Over $73 Million Just for Local Chambers and Development Non-Profits in IL Budget

In the current IL FY 2025 Budget, the following amounts have been budgeted for non-profit chambers of commerce and local development corporations.

This list comes directly from SB 251 for the 103rd General Assembly.

This article is a deeper dive on one of the recipients of taxpayer funding, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

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FY2025

Budget Amount          Name

$42,749                           AAABNA Austin African American Business Networking Association

$500,000                         Andersonville Chamber of Commerce

$250,000                         Asian American Chamber of Commerce

$210,868                         Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois

$250,000                         Belmont Central Chamber

$500,000                         Black Chamber of Commerce and Training Center

$69,727                           Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County

$200,000                         Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County

$1,500,000                    Black Chambers of Commerce

$1,956,300                    Business Development

$125,000                         Chamber 57 (Matteson, Richton Park, Homewood, Flossmoor Areas)

$200,000                         Chatham Business Association

$250,000                         Chatham Business Association

$250,000                         Chatham Business Association

$500,000                         Chatham Business Association

$750,000                         Chatham Business Association

$1,000,000                    Chatham Business Association

$125,000                         Chatham Business Association – Small Business Development, Inc.

$250,000                         Chicago 95th Street Business Association

$1,500,000                    Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

$10,000                           Chicagoland Czech-American Association

$250,000                         Delta Economic Development Center

$300,000                         Downtown Springfield Inc

$500,000                         Downtown Springfield, Inc

$75,000                           Downtown Springfield, Inc.

$250,000                         Economic Strategies Development Corporation

$250,000                         Economic Strategy Development Corporation

$500,000                         Edgewater Chamber of Commerce

$1,000,000                    Englewood Chamber of Commerce

$524,600                         ESDC 18th Street Development Corp

$200,000                         Far South Community Development Corporation

$12,711,850                  Far South Community Development Corporation

$750,000                         Grand O’Hare Chamber of Commerce

$54,876                           Greater Auburn Gresham

$1,000,000                    Greater Auburn Gresham

$450,000                         Greater Auburn Gresham CDC

$1,680,000                    Greater Auburn Gresham CDC

$2,400,000                    Greater Auburn Gresham CDC

$60,000                           Greater Auburn Gresham Development

$500,000                         Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation

$234,775                         Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation of Chicago

$250,000                         Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation

$150,000                         Greater Englewood CDC

$1,000,000                    Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce

$1,000,000                    Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce — capital improvements.

$300,000                         Greater Englewood Community Development Corporation

$250,000                         Greater Roseland Chamber of Commerce

$250,000                         Greater Roseland Chamber of Commerce

$75,000                           Hegewisch Business Association

$100,000                         Hegewisch Business Association

$250,000                         Hegewisch Business Association

$500,000                         Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Illinois

$1,500,000                    Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Illinois

$400,000                         Home of Life Community Development Corporation

$600,000                         Home of Life Community Development Corporation

$400,000                         Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce

$200,000                         Lake County Chamber of Commerce

$500,000                         Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce

$168,740                         Little City for Community Development

$20,000                           Little Village Chamber of Commerce

$250,000                         Little Village Chamber of Commerce

$250,000                         Little Village Chamber of Commerce

$125,000                         Little Village Chamber of Commerce Little Village Community Foundation

$33,680                           Logan Square Chamber of Commerce

$250,000                         logan Square Chamber of Commerce

$250,000                         Mckinley Park Development Council

$150,000                         Melrose Park Chamber of Commerce

$200,000                         Metro Black Chamber of Commerce

$150,000                         Metro East Business Incubator

$1,956,300                    Metro East Business Incubator

$150,000                         Metro East Business Incubator Inc.

$250,000                         Midway Chamber of Commerce

$250,000                         Mount Greenwood Community and Business Association

$250,000                         Mount Greenwood Community and Business Association

$500,000                         Mount Pilgrim Development Corp

$250,000                         New Covenant Community Development Corporation

$500,000                         New Landmark Community Development Corp

$250,000                         Northwest Community Development Center

$150,000                         Northwest Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

$150,000                         Northwest Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

$500,000                         Northwest Side Community Development Corporation

$100,000                         Outreach Christian Community Development Center

$1,000,000                    Outreach Christian Community Development Corp

$500,000                         People’s Community Development Association

$350,000                         Peoria Citizens Committee For Economic Opportunity

$400,000                         Quad City Community Development

$250,000                         Quad Communities Development Corp

$250,000                         Quad Communities Development Corporation

$300,000                         Quad Communities Development Corporation

$250,000                         Quad Community Development Corporation

$1,000,000                    Reach Community Development

$200,000                         Reach Community Development Corporation

$1,000,000                    Reach Community Development Corporation

$1,500,000                    Reach Community Development Corporation

$350,000                         Rhema Community Development Cooperation

$250,000                         Small Business Development Center of Aurora

$200,000                         Soaring Eagle Community Development Corporation

$250,000                         South Asian American Chamber of Commerce

$3,000,000                    South Asian American Chamber of Commerce

$18,056                           South Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois

$250,000                         South Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois

$250,000                         South Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois

$250,000                         South Shore Chamber

$250,000                         South Shore Chamber

$250,000                         South Shore Chamber

$1,000,000                    South Shore Chamber Community Development Corporation – capital Improvements

$150,000                         South Shore Chamber of Commerce

$1,000,000                    South Shore Chamber of Commerce

$237,196                         Southeast Chicago Chamber of Commerce

$250,000                         Southeast Chicago Chamber of Commerce

$500,000                         Southeast Chicago Chamber of Commerce

$750,000                         Southeast Chicago Chamber of Commerce

$1,000,000                    Sow Community Development Corporation- infrastructure                                                        Improvement

$2,000,000                    State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to Lake Effect Community Development

$500,000                        State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Department Of Commerce And Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Peoria Chamber of Commerce

$1,000,000                    State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for ordinary and contingent expenses of Carter Temple Community Development Corporation

$500,000                         The Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce

$150,000                         United Business Association of Midway

$250,000                         Uplift Community Development Corporation

$50,000                           Uptown Chamber of Commerce

$2,130,000                    Westside Community Development Collaboration

$250,000                         Wicker Park Chamber of Commerce

$100,000                         Rockford River Development Partnership

$73,094,717                 Total