who are Illinois Opportunity Project's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Illinois Liberty PAC ($68k), Illinois Business Alliance ($15k), Illinois Family Action Inc ($2k).
- Does Illinois Opportunity Project fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Illinois Opportunity Project based?
- Illinois Opportunity Project is based in IL.
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