Illinois · Nonprofit
Chicago Area Womens History Council
Chicago Area Womens History Council (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,250 to it, the largest being Polk Bros Foundation Inc ($1,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $159k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $49k
What Chicago Area Womens History Council does
Mission
To advance history of chgo women's social justice
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Center organizes seminars, conferences, and author events to expand the historical record. We host field tripa and provide educational
$30,775 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $30,775.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Chicago Area Womens History Council’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of Chicago Area Womens History Council's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Chicago Area Womens History Council runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Chicago Area Womens History Council?
- Chicago Area Womens History Council (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,250 to it, the largest being Polk Bros Foundation Inc ($1,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Chicago Area Womens History Council have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,250 in grants to Chicago Area Womens History Council.
- Who is the largest funder of Chicago Area Womens History Council?
- Polk Bros Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Chicago Area Womens History Council find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing