Illinois · Nonprofit
We March On Chicago
We March On Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,500 to it, the largest being SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL ILLINOIS COUNCIL ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $229k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $18k
What We March On Chicago does
Mission
Women's March Chicago (WMC) is an organization advocating for women's rights, promoting intersectional feminism, and challenging the political system regarding issues affecting women.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
Women's March Chicago brings together women and allies in support of women's rights including equal rights, equal pay, reproductive justice, affordable healthcare, affordable childcare, racial justice, voting rights, freedom from violence, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, fair wages, access for persons with disabilities, environmental protections, and other critical areas of focus. January 20 And October 13, 2018, women and allies together in downtown Chicago to unite to encourage voting, education on issues affecting women, and to promote civic engagement, activism, and volunteering to support intersectional feminism.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $18k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of We March On 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
We March On Chicago leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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 We March On Chicago.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 57% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 We March On 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.
Organizations like We March On Chicago
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Chicago Foundation For Women · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for We March On 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 We March On Chicago?
- We March On Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,500 to it, the largest being SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL ILLINOIS COUNCIL ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does We March On Chicago have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $37,500 in grants to We March On Chicago, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of We March On Chicago?
- SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL ILLINOIS COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like We March On 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), 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