Chicago Community Trust
A century old community foundation that pools the region's philanthropy and directs more than a billion dollars a year toward a Chicago where equity, opportunity, and shared prosperity reach everyone in Cook County.
Financial profile
Chicago Community Trust · EIN 36-2167000 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $1,536,635,743 | $1,385,908,253 | $0 | $1,611,696,826 | $4,485,249,795 | Sep 2023 |
| FY2022 | $1,869,389,592 | $1,634,895,301 | $0 | $1,506,140,398 | $4,270,666,948 | Sep 2022 |
| FY2021 | $2,005,272,891 | $1,795,465,844 | $0 | $1,406,260,755 | $4,727,438,685 | Sep 2021 |
| FY2020 | $862,303,171 | $706,731,477 | $0 | $606,459,499 | $3,541,801,045 | Sep 2020 |
| FY2019 | $564,214,027 | $462,263,453 | $0 | $370,211,400 | $3,188,454,658 | Sep 2019 |
| FY2018 | $697,210,026 | $497,627,981 | $0 | $383,775,224 | $3,073,236,027 | Sep 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Chicago Community Trust is read alongside.
NYCT
New York Community Trust
New York's largest community foundation, a century-old vessel holding thousands of separate charitable wishes…
EBCF
East Bay Community Foundation
The strategic hub advancing business and elevating Atlantic County, built on the belief that voices go…
7 companies named
MCF
Marin Community Foundation
A large community foundation for Marin County, California that pairs donor advised philanthropy with an…
TCF
Tulsa Community Foundation
One of the nation's largest community foundations, stewarding more than a billion dollars of Tulsa's…
CFL
Community Foundation of Louisville
A Louisville community foundation founded in 1984 that calls itself a financial institution with a social…
2 companies named
Who backs CCT
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Chicago Community Trust's peers, but not Chicago Community Trust
Companies named publicly by at least one of Chicago Community Trust's five peer societies, and not found in Chicago Community Trust's reviewed public records.
| Company | EBCF | CFL | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill Downs Inc | Prizes Sponsored by | 1 of 2 | |
| JP Morgan Chase | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| Lam Research | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| Oakland Roots SC | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| Pacific Gas & Electric | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| Resolute Racing | Presenting | 1 of 2 | |
| The Clorox Company | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| Union Bank | Named | 1 of 2 | |
| US Bank | Named | 1 of 2 |
The outside view
A century old community foundation that pools the region's philanthropy and directs more than a billion dollars a year toward a Chicago where equity, opportunity, and shared prosperity reach everyone in Cook County.
- Consensus
- Build
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Village
Where everyone is known by name.
The Village is built on belonging, where everyone knows everyone and relationships are the point. Its gift is loyalty and warmth, its challenge is scaling beyond the intimacy that makes it work.
Also reads toward The Movement and The Legacy.
Strengths
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