Recipient of federal assistance · CHICAGO, IL

EQUIP FOR EQUALITY, INC.

EQUIP FOR EQUALITY, INC. received $5.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 24 actions, +0% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $31.2M. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Community Living ($1.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5.4M
New awards
6
Actions
24
Since FY2021
$31.2M
UEI
VN35JT2CXGM5
Location
CHICAGO, IL
State and local governments

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 4.5MFY2021
  2. 5.1MFY2022
  3. 5.5MFY2023
  4. 5.4MFY2024
  5. 5.4MFY2025
  6. 5.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$5.4M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.630 · Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants$1.4M26%
  2. 96.009 · Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries$1.4M25%
  3. 93.138 · Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness$1.1M20%
  4. 84.240 · Program of Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights$620.4K11%
  5. 84.161 · Rehabilitation Services Client Assistance Program$407.2K7.5%
  6. 93.618 · Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities-Grants for Protection and Advocacy Systems$206.2K3.8%
  7. 93.843 · Acl Assistive Technology State Grants for Protection and Advocacy$167.7K3.1%
  8. 93.873 · State Grants for Protection and Advocacy Services$166.9K3.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. 96.009 · Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries· Social Security Administration· Grant· Jul 25, 2023 – Aug 28, 2026· SPS23000069
  2. 93.630 · Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants· Administration for Community Living· Formula grant· Dec 15, 2025 – Sep 15, 2026· 2601ILPADD
  3. 93.630 · Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants· Administration for Community Living· Formula grant· Oct 27, 2023 – Sep 21, 2026· 2401ILPADD
  4. 93.138 · Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Formula grant· Nov 9, 2023 – Mar 9, 2026· X98SM089547
  5. 93.138 · Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Formula grant· Dec 30, 2025 – May 8, 2026· X98SM090651
  6. 96.009 · Social Security State Grants for Work Incentives Assistance to Disabled Beneficiaries· Social Security Administration· Project grant· Nov 14, 2023 – Dec 15, 2025· PAB24020403

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $49.9K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $228.7K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.