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Who funds employment in Illinois

$954M reached 609 employment organizations in Illinois, from 1,276 funders, with no single one dominating.

$954M
granted
609
organizations
63%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of employment in Illinois

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

1Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership$195M2The Chicago Community Trust$117M3National Philanthropic Trust$87M4Midwest Operating Engineers Construction Industry & Service Trust Fund$41M5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$27M6Global Technology Industry Association Inc$27M7Cwi Works Inc$19M8Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$14M9The Blackbaud Giving Fund$14M10Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$12M

Employment organizations in Illinois that draw the most

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

599 other employment organizations$540M
Chicago Cred Inc$139MNational Able Network Inc$62MThe Cara Program$40M

How to find employment funders in Illinois

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Illinois

    The funders giving the most to employment in Illinois are Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the employment 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    37% of employment money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Illinois?
Start with the funders already giving to employment in Illinois, currently Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Illinois?
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership gives the most to employment organizations in Illinois, $195M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Illinois?
$954M reached 609 employment organizations in Illinois, from 1,276 funders. 63% 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.

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Giving abroad
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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.