Funding search · EIN 364122225 · Chicago, IL

Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership

Name: Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

389
grants reported: $274.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $296,357
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

activiies innovation opportunity workforce

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Job placement and career services contracts for Cook County residents
Tuition and training-cost administration through large national vendors
Sector training in manufacturing, IT, aviation, transportation, healthcare
Youth employment programs and alternative-school-to-work pipelines
Community college and district-based occupational training partnerships
Small awards to community health, doula, and reentry service groups

Typical grant

Median award is $296,357, with the middle half between $123,510 and $683,339. The largest checks go to high-volume administrative and placement contractors handling many participants at once, ISTS at $9.6M, EdAssist at $7.1M, Employment & Employer Services at $5.5M, National Able Network at $4.2M, while community organizations, health clinics, and single-site youth programs land between $20,000 and $400,000. With 389 awards to 246 recipients across four years, most of the money flows to organizations that come back more than once.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“Employment & Employer Services”
“Business and Career Services”
“Youth Program”
“Training Institute”
“Workforce”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie research to their sector clusters: manufacturing, IT, aviation services, transportation, and healthcare occupations already funded.
Ask $150,000 to $500,000 unless you can deliver participant volume; multi-million awards go to placement contractors.
Emphasize enrolled participants served and placement outcomes in Cook County, not knowledge generation.
Partner with a funded community college or provider; Moraine Valley, South Suburban, Prairie State, Olive-Harvey all received awards.

Worth knowing: This is a workforce board moving public workforce dollars, so awards look like service delivery contracts tied to participant counts rather than open philanthropy, and 370 of 389 grants stay in Illinois. University-side recipients get small amounts, UIC at $50,000 and Discovery Partners Institute at $488,000, while a growing cluster of small maternal health and doula grants suggests recent expansion beyond classic job training.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Edassist3 grants · $41.3M
Employment & Employer Services3 grants · $15.3M
Edassist1 grant · $14.0M
National Able Network3 grants · $11.3M
Ists1 grant · $9.6M
Business and Career Services3 grants · $6.8M
Serco Inc - Cicero3 grants · $6.8M
Calumet Area Industrial Commission3 grants · $5.6M
Employment & Employer Services1 grant · $5.3M
Kra Corporation3 grants · $5.2M

Giving over time

$75.0M

2021

$65.8M

2022

$67.2M

2023

$66.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 389 grants.

$18.4M
Edassist · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$15.8M
Edassist · Chicago, IL · 2023
$14.0M
Edassist · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$9.6M
Ists · Nashville, TN · 2024
$7.1M
Edassist · Chicago, IL · 2024
$5.5M
Employment & Employer Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
$5.3M
Employment & Employer Services · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$5.0M
Employment & Employer Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$4.8M
Employment & Employer Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
$4.2M
National Able Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
$3.6M
National Able Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
$3.5M
National Able Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$3.4M
Serco Inc - Cicero · North Riverside, IL · 2023
$3.4M
National Able Network · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$2.9M
Central State Ser · Chicago, IL · 2024
$2.5M
Serco Inc - Cicero · North Riverside, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$2.4M
Norc · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$2.4M
Business and Career Services · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
$2.3M
Business and Career Services · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
$2.3M
Business and Career Services · Arlington Heights, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$2.2M
Serco Inc - Cicero · North Riverside, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$2.1M
Business and Career Services · Arlington Heights, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$2.1M
Rescare Workforce Center · Louisville, KY · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$2.1M
Kra Corporation · Fulton, MD · 2023
$2.1M
Equus · Louisville, KY · 2024
$2.0M
Kra Corporation · Fulton, MD · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$1.9M
Greater West Town Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
$1.9M
Calumet Area Industrial Commission · Chicago, IL · 2023
$1.9M
Equus · Louisville, KY · 2023
$1.9M
Greater West Town Project · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$1.8M
Calumet Area Industrial Commission · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$1.8M
Calumet Area Industrial Commission · Chicago, IL · 2024
$1.8M
Rescare Workforce Center · Louisville, KY · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$1.8M
Calumet Area Industrial Commission · Chicago, IL · 2021
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$1.6M
Greater West Town Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
$1.5M
Greater West Town Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$1.5M
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$1.3M
Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$1.3M
Kra Corporation · Fulton, MD · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$1.3M
Phalanx · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$1.3M
Phalanx · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$1.2M
Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
$1.2M
Phalanx · Chicago, IL · 2023
$1.2M
Center for New Horizons · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$1.2M
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
$1.2M
Oai · Chicago, IL · 2024
$1.2M
Metropolitan Family Services · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$1.1M
Kra Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2024
$1.1M
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
$1.1M
Alternative School Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
$1.1M
Pyramid Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2024
$1.1M
Sga · Chicago, IL · 2023
$1.1M
Central State Ser · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$1.1M
Lawrence Hall · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$1.1M
Phalanx · Chicago, IL · 2024
$1.0M
Central State Ser · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$1.0M
Scaleit · Chicago, IL · 2023
$1.0M
Pyramid Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2023
$1.0M
Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$1.0M
Chicago Federation of Labor Workers · Chicago, IL · 2024
$988,925
Alternative School Network · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$962,212
Oai · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$960,196
Pyramid Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$950,319
Chicago Federation of Labor Workers · Chicago, IL · 2023
$902,221
Kleo Community Family Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$901,587
Moraine Valley Community College · Palos Hills, IL · 2024
$899,187
Alternative School Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$884,154
Catholic Bishop of Chicago - St Sabina · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$882,983
Metropolitan Family Services · Cambridge, MA · 2023
$879,219
Scaleit · Chicago, IL · 2024
$863,654
Ada S McKinley Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$861,800
Sga · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$860,022
Kleo Community Family Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
$858,464
Latino Resource Institute of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$852,768
Breakthrough · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$848,729
Habilitative Systems · Chicago, IL · 2023
$846,249
Kleo Community Family Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$844,745
Pyramid Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$831,658
Jane Addams Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$829,096
Westside Health Authority · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$825,377
Southwest Organizing Project · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$819,694
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$816,093
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
$812,144
Serco Inc - Cicero · North Riverside, IL · 2024
$811,606
The Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$804,046
Bethel Community Facility · Chicago Heights, IL · 2023
$798,227
Alternative School Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
$787,255
Puerto Rican Cultural Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$786,377
Instituto Del Progresso Latino · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$752,642
South Side Help Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$751,783
Praire State College · Chicago, IL · 2023
$744,741
Symbol Training Institute · Skokie, IL · 2023
$721,998
Bethel Community Facility · Chicago Heights, IL · 2024
$718,999
Goodwill Industries · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$715,570
Food Hero · Chicago, IL · 2024
$697,364
Jane Addams Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
$685,527
Envision Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2021
Workforce innovation and opportunity act and other grant activiies
$683,339
Chicago City Wide Literacy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$681,861
Sga · Chicago, IL · 2022
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other Grant Activiies
$680,534
Jane Addams Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.