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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 FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$274kEmployment$249kRecreation & Sports$200kPhilanthropy$118kHealth$80kArts & Culture$80kCivil Rights$77kSocial Science$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 23 grants below total $292,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $845,120 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $552,620 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $278k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$30,000
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR'S MANSION ASSOCIATION$25,000
NAVY PIER$25,000
IL LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION$20,000
CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE$15,000
EDGAR FELLOWS$12,500
Individual grant recipient$10,000
PAT QUINN CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY$10,000
THE JESSE WHITE FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES$10,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF ILLINOIS$10,000
MARIST CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION$10,000
CHICAGO WORKING FAMILIES ARCHER AVE$10,000
THE DUPAGE FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOWLER BONAN FOUNDATION: $10k → 19%WARDS365: $10k → 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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$826k · 18 repeat orgs$608k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +1% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
22

Total granted

$826k
$446k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
0%

Still filing today

83%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $163k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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PhilanthropyEmploymentEducationCivil RightsEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • SC
    SWEENEY CLASSIC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $153k · revenue +318%
  • University of Illinois Foundation
    4× · 2021–2025 · $90k · revenue +57%
  • CF
    Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative
    6× · 2017–2023 · $86k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • H
    HIRE360graduated
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue +74%
  • IE
    ILLINOIS ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue +130%
  • CANDID
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -5%
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
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
2
Chicago United for Equity

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

Civil Rights
3
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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4
Chicago United

To achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, expanding the talent pipline for executive-level management, and growing minority businesses.

Philanthropy
5
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
6
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc

Secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all

Crime & Legal
7
Illinois Unidos

Champion equitable responses and recovery efforts for the Latinx community impacted by COVID-19

Community Improvement
8
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
9
Fca of Illinois

A union painting, glazing, and drywall taping contractors association dedicated to improving the industry through negotiating and implementing a collective bargaining agreement, promoting safety, education, and training to its members,…

Community Improvement
10
Citizen Action Illinois Education Fund

Public education on current public policy issues

Public Benefit
11
Chicago Committee On Minorities in Large Law Firms

The chicago committee seeks racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession by collaborating with its law firm and corporate membership to: drive sustainable institutional change at law firms and corporate legal departments; provide…

Civil Rights
12
The Chicago Bar Foundation

The chicago bar foundation brings the legal community together through advocacy, funding, and innovation to improve access to justice for people in need and to make the legal system more fair, equitable, and effective.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Equality Illinois; the most unlike its peers is Coalition for United Community Action co Carl Latimer. 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

32 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. 32 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
15/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Illinois Executive Mansion Association: $35,000 · OtherIllinois Executive Mansion Associatio…PAT QUINN CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY: $25,000 · OtherNAVY PIER: $25,000 · OtherSpecial Children's Charities: $20,000 · OtherIL LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherMARIST HIGH SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherWALSH CONSTRUCTION: $16,500 · OtherLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER: $35,000 · OtherLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTERCLIMATE JOBS ILLINOIS INC: $25,000 · OtherCHICAGO ALDERMANIC BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Other+23 more: $223,439 · Other+23 moreSWEENEY CLASSIC: $153,000 · PhilanthropySWEENEY CLASSICCANDID: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCANDIDUntapped Potential Project: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUntapped Potential Pro…EQUALITY ILLINOIS: $27,000 · PhilanthropyEQUALITY ILLINOISLABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyChicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative: $86,000 · EmploymentChicago Federation …HIRE360: $75,000 · EmploymentHIRE360CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE: $55,000 · EmploymentCHICAGO URBAN LEAGU…OPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL CHARITY FUND: $20,000 · EmploymentOPERATING ENGINEERS…+1 more: $8,000 · EmploymentUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $90,000 · EducationUniversity of I…Illinois Institute of Technology: $48,000 · EducationIllinois Instit…ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE LATINO CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationILLINOIS LEGISL…ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationST AMBROSE UNIV…+1 more: $5,500 · EducationMARCH OF DIMES INC: $72,500 · HealthSHOOT FOR A CURE: $7,000 · HealthEDGAR FELLOWS: $37,500 · Civil RightsCHICAGO CITY COUNCIL LATINO CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Civil RightsCHICAGO JOBS WITH JUSTICE: $5,000 · Civil RightsILLINOIS ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $75,000 · Community Improvement
Other$469,939Philanthropy$290,000Employment$244,000Education$198,500Health$79,500Civil Rights$77,500Community Improvement$75,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSWEENEY CLASSIC: $153,000 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative: $86,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetHIRE360: $75,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetILLINOIS ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $75,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $72,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCANDID: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUntapped Potential Project: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $48,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEDGAR FELLOWS: $37,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHICAGO CITY COUNCIL LATINO CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetIllinois Executive Mansion Association: $35,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE LATINO CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEQUALITY ILLINOIS: $27,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO ALDERMANIC BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCLIMATE JOBS ILLINOIS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSpecial Children's Charities: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL CHARITY FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWARD 365 NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFowler-Bonan Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetUNITED WORKING FAMILIES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetARISE CHICAGO: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHOOT FOR A CURE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNION SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE: $6,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO JOBS WITH JUSTICE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% 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…Service Employees Int…International Union o…Chicago Federation of…Polk Bros Foundation …John D and Catherine …United Union of Roofe…Laborers' Int'L Union…International Union o…Labor Management Unio…United Way of Metropo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
The Chicago Community TrustIL18.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    8report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting?

    Find your warmest path to Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 54 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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