Chicago Building Congress
To advance and promote the building industry in Chicago through informational meetings, newsletters, a website and networking functions
Chicago Building Congress at a glance
- Total assets
- $277,603
- +6.5% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $470,417
- +18.5% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $5,153
- -4.7% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $428,279
- +4.9% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Chicago Building Congress
- Next open deadline
- February 6, 2027 (CBC Merit Awards)
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Chicago Building Congress
Who Chicago Building Congress funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2022) to $33K (2021). In 2023 it reported $8K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 individual scholarship Recipients not named | — | $12,500 |
| Ace Tech Endowment Fund Chicago, IL | Scholarship to students looking to enter into a career in architecture, construction, engineering or related profession. | $12,500 |
| Illinois Nurse's Association Chicago, IL | Donation to Support the Organization | $7,660 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $277,603 | $470,417 | $428,279 | — | — | $5,153 |
| 2024 | $260,730 | $397,131 | $408,421 | — | — | $5,409 |
| 2023 | $256,596 | $331,690 | $437,173 | $8,044 | Total only | $3 |
| 2022 | $397,929 | $338,426 | $407,735 | $5,741 | Total only | $69 |
| 2021 | $484,031 | $361,991 | $336,194 | $32,660 | 3 | $166 |
| 2020 | $473,757 | $280,992 | $292,150 | $20,000 | 3 | $11,052 |
| 2019 | $440,630 | $474,094 | $443,805 | $20,000 | 3 | $1,377 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Chicago Building Congress
Based on IRS filings
Chicago Building Congress is a public charity, based in Chicago, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $278K in total assets. Net investment income was $5K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Chicago Building Congress is led by Shon Harris, President since 2025 (on filings since 2022); none of the 20 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Shon Harris
President
Director → President, 2025
On filings since 2022
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Allen
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Gift
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Helmer
Director
Past President → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Babaian
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Strane
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Rodgers
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nora Degnan
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amanda Wood
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Derek Olenek
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elbert Walters III
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Berglund
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Neenan
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Shydlowski
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Kurinsky
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Greg Meeder
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2020
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joseph Seder
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2023
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Doucet
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Healy
Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Kuhn
Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (25)
- Former: Jan Marie Behounek (2022–2024) — President
- Former: Carmen Manno (2019–2023) — Vice President
- Former: John Bunce (2019–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Mark Fitzgerald (2019–2023) — Past Executive Director
- Former: Matthew Gibbons (2022–2023) — Past President
- Former: Patrick Healy (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Richard Schuster (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Dhrumal Bhatt (2023) — Executive Director
- Former: Dana Thorne (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Joseph Krusinski (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Michael Mcinerney (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Brian Fritzler (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Patton (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Marissa Luehring (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Erin Cabonargi (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jan-Marie Behounek (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Matt Gibbons (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Pat Healy (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: Rich Schuster (2019–2021) — President
- Former: Helen Torres (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: James Woods (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Bruce Schoumacher (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Clark Johnson (2019) — Director
- Former: Lloyd Meyer (2019) — Director
- Former: Sheryl Schulz (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Chicago Building Congress
How large is Chicago Building Congress?
Chicago Building Congress reported $278K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $470K.
Where does Chicago Building Congress operate?
Chicago Building Congress has awarded grants in Illinois.
What is Chicago Building Congress's EIN?
Chicago Building Congress's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2042486. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 5, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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