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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Freedom Together Foundation, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment 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 environment in Illinois?

$197M reached 155 environment organizations in Illinois, from 724 funders. 46% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Illinois

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

$197M

granted

155

organizations

46%

from in-state

The short version

724 funders gave $197M to 155 environment organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
46% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Illinois is The Chicago Community Trust, at $23M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Elevate Energy, at $31M.

Largest funders of environment in Illinois

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

1The Chicago Community Trust$23M 2Freedom Together Foundation$17M 3Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation$12M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 5United States Energy Foundation$7M 6John D and Catherine T Macarthur$6M 7Hamill Family Foundation$6M 8National Philanthropic Trust$6M 9Builders Vision Foundation$5M 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M

Environment organizations in Illinois that draw the most

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

145 other environment organizations$90M

Elevate Energy$31M Environmental Law and Policy Center of$14M Chicago Horticultural Society$12M The Morton Arboretum$12M Citizens for Conservation Inc$9M Center for Neighborhood Technology$6M Lake Forest Open Lands Association$6M

How to find environment funders in Illinois

1
Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to environment in Illinois are The Chicago Community Trust, Freedom Together Foundation, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
54% of environment money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Illinois?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Freedom Together Foundation, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Illinois?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to environment organizations in Illinois, $23M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Illinois?: $197M reached 155 environment organizations in Illinois, from 724 funders. 46% 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.