Federal contractor · CHICAGO, IL

VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF ILLINOIS

VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF ILLINOIS received $675.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−31% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $6.1M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($675.3K). It also received $7.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$675.3K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
TRJVVULLKKL3
Other than small businessNonprofit

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 500.1KFY2017
  2. 579.9KFY2018
  3. 507.4KFY2019
  4. 610.3KFY2020
  5. 853.9KFY2021
  6. 71.2KFY2022
  7. 678.7KFY2023
  8. 655.3KFY2024
  9. 974.8KFY2025
  10. 675.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$675.3K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cook County, IL$675.3K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $675.3K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $675.3K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs· Cook County, IL· Education & social services· May 16, 2025 – Aug 17, 2026· 36C25225N0378
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs· Cook County, IL· Education & social services· May 7, 2026 – May 7, 2026· 36C25226N0396

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.

VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF ILLINOIS received $7.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 15 actions (2 new awards), −23% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 64.033 · Va Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program ($6.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$7.3M
New awards
2
Actions
15
Since FY2021
$40.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.9MFY2021
  2. 7.4MFY2022
  3. 10.7MFY2023
  4. 2.6MFY2024
  5. 9.5MFY2025
  6. 7.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$7.3M100%

Top programs

  1. 64.033 · Va Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program$6.5M89%
  2. 17.805 · Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program$500K6.9%
  3. 64.024 · Va Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program$325K4.5%
  4. 96.008 · Social Security - Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program$90.4K1.2%
  5. 64.056 · Legal Services for Veterans Grants-$82K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration$6.7M92%
    Department of Veterans Affairs
  2. Department of Labor

Largest awards

  1. 64.033 · Va Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program· Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration· Project grant· Oct 5, 2024 – Oct 9, 2025· 2018-ZZ-034-25
  2. 64.033 · Va Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program· Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration· Grant· Oct 6, 2025 – Sep 4, 2026· 2018-ZZ-034-26
  3. 96.008 · Social Security - Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program· Social Security Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jul 2, 2021 – Jul 1, 2026· WIP21050559
  4. 64.033 · Va Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program· Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration· Grant· Aug 19, 2022 – Jul 6, 2026· 2018-ZZ-034-LT
  5. 64.024 · Va Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program· Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration· Project grant· Aug 28, 2023 – Nov 14, 2025· VOAP047-3881-537-PD-24
  6. 17.805 · Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program· Veterans Employment and Training Services· Grant· Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 7, 2026· 26560HV000194

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–FY2026.

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 · $961.7K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $144K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $321.1K 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.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $1.4M reported

  1. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICE$961.7K
    SPRINGFIELD, IL · 8 subawards
  2. VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC$288K
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 2 subawards
  3. SPRINGFIELD, IL · 1 subaward

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 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. LIFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$2.5M+10% in FY2026
    ADELANTO, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Residential intellectual, developmental, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
  2. GATEWAY FOUNDATION INC$2.1M−10% in FY2026
    HARVEY, LA · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Residential intellectual, developmental, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
  3. SHREVEPORT, LA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Residential intellectual, developmental, mental health, and substance abuse facilities

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.