Illinois · Nonprofit
MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND
MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $72,739 to it, the largest being Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative ($72,739). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,072 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,072 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Great Lakes Region Organizing Committeeshared fundersportfolio match
- Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Councilshared funders
- International Union of Operating Engineers National Training Fundportfolio match
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.
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: 2018 8% · 2019 10% · 2020 9% · 2021 4% · 2022 13% · 2023 29% · 2024 28% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $55k → $18k.
From the IRS filings of MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND’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 MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND'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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Great Lakes Region Organizing Committeeshared fundersportfolio matchIL · backs 4 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Councilshared fundersIL · backs 6 organizations that share your funders
- International Union of Operating Engineers National Training Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- International Training Institute for the Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Industryportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Painters and Allied Trades Labor- Management Cooperation Initiativeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Warehouse Wholesale Liquor Salespersonportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Teamsters Union Local 25 Affiliated With Ibtportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Iupat - Finishing Trades Instituteportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sprinkler Fitters Local 483portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- New York City & Vicinity District Council Ubcjaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Carpenter Contractor Alliance of Metropolitan New York Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND?
- MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $72,739 to it, the largest being Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative ($72,739). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $72,739 in grants to MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND?
- Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative is the largest funder on record, with $72,739 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MECHANICS LOCAL 701 TRAINING FUND 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 1funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing