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Impact Grants Chicago

Impact Grants Chicago connects, engages and inspires women to improve the community of Chicago by collectively funding $100,000 grants to Chicago nonprofits that are dedicated to addressing the challenges facing the city.

$490k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$710kHuman Services$635kYouth Development$415kCrime & Legal$357kEducation$282kFood & Nutrition$240kHealth$210kArts & Culture$200kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$257k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Peoples Music School$100,000
Restoring the Path-Crusher Cl$100,000
Ignite$100,000
The Bloc$100,000
VOCEL$30,000
Northside Housing and Support$30,000
Esperanza Community Services$30,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $900k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Friends of the Children: $100k → 14%Working Credit: $15k → 14%Facing Forward to End Homeles: $50k → 14%Renaissance Social Services: $30k → 14%Facing Forward to End Homeles: $25k → 14%Care for Real: $25k → 14%New Moms Inc: $100k → 14%Connections for Abused Women: $100k → 14%Connections for Abused Women: $100k → 14%The Bloc: $100k → 14%New Moms Inc: $20k → 14%LYTE Collective: $15k → 14%Ignite: $100k → 14%Netw Advoc Against Dom Viol: $20k → 14%Chicago Furniture Bank: $100k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$997k · 10 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
30

Total granted

$997k
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+25%

Still filing today

100%
97%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $460k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCrime & LegalEducationHealthReligionEmploymentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CF
    CONNECTIONS FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN
    2× · 2020–2024 · $200k · revenue +74%
  • LC
    LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER
    2× · 2020–2023 · $130k · revenue +34%
  • SL
    St Leonard's Ministries
    2× · 2020–2024 · $130k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • MV
    MARGARETS VILLAGEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +27%
  • CF
    CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -11%
  • HO
    HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +19%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness (CCH) builds community power and advances racial equity through organizing, advocacy, legal assistance, and education to prevent and end homelessness because housing is a human right.

Housing & Shelter
2
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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3
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
4
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
5
Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants

Serving recently arrived migrants and asylum seekers in the Chicagoland area and is committed to upholding the dignity and human rights of immigrants.

Human Services
6
Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for

Providing academic support to children experiencing homelessness in Chicago and providing resources and services to families experiencing homelessness in Chicago.

Education
7
Chicago Workers' Collaborative Nfp

Chicago Workers' Collaborative's mission is to promote full employment and equality for the lowest wage-earners, primarily temporary staffing workers, in the Chicago region through leadership and skills training, critical assistance and…

Education
8
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
9
Child Link Inc

Child Link provides foster care, family counseling, and therapy services to Chicago area adolescents who are at risk of homelessness. Child Link also refers adolescents to other agencies that are able to provide additional resources and…

Human Services
10
Chicago Jobs Council

Chicago Jobs Council (CJC) pursues its mission through advocacy, applied research, public education and capacity-building initiatives focused on influencing the development or reform of public policies and programs. From 18 original…

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11
Respond Now

Respond now connects those in need with health, hunger, and housing services in the chicago southland.

