How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Illinois?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Illinois, currently Public Safety Properties Foundation, The Jewish Federations of North America Inc, Icat Training Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety 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 disaster and safety in Illinois?

$215M reached 399 disaster and safety organizations in Illinois, from 669 funders. 48% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Illinois

$215M reached 399 disaster and safety organizations in Illinois, from 669 funders, with no single one dominating.

$215M

granted

399

organizations

48%

from in-state

The short version

669 funders gave $215M to 399 disaster and safety organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
48% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Illinois is Public Safety Properties Foundation, at $33M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is Secure Community Network Inc, at $71M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Illinois

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

1Public Safety Properties Foundation$33M 2The Jewish Federations of North America Inc$29M 3Icat Training Foundation$27M 4Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation$17M 5The Chicago Community Trust$13M 6Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation$7M 7Robert R McCormick Foundation$5M 8McElhattan Foundation$5M 9The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc$5M 10The Marcus Foundation Inc$4M

Disaster and safety organizations in Illinois that draw the most

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

Secure Community Network Inc$71M Public Safety Training Foundation$61M

389 other disaster and safety organizations$49M

How to find disaster and safety funders in Illinois

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Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Illinois are Public Safety Properties Foundation, The Jewish Federations of North America Inc, Icat Training Foundation. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
52% of disaster and safety money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Illinois?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Illinois, currently Public Safety Properties Foundation, The Jewish Federations of North America Inc, Icat Training Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Illinois?: Public Safety Properties Foundation gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Illinois, $33M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Illinois?: $215M reached 399 disaster and safety organizations in Illinois, from 669 funders. 48% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

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.