How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Illinois?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in Illinois?

The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to animals organizations in Illinois, $31M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Illinois?

$144M reached 365 animals organizations in Illinois, from 945 funders. 50% came from funders also based in Illinois.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Illinois · Animals

Who funds animals in Illinois

$144M reached 365 animals organizations in Illinois, from 945 funders, with no single one dominating.

$144M

granted

365

organizations

50%

from in-state

The short version

945 funders gave $144M to 365 animals organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
50% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Illinois is The Chicago Community Trust, at $31M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Shedd Aquarium Society, at $38M.

Largest funders of animals in Illinois

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Illinois, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Chicago Community Trust$31M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$9M 3American Online Giving Foundation Inc$6M 4Wayne and Nan Kocourek Foundation$5M 5Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$5M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 7Network for Good$4M 8Peter & Paula Fasseas Foundation$4M 9Petsmart Charities Inc$4M 10Mansueto Foundation$4M

Animals organizations in Illinois that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

355 other animals organizations$46M

Shedd Aquarium Society$38M Paws Chicago$19M Lincoln Park Zoological Society$14M Chicago Zoological Society$11M

How to find animals funders in Illinois

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Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to animals in Illinois are The Chicago Community Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
50% of animals money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Illinois?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Illinois?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to animals organizations in Illinois, $31M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Illinois?: $144M reached 365 animals organizations in Illinois, from 945 funders. 50% came from funders also based in Illinois.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.