Illinois · Public charity
Onechicagofund
The organization is organized and will be operated exclusively for charitable, literary, scientific, and educational purposes within the meaning of code section 501(c)(3), including for such purposes, but not limited to, the promotion of health, the promotion of social welfare, the advancement of education and science, the relief of…
- $71k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $36,145
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $36,145
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Onechicagofund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $71k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $184k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $482k | 88% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $228k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $310k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $1.4M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.8M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $1.0M | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc | $3,144,000 | 6 | 60% |
| City of Chicago | $1,145,959 | 5 | n/a |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | $441,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Build Inc | $178,173 | 3 | 0% |
| World Business Chicago | $147,471 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago Architectural Biennial | $115,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Parks Foundation | $55,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Chicago Park District | $53,383 | 2 | n/a |
| 6018north Nfp | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Onechicagofund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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 · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Builders Vision Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Albert Pick Jr Fund · University of Chicago Medical Center · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Allstate Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About Onechicagofund
- How much does Onechicagofund give?
- Onechicagofund reported 2 grants totaling $71,145 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Onechicagofund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%), Housing & Shelter (8%).
- Who are Onechicagofund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc ($3.1M), City of Chicago ($1.1M), Local Initiatives Support Corporation ($441k).
- Does Onechicagofund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Onechicagofund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Builders Vision Foundation.
- Where is Onechicagofund based?
- Onechicagofund is based in IL.
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