Illinois · Nonprofit
The Economic Club of Chicago
The Economic Club of Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,881 to it, the largest being THE FUTURE WANXIANG FOUNDATION INC ($3,800). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What The Economic Club of Chicago does
Mission
The Economic Club of Chicago connects global leaders across generations and from all backgrounds to foster independent dialogue on the most important issues facing the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Economic Club of Chicago held 124 educational programs during the 2024-2025 program year. Total attendance at these programs was 15,218 members and guests, and videos of these programs are posted on the club's youtube channel for viewing by the general public. These educational programs included conversations with acclaimed authors, entrepreneurs, government officials, and ceos of public and private companies. Select speakers from the 2024-2025 fiscal year included kevin warren, president donald trump, mellody hobson, doug mcmillon, rahm emanuel, jerome powell, and alex karp.
$5,483,182 spent$5,367,216 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,483,182.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $8.5M to $6.9M (−19%).
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.
0% of The Economic Club of Chicago’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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
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
David Snyder
President and CEO
Board chair
Sean M Connolly
Chair & executive committe member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $450 → $700.
From the IRS filings of The Economic Club of Chicago’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.
How concentrated its funding is
The Economic Club of Chicago leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 82% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 60% · 2022 84% · 2023 50% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of The Economic Club of Chicago'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.
Against its field
The Economic Club of Chicago's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Economic Club of Chicago: 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 The Economic Club of Chicago?
- The Economic Club of Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,881 to it, the largest being THE FUTURE WANXIANG FOUNDATION INC ($3,800). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Economic Club of Chicago have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,881 in grants to The Economic Club of Chicago, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Economic Club of Chicago?
- THE FUTURE WANXIANG FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Economic Club of Chicago 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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