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Raices Chicago Story Coalition

Raices Chicago Story Coalition (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being IFF ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$66k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$50k
Net assets
$59k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Raices Chicago Story Coalition does

Mission

Organized to respond to the under and misrepresentation of Latinos in the citys historical archives and overall narrative and address the lack of infrastructure tools and resources for the Latine-serving

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. PINATAS ON THE BLVD: is a collaboration project sought to amplify the voices of local pinateros by documenting their oral histories and showcasing their cultural heritage through architectural installations. 1. Document 4 local pinateros oral histories to highlight their experiences and cultural significance. 2. Developing an architectural display. 3. Engaging the community by hosting hands on workshops and musical and arts. 150 people

    $1,000 spent
    8% of program spending
  2. VENGO VINE YVOY:VISIONS OF CHICAGO BY RECENT ARRIVAL YOUTH: Invite recent arrival youth to explore their connections to Chicagos historical narrative. The project enabled students to: 1. Understand and appreciate their personal histories and contributions. 2. Learn how to collect and utilize oral histories to share their unique stories. 3. Collaborate with local artists to transform these stories into diverse artistic expressions. 4. Organize an exhibition at Pilsen Art and Community House PACH to showcase creative outputs and honor the narrative of recent arrivals fostering community connection and celebration. 50 Celebratory event guests

    $10,000 spent
    76% of program spending
  3. LATINE VOICES OF RESILIENCE COMMUNITY TEACH-IN:The projects culminating event was a bilingual English Spanish community teach-in at 18th street of over 30 community participants into a supportive bilingual space

    $2,189 spent
    17% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $13,189.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($7k) Expenses 100 ($3k) Net assets 100 ($4k)2025 Revenue 981 ($66k) Expenses 324 ($10k) Net assets 1646 ($59k)
20242025
Revenue (981)Expenses (324)Net assets (1646)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $4k to $59k (+1546%).

$4k
$59k
20242025
Total assets

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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of Raices Chicago Story Coalition’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’24
$56k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'25*
total
Iffnew
$50k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Raices Chicago Story Coalition’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 Raices Chicago Story Coalition'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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Raices Chicago Story Coalition runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin85% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)881% · outside the comparable range

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like Raices Chicago Story Coalition

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

05Profile & governance

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

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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Raices Chicago Story Coalition: 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 Raices Chicago Story Coalition?
Raices Chicago Story Coalition (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being IFF ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Raices Chicago Story Coalition have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,000 in grants to Raices Chicago Story Coalition.
Who is the largest funder of Raices Chicago Story Coalition?
IFF is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Raices Chicago Story Coalition 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 2024–2025), 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