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ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS

ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS (Illinois) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,096,486 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($3,753,565). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$56M
Funders on record
94
Grants received
$22M
Net assets
$8.3M
53/94 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 24%
01What it does

What Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights does

Mission

To promote the full and equal participation of immigrants and refugees in the political, civic, cultural, and social life of our diverse society.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Immigrant family resource program-ifrpfy25 marked the 25th year of the immigrant family resource program (ifrp). Ifrp completed 15,503 interpretations and provided 59,424 translations in over 55 different languages. A total of 47,135 families received in-depth services ranging from assistance in applying for means-tested benefits to advocacy at a family community resource center. In fy25, 17,691 idhs-related applications were also completed, with the majority being for medicaid (47.18%), snap (19.29%), and all kids (8.18%). Our partners also assisted 18,257 people with information and referral services, by way of community outreach, we reached at least 353,396 individuals.

    $20,538,547 spentof which $18,761,852 as grants$439,150 earned by the program
    39% of program spending
  2. New americans initative program-nai fiscal year 2025 marked the 20th year of the new americans initiative (nai), a statewide partnership committed to advancing immigrant and refugee integration in illinois. As part of the nai program, the 51 funded community organizations collectively reached 39,928 unduplicated individuals, providing services in more than 50 languages. In fy25, partners assisted 6,195 individuals with citizenship applications, helping thousands take concrete steps toward stability, opportunity, and full participation in civic life. During this fiscalyear, partners assisted clients with 3,395 daca renewal applications, enabling recipients to maintain work authorization and protections from deportation. In fy25, icirr partners conducted outreach to 21,545 nai-eligible participants in the state of illinois. 52% of those contacted participated in education and/or application processing activities and application processing partners supported 10,291 individuals through the new americans initiative (nai), facilitating critical immigration-related services.

    $13,190,400 spentof which $9,075,408 as grants
    25% of program spending
  3. Organizing and leadership development of our member based organizations.

    $1,832,043 spentof which $623,144 as grants
    3% of program spending
  4. The women, infants, & children program/wic is a joint collaboration between the illinois for immigrant and refugee rights, the illinois department of human service, and 8 ethnic, community based organizations across illinois. This program provided funding to theorganizations to conduct outreach activity that informs immigrant women, infants, & children (wic) about the availability of public nutrition benefits and nutrition education services that support personal and family well-being and economic self-sufficiency, and theeligibility criteria.

    $17,226,265 spentof which $8,658,197 as grants
    33% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $52,787,255.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7.6M) Expenses 100 ($7.9M) Net assets 100 ($2.8M)2018 Revenue 126 ($9.6M) Expenses 108 ($8.5M) Net assets 136 ($3.8M)2019 Revenue 124 ($9.4M) Expenses 115 ($9.1M) Net assets 149 ($4.1M)2020 Revenue 219 ($17M) Expenses 198 ($16M) Net assets 185 ($5.1M)2021 Revenue 482 ($37M) Expenses 455 ($36M) Net assets 207 ($5.7M)2022 Revenue 683 ($52M) Expenses 644 ($51M) Net assets 240 ($6.6M)2023 Revenue 1060 ($80M) Expenses 1036 ($82M) Net assets 187 ($5.2M)2024 Revenue 1290 ($98M) Expenses 1229 ($97M) Net assets 215 ($6.0M)2025 Revenue 742 ($56M) Expenses 684 ($54M) Net assets 300 ($8.3M)
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Revenue (742)Expenses (684)Net assets (300)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $23M to $38M (+64%).

$5.6M
$5.6M
$5.8M
$10M
$11M
$11M
$23M
$38M
$29M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 76% · 2018 60% · 2019 68% · 2020 80% · 2021 89% · 2022 93% · 2023 97% · 2024 96% · 2025 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 156 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$311k
’17
$1.0M
’18
$340k
’19
$992k
’20
$643k
’21
$901k
’22
−$1.5M
’23
$769k
’24
$2.3M
’25
4.1
months of
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

Lawrence Benito

Chief executive officer

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed151616141313131516
Joined·+1+0+8+0+0+0+6+2
No longer listed·001010041
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $697k → $3.6M.

14 of 94 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 94 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

ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left

49% 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 ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS.

17%
largest funder
33%
top three
~16
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 28% · 2019 41% · 2020 35% · 2021 13% · 2022 11% · 2023 14% — 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

38% of ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 16 states in all.

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
UT
NE
MD
DE
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS is better cushioned than half of the 63 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve4.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)28% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 63 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 1%Fundraising 1%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Illinois Immigrant Action · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS?
ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS (Illinois) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,096,486 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($3,753,565). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS have?
IRS filings report 94 organizations giving $22,096,486 in grants to ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS, 53 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS?
The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $3,753,565 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS 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 94 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