Religion Funding in Illinois
Total granted
$461.1M
Funders
566
Grants
5,718
Organizations funded
615
Illinois · Grantmakers
Foundations That Fund Religion in Illinois
Imperigo has identified 566 funders that made 5,718 grants totaling $461.1M to 615 religion organizations in Illinois, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.
Top Funders — page 3 of 4
$2.1M
$1.4M
$2.1M
$391K
$1.1M
$844K
$300K
$2.1M
$333K
$674K
$1.2M
$857K
$450K
$529K
130.
American Gift Fund
$331K
$451K
$538K
150.
Jewish Communal Fund
$987K
$425K
Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to religion work in Illinois, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 20 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.
Other Causes Funded in Illinois
About This Data
A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering religion work, with an address in Illinois. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.
Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable religion funding in Illinois, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.
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