Human Services
12
Latino Union of Chicago

Latino Union works to defend the rights and dignity of contingent workers, including the right to immigrate, work, live free of oppression and violence, and provide for oneself and one's family.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Care for Real; the most unlike its peers is North Side Housing and Supportive Services. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/46
Grantees still filing
31/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONNECTIONS FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN: $200,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTIONS FOR ABUSED WOMEN A…NEW MOMS INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesNEW MOMS INCCHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $100,000 · Human ServicesCHICAGO FURNITURE BANKTHE BLOC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE BLOCIGNITE: $100,000 · Human ServicesIGNITEFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CHICAGO: $100,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CHIC…FACING FORWARD TO END HOMELESSNESS: $74,850 · Human ServicesFACING FORWARD TO END HOMELESS…Renaissance Social Services Inc: $30,000 · Human Services+4 more: $75,000 · Human Services+4 moreHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC: $100,000 · OtherHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE …I Grow Chicago NFP: $100,000 · OtherI Grow Chicago NFPNOURISHING HOPE: $100,000 · OtherNOURISHING HOPECOMMON PANTRY: $100,000 · OtherCOMMON PANTRYCHICAGO YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $100,000 · OtherCHICAGO YOUTH PROGRAMS INCEL HOGAR DEL NINO: $100,000 · OtherEL HOGAR DEL NINOKALEIDOSCOPE INC: $79,500 · OtherKALEIDOSCOPE INCOPEN BOOKS LTD: $100,000 · OtherOPEN BOOKS LTDDEBORAH'S PLACE: $100,000 · OtherDEBORAH'S PLACEGARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE: $100,001 · OtherGARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCEThe People's Music School: $100,000 · OtherThe People's Music SchoolRESTORING THE PATH: $100,000 · OtherRESTORING THE PATH+8 more: $187,350 · Other+8 moreLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER: $130,000 · Crime & LegalLAWNDALE CHR…COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COOK COUNTY: $100,000 · Crime & LegalCOURT APPOIN…CENTER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: $72,223 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR C…Law Center for Better Housing: $30,000 · Crime & LegalLaw Center f…Greater Chicago Legal Clinic: $25,000 · Crime & LegalGreater Chic…St Leonard's Ministries: $130,000 · ReligionMARGARETS VILLAGE: $100,000 · ReligionREVOLUTION WORKSHOP: $100,000 · EmploymentGROWING HOME INC: $65,900 · EmploymentRESILIENCE: $100,000 · HealthOLD IRVING PARK COMMUNITY CLINIC: $40,000 · HealthBELOVED COMMUNITY FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER: $20,000 · HealthCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentVocel Viewing our Children as Emerging Leaders: $50,000 · Youth Development
Human Services$899,850Other$1,366,851Crime & Legal$357,223Religion$230,000Employment$165,900Health$160,000Youth Development$150,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCONNECTIONS FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN: $200,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER: $130,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSt Leonard's Ministries: $130,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetNEW MOMS INC: $120,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetGARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE: $100,001 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetMARGARETS VILLAGE: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDEBORAH'S PLACE: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetI Grow Chicago NFP: $100,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMON PANTRY: $100,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetRESILIENCE: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetThe People's Music School: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCHICAGO YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTHE BLOC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetIGNITE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOPEN BOOKS LTD: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetEL HOGAR DEL NINO: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetREVOLUTION WORKSHOP: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CHICAGO: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COOK COUNTY: $100,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetRESTORING THE PATH: $100,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetKALEIDOSCOPE INC: $79,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFACING FORWARD TO END HOMELESSNESS: $74,850 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: $72,223 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetGROWING HOME INC: $65,900 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetVocel Viewing our Children as Emerging Leaders: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOLD IRVING PARK COMMUNITY CLINIC: $40,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetONE MILLION DEGREES: $32,350 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLaw Center for Better Housing: $30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRenaissance Social Services Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetESPERANZA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH SIDE HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Legal Clinic: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRANCISCAN OUTREACH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCARE FOR REAL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NETWORK ADVOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetONWARD NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNAMI Chicago: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBELOVED COMMUNITY FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS CHICAGO: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWorking Credit NFP: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPODER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LYTE COLLECTIVE: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Chicago Community…United Way of Metropo…Polk Bros Foundation …Circle of Service Fou…Maurice & Henry Freun…WP & HB White Foundat…Robert R McCormick Fo…John D and Catherine …Arie and Ida Crown Me…Cuore e Mani Foundati…Helen V Brach Foundat…All Chicago Making Ho…
The Chicago Community TrustIL53.4× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Maurice & Henry Freund Charitable Foundation · WP & HB White Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Cuore e Mani Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · All Chicago Making Homelessness History

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Impact Grants Chicago funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Impact Grants Chicago. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 46 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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