How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Illinois?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Illinois Association of Court Appointed, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Illinois?

$144M reached 127 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Illinois, from 700 funders. 37% 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 · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Illinois

Civil rights and advocacy funding in Illinois is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though National Asian Pacific American Women's leads, and the money reaches 127 groups. Illinois's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 6 funders each.

$144M

granted

127

organizations

37%

from in-state

The short version

700 funders gave $144M to 127 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
37% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Illinois is The Chicago Community Trust, at $15M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is National Asian Pacific American Women's, at $14M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Illinois

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

1The Chicago Community Trust$15M 2Illinois Association of Court Appointed$9M 3Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$9M 4The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$6M 5John D and Catherine T Macarthur$5M 6Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$4M 7Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc$4M 8The Ford Foundation$4M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 10Tides Foundation$3M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Illinois that draw the most

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

117 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$66M

National Asian Pacific American Women's$14M National Korean American Service And$12M Action Center on Race & the Economy$11M BYP100 Education Fund$9M Foundation for the Restoration of America$8M Midwest Access Coalition$5M Invisible Institute$5M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Illinois

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Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Illinois are The Chicago Community Trust, Illinois Association of Court Appointed, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
63% of civil rights and advocacy money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Illinois?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Illinois Association of Court Appointed, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Illinois?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Illinois, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Illinois?: $144M reached 127 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Illinois, from 700 funders. 37% 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.