How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Illinois?

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Illinois, currently Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.

Who is the largest public benefit funder in Illinois?

Silicon Valley Community Foundation gives the most to public benefit organizations in Illinois, $336M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in Illinois?

$1.3B reached 331 public benefit organizations in Illinois, from 1,428 funders. 13% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in Illinois

Most of it comes from outside Illinois: only 13% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: The Barack Obama Foundation alone draws 45% of every public benefit grant dollar in Illinois.

$1.3B

granted

331

organizations

13%

from in-state

The short version

1,428 funders gave $1.3B to 331 public benefit organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
13% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in Illinois is Silicon Valley Community Foundation, at $336M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is The Barack Obama Foundation, at $603M.

Largest funders of public benefit in Illinois

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

1Silicon Valley Community Foundation$336M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$120M 3National Philanthropic Trust$46M 4Gates Foundation$35M 5Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$34M 6American Endowment Foundation$34M 7New Venture Fund$29M 8Hutchins Family Foundation Inc$29M 9Sean N Parker Foundation$25M 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$23M

Public benefit organizations in Illinois that draw the most

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

The Barack Obama Foundation$603M Center for Technology and Civic Life$433M

321 other public benefit organizations$150M

How to find public benefit funders in Illinois

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Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to public benefit in Illinois are Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
87% of public benefit money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Illinois?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Illinois, currently Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in Illinois?: Silicon Valley Community Foundation gives the most to public benefit organizations in Illinois, $336M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Illinois?: $1.3B reached 331 public benefit organizations in Illinois, from 1,428 funders. 13% 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.