Illinois · Nonprofit
CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS
CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,000 to it, the largest being THE SIDLEY AUSTIN FOUNDATION ($22,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $290k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $324k
What Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms does
Mission
The chicago committee seeks racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession by collaborating with its law firm and corporate membership to: drive sustainable institutional change at law firms and corporate legal departments; provide professional development; and cultivate the community of lawyers through programming and leadership opportunities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Programs and initiatives to support and educate member institutions, attorneys, and law students in chicago.
$34,698 spent$733 earned by the program14% of program spendingTo provide support to aspiring attorneys through pipeline initiatives.
$88,038 spent35% of program spendingOther programs of the chicago committee including social events, professional development and cultivating the community of lawyers through programming and leadership opportunities
$129,139 spent51% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $251,875.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $486k to $362k (−26%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Anna Lloyd
Executive director
Board chair
Steve Flores
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS’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.
How concentrated its funding is
CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 52% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
83% of CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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 COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS is better cushioned than half of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS?
- CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,000 to it, the largest being THE SIDLEY AUSTIN FOUNDATION ($22,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $44,000 in grants to CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS?
- THE SIDLEY AUSTIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $22,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON MINORITIES IN LARGE LAW FIRMS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 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