Illinois · Nonprofit
CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC
CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being JOINT-COUNTY OPPORTUNITY BENEFIT SUPPORT FUND ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $40M
What Chicago Teachers Union Foundation Inc does
Mission
The chicago teachers union foundation, inc. ("foundation") was organized for educational and social welfare purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c) (4) of the internal revenue code. The foundation's civic and charitable purposes include the following: support of projects, programs, community organizations and other not-for-profit organizations that provide services to improve and assist public schools, teachers and their dependents and retired teachers, including financial assistance for eligible elderly and retired chicago public school teachers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The chicago teachers union foundation, inc. ("foundation") was organized for educational and social welfare purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c) (4) of the internal revenue code. The foundation's civic and charitable purposes include the following: support of projects, programs, community organizations and other not-for-profit organizations that provide services to improve and assist public schools, teachers and their dependents and retired teachers, including financial assistance for eligible elderly and retired chicago public school teachers.
$924,596 spentof which $8,540 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $924,596.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $50M to $46M (−8%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $100k → $50k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $124k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC’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 TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC'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.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
22% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Chicago Teachers Union · exempt
- Childrens and Teachers Foundation of the Chicago Teachers Union · exempt
- Chicago Teachers Union Local 1 PAC · exempt
- Chicago Teachers Union Political Action Committee · exempt
- Ctu-Ssf · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC?
- CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being JOINT-COUNTY OPPORTUNITY BENEFIT SUPPORT FUND ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $150,000 in grants to CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC?
- JOINT-COUNTY OPPORTUNITY BENEFIT SUPPORT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION FOUNDATION INC 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 2017–2025), 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