Recipient of federal assistance · SPRINGFIELD, IL

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT COMMERCE & ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT COMMERCE & ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY received $407.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 53 actions, −26% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $5.1B. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Children and Families ($205.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$407.9M
New awards
12
Actions
53
Since FY2021
$5.1B
UEI
S14GXUNZG814
Parent organization
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Location
SPRINGFIELD, IL
State and local governments
Open in the explorerFederal grants & assistance

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. 1.4BFY2021
  2. 721.4MFY2022
  3. 561.5MFY2023
  4. 1.5BFY2024
  5. 548.6MFY2025
  6. 407.9MFY2026
  7. 0FY2027

By type

  1. Grants$407.9M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance$171.6M42%
  2. 17.278 · Wioa Dislocated Worker Formula Grants$75M18%
  3. 17.258 · Wioa Adult Program$47.8M12%
  4. 17.259 · Wioa Youth Activities$46.8M11%
  5. 93.569 · Community Services Block Grant$33.8M8.3%
  6. 14.228 · Community Development Block Grants/State's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii$29M7.1%
  7. 81.042 · Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons$14.4M3.5%
  8. 59.037 · Small Business Development Centers$5.4M1.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. Administration for Children and Families$205.2M50%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Employment and Training Administration$174M43%
    Department of Labor
  3. Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$29M7.1%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  4. Department of Energy$14.4M3.5%
  5. Small Business Administration$7.1M1.7%
  6. Department of the Army$1.5M0.4%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. E5C6-2021$236.5M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· May 4, 2021 – Aug 18, 2026· 2102ILE5C6
  2. LIHEAP-2026 - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE$195.5M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Nov 26, 2025 – Apr 17, 2026· 2602ILLIEA
  3. LIHEAP-2023$179.2M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Nov 1, 2022 – May 28, 2026· 2302ILLIEA
  4. FY2018$170.1M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Apr 5, 2024 – Aug 24, 2026· 1802ILLIEA
  5. LIHEAP-2021$161.3M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Nov 5, 2020 – Aug 20, 2026· 2102ILLIEA
  6. THE PURPOSE OF THE WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF DWELLINGS OWNED AND OCCUPIED BY LOW-INCOME…$156.2M
    81.042 · Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons· Department of Energy· Formula grant· Sep 1, 2022 – Oct 1, 2025· DEEE0009985

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

  • Sub-grants: $301.6M (275 subawards)

126 sub-recipients

  1. COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF COOK COUNTY, INC.$66.7M22%
    CHICAGO, IL · 5 subawards
  2. TAZWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC.$11.1M3.7%
    PEKIN, IL · 4 subawards
  3. COUNTY OF MADISON$9.7M3.2%
    EDWARDSVILLE, IL · 5 subawards
  4. CHICAGO, CITY OF$9.7M3.2%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  5. PROJECT NOW, INC.$9.1M3.0%
    ROCK ISLAND, IL · 4 subawards
  6. TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL$8.7M2.9%
    ROCK FALLS, IL · 4 subawards
  7. CHAMPAIGN, COUNTY$8.6M2.9%
    URBANA, IL · 7 subawards
  8. CITY OF ROCKFORD HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT$8.1M2.7%
    ROCKFORD, IL · 4 subawards
  9. COUNTY OF DUPAGE$6.9M2.3%
    WHEATON, IL · 4 subawards
  10. ST CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$6.3M2.1%
    BELLEVILLE, IL · 4 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $632.9M paid out · $43K received
  • FY2022: $313.5M paid out · $69.8K received
  • FY2023: $506.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $430.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $789.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $301.6M paid out · $0 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2027.