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Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
The caucus provides a forum through which the chief elected officials of the region cooperatively develop consensus on common public policy issues and multi-jurisdictional challenges. With a foundation of collaboration and consensus-based decision-making, it serves a number of functions for its partner organizations and local governments.
- $34M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,251,235
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 74
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Metropolitan Mayors Caucus funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Community ImprovementPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $34M | 93% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $135k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $220k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $296k | 85% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $178k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $376k | 84% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $130k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 74 | $4.7M | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Public Benefit$31MEnvironment$5.1MHuman Services$1.3MArts & Culture$924kPublic Safety & Disaster$773kRecreation & Sports$243kHousing & Shelter$175kCivil Rights$139kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Chicago | $30,251,235 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake County | $923,990 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Elgin | $746,599 | 2 | n/a |
| West Aurora School District 129 | $579,732 | 1 | n/a |
| Glenbard Township High School District 87 | $345,206 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory University | $323,807 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning | $321,768 | 4 | n/a |
| College of Lake County | $261,439 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Unit School District 200 | $226,854 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of University Park | $223,022 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Chicago | $30,251,235 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake County | $923,990 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Elgin | $746,599 | 2 | n/a |
| West Aurora School District 129 | $579,732 | 1 | n/a |
| Glenbard Township High School District 87 | $345,206 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory University | $323,807 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning | $321,768 | 4 | n/a |
| College of Lake County | $261,439 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Unit School District 200 | $226,854 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of University Park | $223,022 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Unit School District 300 | $198,462 | 1 | n/a |
| Community High School District 99 | $184,053 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of River Forest | $182,140 | 2 | n/a |
| Valley View Public School District 365U | $179,416 | 1 | n/a |
| Township High School District 113 | $173,701 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Planning Council | $151,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Will County Clerk | $144,871 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Addison | $129,726 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Summit | $125,017 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Oak Forest | $120,035 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Tinley Park | $119,854 | 1 | n/a |
| Claude and Marilyn Boles Foundation Inc | $110,016 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Lyons | $108,423 | 2 | n/a |
| Elgin Area School District U-46 | $92,156 | 1 | n/a |
| Will County School District 92 | $91,066 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of La Grange | $70,319 | 2 | n/a |
| Wilmette Public School District 39 | $68,239 | 1 | n/a |
| Fremont School District 79 | $66,715 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Glencoe | $53,260 | 3 | n/a |
| Northbrook Park District | $45,224 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Lincolnwood | $45,086 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Mount Prospect | $43,664 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Berwyn | $40,007 | 2 | n/a |
| Huntley Community School District 158 | $38,605 | 1 | n/a |
| Community High School District 117 | $35,374 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Brookfield | $33,853 | 2 | n/a |
| The Village of Bull Valley | $30,946 | 3 | n/a |
| Village of Libertyville | $29,195 | 2 | n/a |
| North Shore School District #112 | $27,470 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Algonquin | $24,541 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Lake Forest | $23,047 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Stickney | $22,952 | 2 | n/a |
| Schaumburg Park District | $22,649 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Grayslake | $21,718 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Palos Heights | $20,942 | 1 | n/a |
| Marengo Union Elementary CSD 165 | $20,213 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Glen Ellyn | $20,079 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Woodstock | $19,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Fox River Grove | $19,393 | 3 | n/a |
| Community High School District 128 | $19,386 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chicago Hghts | $19,369 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Kildeer | $18,346 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Woodridge | $17,685 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Niles | $17,461 | 2 | n/a |
| Streamwood Park District | $17,071 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Northfield | $16,762 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Crete | $16,240 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Manhattan | $15,435 | 1 | n/a |
| Active Transportation Alliance | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Northlake | $14,612 | 2 | n/a |
| Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 | $12,535 | 1 | n/a |
| Hawthorn Woods | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Harvey Fire Department | $12,044 | 1 | n/a |
