Illinois · Nonprofit
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,299,818 to it, the largest being RUSSELL AND JOSEPHINE KOTT MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,051,787). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $89M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $27M
What Concordia University Chicago does
Mission
Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, Concordia University Chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices faithfulness to the confessional teachings of the lutheran church missouri synod, as it forms students for vocations in church, family, and the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education, general and other - operation of higher education and instruction divisions including support programs devoted to religious education, encouragement and understanding for both master's level and doctoral, as well as undergraduate students. (fall 2024 total enrollment - 4,771)
$65,133,152 spentof which $19,759,543 as grants$69,799,357 earned by the program85% of program spendingConferences, workshops, and other university events - each fiscal year, Concordia University Chicago hosts several events which contribute to the accomplishment of the university's mission. Events include educational conferences, workshops, student led concerts, theatre productions and athletic events. Not only do these events enhance our students' educational experience, but they also help educate individuals from the overall community.
$4,588,578 spent$479,713 earned by the program6% of program spendingCollege student room and board - Concordia University Chicago, like most other colleges/universities, provides room and board to its students. During this reporting period, 563 students lived in the dorms.
$3,880,720 spent$6,407,788 earned by the program5% of program spendingOperation of childcare, early childhood, and primary programs for children, all of which include a strong educational component, as well as a core christian value component. Last year, the early childhood center served nearly 200 children.
$2,705,175 spent$3,200,349 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $76,307,625.
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. 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 $87M to $76M (−13%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 9% · 2022 3% · 2023 12% · 2024 5% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $343k → $907k.
13 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $11M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Concordia University Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO raised.
From the IRS filings of CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 funders by total. 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
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
42% 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 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 77% · 2019 23% · 2020 17% · 2021 40% · 2022 32% · 2023 55% — 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
26% of CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
80% of CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO's funding base is broadening — from 11 funders to 24 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.
- Employee Tuition Costs$5k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Concordia University Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO?
- CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,299,818 to it, the largest being RUSSELL AND JOSEPHINE KOTT MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,051,787). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $4,299,818 in grants to CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO?
- RUSSELL AND JOSEPHINE KOTT MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,051,787 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 66 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing