Illinois · Nonprofit
CHAAD PROJECT
CHAAD PROJECT (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,000 to it, the largest being AMPT ADVANCING NONPROFITS ($8,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $77k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $30k
What Chaad Project does
Mission
To build hospitality worker power through education, organizing, and resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Shift Change: a digital platform for bar and restaurant workers to report labor abuses and get connected to legal, mental health, and organizing resources. Workers stories are mapped over Chicago in order to see the pattern of labor violations in the restaurant industry. In 2025, 200 people used the platform and benefited.
$4,285 spentof which $5,000 as grants12% of program spendingCommunity events and workshops: Know-Your-Rights trainings, de-escalation training, worker town halls, self-defense, mental health first aid, small business panels, professional development classes for workers; 250 persons attended and benefited.
$17,750 spentof which $25,000 as grants49% of program spendingWorker organizing guidance: we provided practical guidance for workers trying organize their workplaces, advocate for themselves to management, and achieve remedy for labor violations. 100 people benefited.
$14,300 spentof which $20,000 as grants39% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $36,335.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Raeghn Draper
Executive Director
Board chair
Leah Ball
Board of Directors, Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
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 CHAAD PROJECT’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 CHAAD PROJECT'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
CHAAD PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like CHAAD PROJECT
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHAAD PROJECT: 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 CHAAD PROJECT?
- CHAAD PROJECT (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,000 to it, the largest being AMPT ADVANCING NONPROFITS ($8,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHAAD PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $8,000 in grants to CHAAD PROJECT.
- Who is the largest funder of CHAAD PROJECT?
- AMPT ADVANCING NONPROFITS is the largest funder on record, with $8,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHAAD PROJECT 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 2025–2025), 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