Illinois · Nonprofit
THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK
THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,898 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($26,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $718k
What The Institute for Clinical Social Work does
Mission
To prepare scholars and practitioners to: advance knowledge in the field of clinical social work; advance the quality of clinical social work practice; and serve a diverse community through professional and academic contributions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Icsw's phd in clinical social work program, with both onsite and distance learning options in a three year course of study designed for working clinicians, emphasizes the application of psychodynamic theory to a broad range of practice settings. As the nation's first and only accredited, independent institution to offer a doctoral program in clinical social work, we make distinct contributions to this vibrant and rewarding field. Our students graduate prepared to become leaders in clinical counseling and psychotherapy.our curriculum is strategically designed to blur the lines between the classroom and students' own practice settings, enabling students to use their own cases as a basis for learning. After completion of coursework, students experience incomparable support at every step of the dissertation process.
$646,630 spentof which $14,042 as grants$923,747 earned by the program54% of program spendingThe Institute for Clinical Social Work master's program prepares scholars and practitioners to advance the knowledge and quality of practice in the field of clinical counseling and to serve diverse communities through professional and academic contributions.
$387,320 spentof which $11,786 as grants$775,378 earned by the program33% of program spendingAdvance clinical practice program (continuing education) and joseph palombo center.
$157,326 spentof which $1,025 as grants$31,330 earned by the program13% of program spendingThe pathways program will prepare students for graduate school by allowing them to take one course at icsw, explore the psychodynamic modality and begin earning credits toward their graduate degree.
$7,625 earned by the programIcsw cpi couples therapy: the chicago psychoanalytic institute (cpi) and The Institute for Clinical Social Work (icsw) have joined forces to present a certificate program in integrative psychoanalytic couple therapy. This specialized couples therapy training is intended to helpmake high-quality psychoanalytically-oriented couple therapy more widely available
$36,500 earned by the program
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,191,276.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.5M to $2.0M (+36%).
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: 2021 25% · 2022 7% · 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK’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. 6 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $2k → $1k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK’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 INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 97% — 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.
Where its funders are
88% of THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK's revenue grew 44% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $610k on record.
- Department of Education$610k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK
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.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK: 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 INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK?
- THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,898 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($26,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $29,898 in grants to THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $26,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK 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 4 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