Illinois · Public charity
The Commercial Club Foundation
See schedule othe foundation was organized to fund activities of the civic committee & its affiliated orgs in their missions to make chicago a better place for everyone to live, work, & do business.
- $15M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,860,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,433,903
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $44M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Commercial Club Foundation 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 | 5 | $11M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $6.8M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $5.2M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $5.2M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $4.4M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $4.7M | 40% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $4.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $4.0M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Commercial Club of Chicago | $29,451,224 | 9 | 85% |
| Civic Consulting Alliance | $13,035,799 | 9 | 55% |
| University of Chicago | $2,595,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Kids First Chicago for Education | $1,981,733 | 8 | 35% |
| P33 | $1,700,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Civic Committee Action | $1,346,833 | 9 | 100% |
| The Civic Federation | $170,150 | 8 | 2% |
| Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Fiscal Policy Council | $50,000 | 5 | 71% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Commercial Club of Chicago | $29,451,224 | 9 | 85% |
| Civic Consulting Alliance | $13,035,799 | 9 | 55% |
| University of Chicago | $2,595,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Kids First Chicago for Education | $1,981,733 | 8 | 35% |
| P33 | $1,700,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Civic Committee Action | $1,346,833 | 9 | 100% |
| The Civic Federation | $170,150 | 8 | 2% |
| Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Fiscal Policy Council | $50,000 | 5 | 71% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Sinfonietta Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leadership Greater Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Commercial Club Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Chicago Community Trust · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About The Commercial Club Foundation
- How much does The Commercial Club Foundation give?
- The Commercial Club Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $15,302,123 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Commercial Club Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (57%), Public Benefit (27%), Education (8%).
- Who are The Commercial Club Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Commercial Club of Chicago ($29M), Civic Consulting Alliance ($13M), University of Chicago ($2.6M).
- Does The Commercial Club Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Commercial Club Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, The Chicago Community Trust, Lloyd a Fry Foundation.
- Where is The Commercial Club Foundation based?
- The Commercial Club Foundation is based in IL.
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