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Grants for Nonprofits in Illinois

Under the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act, Illinois keeps the Catalog of State Financial Assistance, the authoritative statewide source of information on state grant programs. Its list of current funding opportunities is the main source GrantCue reads for Illinois, alongside funding pages from Chicago, Cook County and Will County. The catalog also sends a weekly email of new opportunities.

Before any award, a grantee must register in the GATA Grantee Portal and pre-qualify: an active SAM.gov registration with a UEI, good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State where that applies, and no listing on the Department of Healthcare and Family Services provider sanctions list. Grantees also complete an internal controls questionnaire once a year.

Sources: Illinois Catalog of State Financial Assistance, Illinois GATA: Grantee Links

Open opportunities
126
Ongoing programs
5
Sources read
6
Foundations headquartered here
644

Sources last read Oct 24, 2026.

Open opportunities in Illinois (126)

SSBCI Technical Assistance Grant Program

DCEO (420) · Closes Oct 30, 2026

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Transit Downstate Transit Improvement Fund Program

DOT (494) · Closes Oct 30, 2026 · up to $100,000,000

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NOFO# 3342 - 0726 SCIP: Local FRO Implementation Support

ICJIA (546) · Closes Nov 4, 2026 · up to $1,000,000

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FY27 Nurse Educator Fellowship Program

BHE (601) · Closes Nov 6, 2026 · up to $25,000

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Illinois Economic Empowerment Centers (EEC) Program

DCEO (420) · Closes Nov 6, 2026 · up to $500,000

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Innovation Vouchers Program

DCEO (420) · Closes Nov 6, 2026

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Strategic Economic Development Program

DCEO (420) · Closes Nov 6, 2026

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Student Housing and Basic Needs Stability Project

ICCB (684) · Closes Nov 6, 2026 · up to $25,000

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FY27 Expansion of ESL services for Adult Education providers working with Asylees, Refugees and Migrants

ICCB (684) · Closes Nov 13, 2026

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Illinois Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: Small Utility Clean Energy Planning Grant Program - Fourth Round

IFA (560) · Closes Nov 13, 2026 · up to $200,000

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RPSA Violence Prevention Services

DHS (444) · Closes Nov 13, 2026

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Tourism Attraction Grant Program

DCEO (420) · Closes Nov 13, 2026 · up to $200,000

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Tourism Private Sector Grant Program

DCEO (420) · Closes Nov 13, 2026 · up to $50,000

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FY27 Adult Education - Digital Instruction

ICCB (684) · Closes Nov 16, 2026

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Illinois Regional Site Readiness Program

DCEO (420) · Closes Nov 16, 2026

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FY27 Law Enforcement Camera Grant

LETSB (569) · Closes Nov 18, 2026 · up to $3,000,000

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State Programs:Education of Homeless Children and Youth

ISBE (586) · Closes Nov 23, 2026 · up to $500,000

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FY24 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP)

IEMAOHS (588) · Closes Nov 30, 2026

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FY27 Small Equipment Grant

OSFM (592) · Closes Nov 30, 2026 · up to $50,000

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FY27/FY28 Polling Place Accessibility Grant (HAVA)

SBEL (587) · Closes Dec 9, 2026

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Illinois Grocery Initiative

DCEO (420) · Closes Dec 9, 2026 · up to $5,200,000

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Transportation Alternatives Program - Metropolitan Planning Organization +200,000 population selected

DOT (494) · Closes Dec 18, 2026 · up to $44,300,000

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Illinois Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: Stretch Code Adoption Grant Application - Fourth Round

IFA (560) · Closes Dec 31, 2026 · up to $1,000,000

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International Tourism Grant Program

DCEO (420) · Closes Jan 31, 2027 · up to $200,000

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Ongoing programs (5)

Programs that keep funding going or take applications on a schedule the funder sets. They are counted apart from the dated opportunities above.

BCBSIL Blue Impact Grants

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Blue Impact

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CityArts Program

City of Chicago, IL

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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG)

Cook County, IL

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Justice Advisory Council Grants

Cook County, IL

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Neighborhood Access Program (NAP)

City of Chicago, IL

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Local grant pages in Illinois

Chicago, IL

6 opportunity listings2 ongoing programs

Will County, IL

2 opportunity listings

Cook County, IL

2 ongoing programs

Foundations headquartered in Illinois

The largest private foundations whose IRS Form 990-PF gives an address in Illinois, by total giving. Headquarters is not where they give: a foundation's profile shows the states that received the most of its grant money.

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What GrantCue reads for Illinois

  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Blue Impact
  • City of Chicago, IL (Department of Planning and Development) Grant Opportunities
  • City of Chicago, IL Funding Programs
  • Cook County, IL Funding Programs
  • Illinois State Grants
  • Will County, IL Grant Opportunities

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