Recipient of federal assistance · CHICAGO, IL

SAFER FOUNDATION

SAFER FOUNDATION received $449.1K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 6 actions, +27% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $8.5M. Its largest awarding agency was Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ($500K).

Assistance · FY2026
$449.1K
New awards
0
Actions
6
Since FY2021
$8.5M
UEI
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Location
CHICAGO, 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. 4.4MFY2021
  2. 500KFY2022
  3. 2.2MFY2023
  4. 500KFY2024
  5. 353KFY2025
  6. 449.1KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$449.1K100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance$500K100%
  2. 16.812 · Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative-$50.9K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$500K100%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. YOUTH - YOUNG OFFENDER$3.5M
    17.270 · Reentry Employment Opportunities· Employment and Training Administration· Project grant· Jun 22, 2021 – Nov 19, 2025· YF365732160A17
  2. TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH EMPLOYMENT - SAFER FOUNDATION PROPOSES THE TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH EMPLOYMENT PROJECT TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS…$2.4M
    93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Jul 1, 2022 – Jul 22, 2026· H79TI083355
  3. CUSTOMIZED PRE-AND POST-RELEASE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITH WRAP-AROUND SUPPORTS FOR INCARCERATED MEN AT ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.$850K
    17.270 · Reentry Employment Opportunities· Employment and Training Administration· Project grant· Jun 28, 2023 – Jan 9, 2026· 23A60PE000016
  4. HOLISTIC EMPLOYMENT AND ADDICTION LIFE-SKILLS$849.1K
    16.812 · Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative· Office of Justice Programs· Project grant· Oct 22, 2020 – Mar 20, 2026· 2020RWBX0011

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: $1.2M (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. IL DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES$992.4K81%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 2 subawards
  2. IL COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD$227.1K19%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $201.3K paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $950.5K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $565.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.2M 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.