How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Illinois?

Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the youth development 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 youth development in Illinois?

$313M reached 341 youth development organizations in Illinois, from 1,221 funders. 44% 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 · Youth development

Who funds youth development in Illinois

$313M reached 341 youth development organizations in Illinois, from 1,221 funders, with no single one dominating.

$313M

granted

341

organizations

44%

from in-state

The short version

1,221 funders gave $313M to 341 youth development organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
44% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of youth development in Illinois is The Chicago Community Trust, at $63M.
The youth development organization drawing the most is Onegoal, at $62M.

Largest funders of youth development in Illinois

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

1The Chicago Community Trust$63M 2Silicon Valley Community Foundation$23M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$12M 4Boys & Girls Clubs of America$11M 5National Philanthropic Trust$10M 6American Online Giving Foundation Inc$10M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$6M 8Comer Science & Education Foundation$5M 9New Profit Inc$5M 10Blue Meridian Partners Inc$5M

Youth development organizations in Illinois that draw the most

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

331 other youth development organizations$106M

Onegoal$62M Braven Inc$57M Collaborative for Academic Social And$23M Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$19M

How to find youth development funders in Illinois

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Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to youth development in Illinois are The Chicago Community Trust, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the youth development 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
56% of youth development money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Illinois?: Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Illinois, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Illinois?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to youth development organizations in Illinois, $63M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Illinois?: $313M reached 341 youth development organizations in Illinois, from 1,221 funders. 44% 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.