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EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION

EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,000 to it, the largest being CROSSROADS FUND INC ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$60k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$90k
Net assets
$18k
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Eastlake Tenants Union does

Mission

The East Lake Tenants Union (ELTU) is a nonprofit organization focused on grassroots organizing to empower low-income tenants in Chicago, particularly in predominantly Black and BIPOC communities. Our main activities include tenant advocacy, legal support, organizing campaigns for tenant rights, and educational workshops on housing justice. We work to secure affordable housing, fight against evictions, and provide resources to tenants in need, with a focus on organizing tenants into a collective voice for change.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Tenant Organizing & Advocacy: Organizing events, meetings, and actions to support tenants' rights, including fighting evictions and securing repairs. Legal Support & Clinics: Providing or facilitating access to legal aid and tenant rights workshops for the community. Housing Advocacy: Campaigns or actions aimed at securing better housing conditions and tenant-controlled housing. Media & Storytelling: Creating content to raise awareness and mobilize support for tenant rights, including through social media, documentaries, and press releases. Community Outreach: Building relationships with local residents, organizing them into your union, and offering support to low-income and marginalized tenants.

    $42,024 spent
    100% of program spending

  2. Expanded into 3 new buildings this year.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,024.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Crossroads Fund Incunclassified
$55k
funders
1
2
1

From the IRS filings of EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION’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

EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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

61% 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 EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION.

61%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

100% of EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,851 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin30% · top quartile
Months of reserve5.1mo · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION

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

Latin United Community Housing Assn74%Law Center for Better Housing73%Organizing Neighborhoods For Equality Northside73%Metropolitan Tenants Organization73%Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness73%Latino Union of Chicago73%Chicago Teachers Union73%Erie Neighborhood House73%

Nationally

Tenants Union of Washington76%Little Earth of United Tribes Housing Corporation74%East Harlem El Barrio Community Lan74%Latin United Community Housing Assn74%Elmland Community Foundation Inc74%Law Center for Better Housing73%Organizing Neighborhoods For Equality Northside73%Metropolitan Tenants Organization73%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
67%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION: 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 EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION?
EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,000 to it, the largest being CROSSROADS FUND INC ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $90,000 in grants to EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION?
CROSSROADS FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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