| Naperville Public Library | $11,900 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dekalb | $11,213 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Hanover Park | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Bensenville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Richmond | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bolingbrook Police Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Aurora Illinois | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Wilmette | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fox Metro Water Reclamation District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Cary | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Evanston | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Midlothian | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| German Valley Fire Protection District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Barrington | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Orland Park | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Joliet | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Wheeling | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Elburn | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Riverside | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Downers Grove | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Chicago Ridge | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hickory Hills | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Monee | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Franklin Park | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Port Barrington | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Illinois at Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Darien | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Lake County Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Village of Sublette | $9,993 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Park Forest | $9,975 | 1 | n/a |
| Grayslake Community Park District | $9,943 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Burnham | $9,640 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Round Lake Beach | $9,505 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of McCullom Lake | $9,369 | 1 | n/a |
| Beach Park Consolidated School District 3 | $9,369 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Orland Park | $9,369 | 1 | n/a |
| City of West Chicago | $9,369 | 1 | n/a |
| Elmwood Park Public Library | $9,369 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Crystal Lake | $9,362 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Minooka | $9,362 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Worth | $9,362 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Polo | $9,362 | 1 | n/a |
| Arlington Heights Senior Ctr | $9,362 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Countryside | $9,362 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Willowbrook | $9,362 | 1 | n/a |
| Palatine Park District | $9,195 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Westchester | $9,166 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Justice | $9,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Hebron | $9,057 | 1 | n/a |
| McHenry County | $8,956 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Schiller Park | $8,914 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Schaumburg | $8,765 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Deer Park | $8,637 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Lagrange | $8,630 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Plainfield | $8,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Hoffman Estates | $8,590 | 1 | n/a |
| Forest Preserve District of Cook County | $8,537 | 1 | n/a |
| Bremen Community High School District 228 | $8,535 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Markham | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Frankfort | $8,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Streamwood | $8,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Northbrook | $8,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Cook County BED (Bureau Economic Development) | $8,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Mokena | $8,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Burr Ridge | $8,018 | 1 | n/a |
| Thornton Township | $7,619 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Sandwich | $7,569 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Lincolnshire | $7,557 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Hazel Crest | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Dolton | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Bradley | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Amboy Fire Department | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Morrison | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lansing Public Library | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lombard Police Department | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Palos Park | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Normal | $7,250 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Warrenville | $7,080 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Bartlett | $6,915 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of River Grove Dept of Police | $6,608 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Norridge | $6,607 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Villa Park Il | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Lake Villa | $6,240 | 1 | n/a |
| Dundee Township Park District | $6,193 | 1 | n/a |
| Deerfield School District 109 | $6,026 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Lake in the Hills | $5,880 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Glendale Heights | $5,734 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Beecher | $5,369 | 1 | n/a |
| Forest Lake Fire Dept Relief Assn | $5,369 | 1 | 2% |
| Ashton Police Department | $5,369 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Island Lake | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Cicero | $5,125 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Park Ridge | $5,040 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Prospect Heights | $4,340 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Diamond | $4,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Spring Grove | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Olympia Fields | $2,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Lake Bluff | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
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.
OpenlandsIL77.5× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Openlands · The Morton Arboretum · Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation · Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) · Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc · The Dupage Community Foundation · Greater Chicago Food Depository · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · AARP · The Chicago Community Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
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.
About Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
- How much does Metropolitan Mayors Caucus give?
- Metropolitan Mayors Caucus reported 27 grants totaling $33,902,067 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 74 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Metropolitan Mayors Caucus fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (78%), Environment (13%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Metropolitan Mayors Caucus's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: City of Chicago ($30M), Lake County ($924k), City of Elgin ($747k).
- Does Metropolitan Mayors Caucus fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Metropolitan Mayors Caucus?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Openlands, The Morton Arboretum, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation.
- Where is Metropolitan Mayors Caucus based?
- Metropolitan Mayors Caucus is based in IL.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home