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

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust, Global Technology Industry Association. 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.

How much grant money goes to employment in Illinois?

$272M reached 120 employment organizations in Illinois, from 567 funders. 64% 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 · Employment

Who funds employment in Illinois

Illinois's employment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$272M

granted

120

organizations

64%

from in-state

The short version

567 funders gave $272M to 120 employment organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
64% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in Illinois is The Chicago Community Trust, at $56M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Chicago Cred Inc, at $66M.

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.

1The Chicago Community Trust$56M 2National Philanthropic Trust$37M 3Global Technology Industry Association$35M 4Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$21M 5Midwest Operating Engineers Construction$19M 6Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership$9M 7Sue Ling Gin Foundation Trust$7M 8Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$5M 9Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$5M 10United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$5M

Employment organizations in Illinois that draw the most

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

110 other employment organizations$73M

Chicago Cred Inc$66M Gtia Foundation Inc$35M Chicago Urban League$21M The Cara Program$15M Indiana Illinois & Iowa Foundation$13M Hire360$10M

How to find employment funders in Illinois

1
Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to employment in Illinois are The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust, Global Technology Industry Association. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
36% 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 The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust, Global Technology Industry Association. 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?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to employment organizations in Illinois, $56M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Illinois?: $272M reached 120 employment organizations in Illinois, from 567 funders. 64% 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.