Grow Your Own Illinois

Grow Your Own Illinois is a nonprofit organization that promotes an increase in the number of Illinois minority teachers.

At-A-Glance

Location: Chicago, IL View on map
Tax ID: 20-8324406
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $1,725,622 Revenue: $6,872,777 Expenses: $6,467,800

Grow Your Own Illinois is a nonprofit organization that promotes an increase in the number of Illinois minority teachers.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $1,725,622 $6,872,777 $6,467,800 View
2023 $1,120,232 $3,410,743 $3,328,449 View
2022 $992,055 $3,739,011 $3,603,414 View
2020 $1,558,941 $2,913,593 $2,644,220 View
2019 $171,175 $1,175,471 $1,080,010 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 14

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Liza N PappasEXECUTIVE DI$150,500
Roey A AhramDIRECTOR OF$100,339

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $3,487,565
  • Number of Grants: 48
  • Number of Funders: 11

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$50,0002023 Grand Victoria FoundationGeneral Operating Support
$50,0002022 Grand Victoria FoundationGeneral Operating Support
$50,0002021 Grand Victoria FoundationGeneral Operating Support
$50,0002020 Grand Victoria FoundationGeneral Operating Support
$45,0002023 Chicago Foundation for WomenGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$45,0002022 Chicago Foundation for WomenGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$35,0002024 Chicago Foundation for WomenGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$35,0002021 Chicago Foundation for WomenGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$35,0002020 Chicago Foundation for WomenGeneral operating support
$30,0002022 LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONGROW YOUR OWN GRANT
$10,0002022 Chicago Teachers Union Foundation IncEDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
$10,0002021 Chicago Teachers Union Foundation IncEDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
$10,0002020 Chicago Teachers Union Foundation IncEDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
$10,0002020 Grand Victoria FoundationCovid-Related
$7,5002021 Chicago Foundation for WomenCOVID-19 COMMUNITY RESPONSE
$5,0002022 Grand Victoria FoundationProject Support
$2,5002024 Enterprise Holdings FoundationProgram Support
$2,5002023 Enterprise Holdings FoundationProgram Support
$1,5002022 Enterprise Holdings FoundationProgram Support
$532022 Amazonsmile FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT