Giving in Illinois 2017

Illinois is home to over 5,300 grantmaking foundations spanning all types -- independent or family,corporate, community, and operating -- sizes, and issue areas. The community includes manyfoundations that only give locally or within the state, as well as those that fund nationally and eveninternationally. The following analysis provides an overview of the scale and composition of theIllinois foundation community and an examination of how Illinois foundations have fared relative toU.S. foundations in general over the past decade.