Illinois · Public charity
Skills for Chicagoland's Future
See schedule othe mission of skills is to stand as a life-changing employment resource connecting underrepresented job seekers to employers with opportunities across industries. We do this by building multi-level, trusted relationships with our employer partners to break down barriers in the hiring process and connect them to overlooked…
- $445k
- Granted FY2023
- 14
- Grants FY2023
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $24,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 17
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $5.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Skills for Chicagoland's Future funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 14 | $445k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $501k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation | $175,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Institute for Latino Progress | $116,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Urban League | $106,250 | 2 | 1% |
| YWCA Metropolitan Chicago | $92,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Lawndale Employment Network | $60,250 | 2 | 1% |
| The Cara Program | $59,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Central States Ser Jobs for Progress Inc | $45,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Heartland Alliance International Inc | $44,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ucan | $36,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Phalanx Family Services | $36,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation | $175,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Institute for Latino Progress | $116,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Urban League | $106,250 | 2 | 1% |
| YWCA Metropolitan Chicago | $92,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Lawndale Employment Network | $60,250 | 2 | 1% |
| The Cara Program | $59,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Central States Ser Jobs for Progress Inc | $45,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Heartland Alliance International Inc | $44,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ucan | $36,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Phalanx Family Services | $36,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jane Addams Resource Corporation | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $27,750 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Readyct Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| West Side Forward | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Virginia Ready Initiative | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Thrive Chicago Nfp | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Skills for Chicagoland's Future 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: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About Skills for Chicagoland's Future
- How much does Skills for Chicagoland's Future give?
- Skills for Chicagoland's Future reported 14 grants totaling $445,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 17 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Skills for Chicagoland's Future fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Employment (40%), Human Services (29%), Community Improvement (21%).
- Who are Skills for Chicagoland's Future's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation ($175k), Institute for Latino Progress ($117k), Chicago Urban League ($106k).
- Does Skills for Chicagoland's Future fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Skills for Chicagoland's Future?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Robert R McCormick Foundation, The Allstate Foundation.
- Where is Skills for Chicagoland's Future based?
- Skills for Chicagoland's Future is based in IL.
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