Illinois · Public charity
Small Business Advocacy Council
The SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COUNCIL (sbac) is a non-partisan, member driven organization that promotes the success of small business through political advocacy, support services, and educational programs
- $264k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $250k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $87k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Small Business Advocacy Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $49k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $98k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allies for Community Business Inc | $539,375 | 3 | 3% |
| Devcorp North Dba Rogers Park Business Alliance | $17,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Woodlawn Chamber of Commerce | $15,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
| South Shore Chamber Community Development Corp | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Covenant Community Development Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Logan Square Chamber of Commerce | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| South East Chicago Commission | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Uptown United | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Small Business Advocacy Council 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: Women's Business Development Center · Choose Chicago Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About Small Business Advocacy Council
- How much does Small Business Advocacy Council give?
- Small Business Advocacy Council reported 1 itemized grants totaling $250,000, out of $263,688 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Small Business Advocacy Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (100%).
- Who are Small Business Advocacy Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Allies for Community Business Inc ($539k), Devcorp North Dba Rogers Park Business Alliance ($18k), Woodlawn Chamber of Commerce ($15k).
- Does Small Business Advocacy Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Small Business Advocacy Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Women's Business Development Center, Choose Chicago Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
- Where is Small Business Advocacy Council based?
- Small Business Advocacy Council is based in IL.
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