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Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund at a glance

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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
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead

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

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’17
5
’18
3
’19
2
’20
1
’21
4
’22
3
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Employment$2.1MCommunity Improvement$255kEnvironment$150kYouth Development$125kHousing & Shelter$100kFood & Nutrition$98k
02FY2018 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$97,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$760k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCAN$100,000
PUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER INC DBA HESED HOUSE$100,000
SECOND HELPINGS INC$97,500
CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION$50,000
GREEN URBAN GROWERS INC$50,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–18, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%PUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER INC DBA HESED HOUSE: $100k → 8%UCAN: $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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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 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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2
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
3
Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative

To engage working men and women, and the community at large, in order to improve health, income, and education. The organization's services are substantially supported through funding from governmental units or direct contributions from…

Employment
4
Xchange Chicago Inc

To realize a more equitable and inclusive economy by advancing innovative workforce solutions that equip local residents with the skills and resources to access high-growth employment opportunities in tech and other rapidly growing fields…

Employment
5
The Workforce Connection Inc

The mission of the workforce connection board is to create a competitive, skilled and educated workforce by providing a system for individuals to gain meaningful employment responsive to the needs of business.

Employment
6
Code to Work Inc

An employer-led initiative aimed at transforming the hiring process. we use a skills-based approach to identify, train and hire talent. the traditional credentials-based focus must evolve to give all qualified job seekers a chance to prove…

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7
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

The chicagoland chamber of commerce combines the power of people, with our legacy of leadership and business advocacy, to drive a dynamic economy. we focus on delivering value for our members, making chicagoland a world-class place to live…

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8
The Hatchery Chicago Illinois

The hatchery chicago enables local entrepreneurs to build and grow successful food and beverage businesses and provides job training and placement programs, which in turn create sustainable economic growth and new job opportunities.

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9
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
10
Chicago United for Equity

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

Civil Rights
11
Local Economic and Employment Development Council Inc

North Branch Works is a membership-supported nonprofit neighborhood organization that for more than three decades has promoted balanced, job-creating economic development along the North Branch of the Chicago River.

Employment
12
Career Transitions Center of Chicago

We empower professionals to find meaningful employment.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Skills for Chicago; the most unlike its peers is The Rock Island Community Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SKILLS FOR CHICAGO: $350,000 · EmploymentSKILLS FOR CHICAGOHIRE360: $250,000 · EmploymentHIRE360The Cara Program: $190,000 · EmploymentThe Cara ProgramREVOLUTION WORKSHOP: $110,000 · EmploymentREVOLUTION WORKSHOPEDDR GRANT FUNDING: $250,000 · OtherEDDR GRANT FUNDINGCHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · OtherCHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDA…THE ROCK ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherTHE ROCK ISLAND COMMUNITY FOU…PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $125,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE CRISTO REY HIGH SC…GREEN URBAN GROWERS INC: $50,000 · OtherGREEN URBAN GROWERS INC+2 more: $30,000 · OtherPODER: $200,000 · EducationPODERLADDER UP (F/K/A CITY-WIDE TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM): $150,000 · EducationLADDER UP (F/…PROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $150,000 · Community ImprovementPROJECT HOO…MHUB: $150,000 · Community ImprovementMHUBPUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER INC D/B/A HESED HOUSE: $100,000 · Human ServicesUCAN: $100,000 · Human ServicesErie Family Health Center Inc: $150,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES: $100,000 · EnvironmentSECOND HELPINGS INC: $97,500 · Food & Nutrition
Employment$900,000Other$755,000Education$350,000Community Improvement$300,000Human Services$200,000Health$150,000Environment$100,000Food & Nutrition$97,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSKILLS FOR CHICAGO: $350,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetPODER: $200,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetThe Cara Program: $190,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLADDER UP (F/K/A CITY-WIDE TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM): $150,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE ROCK ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetErie Family Health Center Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $150,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMHUB: $150,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetREVOLUTION WORKSHOP: $110,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetUCAN: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS INC: $97,500 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

Polk Bros Foundation …The Chicago Community…The Christopher Famil…United Way of Metropo…The Harry and Jeanett…Lloyd a Fry FoundationRobert R McCormick Fo…Circle of Service Fou…The Allstate Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…AbbVie FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…
Polk Bros Foundation IncIL17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joint-County Opportunity Benefit Support Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 20 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2018, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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