Illinois · Public charity
Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund
The jobs fund grants funding for eligible programs that offer job training, educational programming and other community benefits programs designed to serve the communities that score already serves.
- $398k
- Granted FY2018
- 5
- Grants FY2018
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Rock Island Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $398k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $97,500
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 3
- Total assets, FY2018
- $760k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 80% of the organizations Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 5 | $398k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $105k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skills for Chicago | $350,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hire360 | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Poder | $200,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Cara Program | $190,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ladder Up (F/K/A City-Wide Tax Assistance Program) | $150,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Chicago Teachers Union Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Erie Family Health Center Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Hood Community Development Corporation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mhub | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Providence Cristo Rey High School Inc | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skills for Chicago | $350,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hire360 | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Poder | $200,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Cara Program | $190,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ladder Up (F/K/A City-Wide Tax Assistance Program) | $150,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Chicago Teachers Union Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Erie Family Health Center Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Hood Community Development Corporation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mhub | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Providence Cristo Rey High School Inc | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Revolution Workshop | $110,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Forest Preserves | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ucan | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Helpings Inc | $97,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Green Urban Growers Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roseland Youth Center | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($255k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund supplied at peak.
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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: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Christopher Family Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
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About Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund
- How much does Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund give?
- Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund reported 5 grants totaling $397,500 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Employment (74%), Community Improvement (9%), Environment (5%).
- Who are Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Skills for Chicago ($350k), Hire360 ($250k), Poder ($200k).
- Does Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, The Christopher Family Foundation.
- Where is Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund based?
- Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund is based in IL.
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