Funding · Illinois · Crime and legal
Who funds crime and legal in Illinois
Crime and legal funding in Illinois is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Legal Aid Chicago leads, and the money reaches 556 groups.
The short version
- 1,540 funders gave $1.1B to 556 crime and legal organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 75% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of crime and legal in Illinois is Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, at $141M.
- The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Legal Aid Chicago, at $98M.
Largest funders of crime and legal in Illinois
The funders giving the most to crime and legal organizations in Illinois, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Crime and legal organizations in Illinois that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find crime and legal funders in Illinois
- 1Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Illinois are Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Legal Services Corporation. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
25% of crime and legal money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Illinois?
- Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Illinois, currently Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Legal Services Corporation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
- Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Illinois?
- Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Illinois, $141M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Illinois?
- $1.1B reached 556 crime and legal organizations in Illinois, from 1,540 funders. 75% 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
Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.