Illinois · Nonprofit
Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative
Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,640,828 to it, the largest being JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC ($774,823). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $512k
What Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative does
Mission
To engage working men and women, and the community at large, in order to improve health, income, and education. The organization's services are substantially supported through funding from governmental units or direct contributions from the general public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Employer Training Investment Program (ETIP), funded by the Illinois department of commerce and economic opportunity, helps keep Illinois workers' skills in pace with new technologies and business practices, which, in turn, helps businesses increase productivity, reduce costs, improve quality, and boost competitiveness. ETIP grants can reimburse Illinois companies for up to 50 percent of the cost of training their employees.
$2,000,568 spentof which $1,740,778 as grants57% of program spendingCareer counseling and occupational skills training funded by the Chicago cook county workforce partnership. Services are provided to individuals who are eligible as a dislocated worker or displaced homemaker as definded under the WIOA regulations. This includes a broad group of individuals from a variety of backgrounds. Assisting individuals with obtaining sustainable employment.
$624,466 spent18% of program spendingServices are provided to individuals 18 + seeking employment who meet the eligibility requirements as defined under the WIOA regulations. Target populations include but are not limited to unemployed, under-employed, low income, public assistance recipients, homeless, justice-involved, New Americans, refugees, and basic skills deficient. The purpose of the services to assist individuals with obtaining sustainable employment. Business services are also provided to employers seeking to hire and train individuals from target populations. These include but are not limited to recruitment, screening, referral to partners and other resources, referrals of job candidates.
$236,877 spent7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$633,057 spentof which $361,189 as grants18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,494,968.
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 $1.7M to $1.2M (−29%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 65% · 2021 83% · 2022 86% · 2023 82% · 2024 76% · 2025 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
103% of Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Jay Rowell
Executive Director
Board chair
Robert G Reiter Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $186k → $147k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $8.2M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership). These are real filings, and they are not money Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative raised.
From the IRS filings of Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative’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 Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 51% · 2019 58% · 2020 83% · 2021 36% · 2022 34% · 2023 46% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states in all.
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 Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.6M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative: 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 Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative?
- Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,640,828 to it, the largest being JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC ($774,823). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,640,828 in grants to Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative?
- JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC is the largest funder on record, with $774,823 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 17 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