Illinois · Nonprofit
UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND
UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,870 to it, the largest being HIRE360 ($175,619). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $208k
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Unite Here Chicago Hospitality Apprenticeship Fund does
Mission
Our mission is to up-skill incumbent hospitality professionals, build new talent for the hospitality industry and place people into unionized career pathways through training programs which include registered apprenticeships. We recruit, train, and retain skilled employees and provide ongoing professional development and support to individuals in the chicagoland area, who will deliver high quality guest services to our employer partners and to the public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To provide a well rounded program of apprenticeship and refresher for persons desiring to be employed in the hospitality industry.
$990,984 spentof which $1,619 as grants$1,738,024 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $990,984.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $3.7M to $4.7M (+29%).
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.
15% of UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP 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. 1 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.
Chief executive
Mark Harrison
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $32k → $75k.
From the IRS filings of UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP 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.
How concentrated its funding is
UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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 UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP 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.
Against its field
UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND?
- UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,870 to it, the largest being HIRE360 ($175,619). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $207,870 in grants to UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP FUND?
- HIRE360 is the largest funder on record, with $175,619 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITE HERE CHICAGO HOSPITALITY APPRENTICESHIP 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.
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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 2018–2025), and the filings of 2 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