Illinois · Public charity
Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting
The indiana, illinois and iowa foundation for fair contracting monitors and tracks construction projects for possible violations of the davis-bacon act.
- $845k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $293k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $128k 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 | 23 | $293k | 61% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $337k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $254k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $263k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $82k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $31k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeney Classic | $153,000 | 9 | 7% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative | $86,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Hire360 | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois Economic Policy Institute | $75,000 | 1 | 16% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $72,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Urban League | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Candid | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Untapped Potential Project | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $48,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($163k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Service Employees International Illinois Council · International Union of Operating Engineers 150 · Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · United Union of Roofers Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local No 11 · Laborers' Int'L Union of North America District Council of Chicago · International Union of Operating Engineers Local No 399 · Labor Management Union Carpentry Cooperation Promotion Fund · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting
- How much does Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting give?
- Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting reported 23 itemized grants totaling $292,500, out of $845,120 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Employment (17%), Recreation & Sports (14%).
- Who are Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sweeney Classic ($153k), University of Illinois Foundation ($90k), Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative ($86k).
- Does Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Service Employees International Illinois Council, International Union of Operating Engineers 150.
- Where is Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting based?
- Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting is based in IL.
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