Recipient of federal assistance · ROCKFORD, IL

PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC

PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC received $625K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 3 actions, −25% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $4.2M. Its largest awarding agency was Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity ($425K).

Assistance · FY2026
$625K
New awards
1
Actions
3
Since FY2021
$4.2M
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Parent organization
PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.
Location
ROCKFORD, IL
Nonprofits
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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. 100KFY2021
  2. 648.2KFY2022
  3. 934.1KFY2023
  4. 1.1MFY2024
  5. 836.3KFY2025
  6. 625KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$625K100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 14.418 · Private Enforcement Initiatives$425K68%
  2. 21.008 · Low Income Taxpayer Clinics$200K32%

Awarding agencies

  1. Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity$425K68%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  2. Internal Revenue Service$200K32%
    Department of the Treasury

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES’ 46 YEARS OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITIES IN ILLINOIS.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED…$1.3M
    14.418 · Private Enforcement Initiatives· Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity· Project grant· Apr 30, 2024 – Aug 26, 2026· FPEI230100
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW…$200K
    21.008 · Low Income Taxpayer Clinics· Internal Revenue Service· Project grant· Feb 5, 2026 – Apr 10, 2026· 26-LITC0450-03

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

  • Sub-grants: $785.4K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. ILLINOIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION AUTHORITY$750K95%
    CHICAGO, IL · 2 subawards
  2. THE COUNTY OF LAKE ILLINOIS$35.4K4.5%
    WAUKEGAN, IL · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $646K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $4.7M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $785.4K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.