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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Moose Charities Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in Illinois?

The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to housing organizations in Illinois, $58M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Illinois?

$254M reached 226 housing organizations in Illinois, from 980 funders. 73% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Illinois

Illinois's housing organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$254M

granted

226

organizations

73%

from in-state

The short version

980 funders gave $254M to 226 housing organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
73% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Illinois is The Chicago Community Trust, at $58M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Center for Housing and Health, at $34M.

Largest funders of housing in Illinois

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

1The Chicago Community Trust$58M 2AIDS Foundation of Chicago$20M 3Moose Charities Inc$12M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$11M 5Moose International Inc$9M 6Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$6M 7All Chicago Making Homelessness History$5M 8John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation$5M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M 10Habitat for Humanity International Inc$4M

Housing organizations in Illinois that draw the most

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

216 other housing organizations$117M

Center for Housing and Health$34M Moosehaven Inc$21M Community Investment Corporation$16M Neighborhood Housing Services$12M Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$11M The Resurrection Project$11M

How to find housing funders in Illinois

1
Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to housing in Illinois are The Chicago Community Trust, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Moose Charities Inc. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
27% of housing money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Illinois?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Moose Charities Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Illinois?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to housing organizations in Illinois, $58M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Illinois?: $254M reached 226 housing organizations in Illinois, from 980 funders. 73% 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.