Illinois · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF LABOR
FRIENDS OF LABOR (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,400 to it, the largest being CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL UNION COUNCIL ($5,400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $73k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $30k
What Friends of Labor does
Mission
To broaden awareness of the importance of organized labor. To raise funds for local charities invovled in defending and educating s
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
To broaden awareness of the importance of organized labor. To raise funds for local charities invovled in defending and educating
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF LABOR’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 FRIENDS OF LABOR's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
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
FRIENDS OF LABOR runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,675 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,675 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2018
Organizations like FRIENDS OF LABOR
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF LABOR: 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 FRIENDS OF LABOR?
- FRIENDS OF LABOR (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,400 to it, the largest being CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL UNION COUNCIL ($5,400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF LABOR have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,400 in grants to FRIENDS OF LABOR.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF LABOR?
- CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL UNION COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $5,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF LABOR 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), 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