Equity Fund Financial Reporting 2024

FY24 Equity Fund Expenditure Report: 2nd Installment Spending Plan

Cook County invested an additional $70 million in its second installment spending plan to support the JAC grants portfolio as well as several recommendations in addition to those in the first installment spending plan.

DepartmentFY 24 AllocationFY 24 Expenditures (YTD)FY 24 Budget RemainingPercent of FY 24 Budget Remaining
Department of Public Health$1,537,540$262,500$1,275,04082.90%
Equitable Community Outreach$50,000$0$50,000100.00%
Health Equity in All Policies$437,540$0$437,540100.00%
Healthy Workers Initiative$1,050,000$262,500$787,50075.00%
Environment & Sustainability$1,985,500$38,870$1,946,63198.00%
Environment and Sustainability - Recycling$174,500$0$174,500100.00%
Environment and Sustainability - Resilience Hubs$1,000,000$0$1,000,000100.00%
Environment and Sustainability - Trees$750,000$0$750,000100.00%
Equitable Community Outreach$61,000$38,870$22,13136.30%
Human Rights and Ethics$46,500$45,490$1,0102.20%
Equitable Community Outreach465004549010102.20%
Justice Advisory Council$35,250,000$8,584,595$26,665,40575.60%
Equitable Community Outreach$250,000$925$249,07599.60%
JAC Grants$35,000,000$8,583,670$26,416,33075.50%
Land Bank Authority62700001875073439492770.10%
Affordable Housing$500,000$0$500,000100.00%
Expanded Homebuyer Direct (Aged Inventory)$3,200,051$1,016,259$2,183,74268.20%
Expanded Homebuyer Direct (REO Acquisitions)$2,569,999$858,814$1,711,18566.60%
Office of Economic Development$28,195,726$7,294,977$20,900,75074.10%
Access to Capital$1,000,000$0$1,000,000100.00%
Cannabis Business Development$4,000,000$3,904,743$95,2572.40%
Community Information Exchange$10,000,000$890,234$9,109,76691.10%
Transforming Places$13,195,726$2,500,000$10,695,72681.10%
Office of the President$15,897,500$2,394,887$13,502,61384.90%
Equitable Community Outreach$92,500$0$92,500100.00%
Equity in Grant Making$15,000,000$1,919,466$13,080,53487.20%
Property Tax - Audit of System$150,500$0$150,500100.00%
Property Tax - Valuation Research$99,500$93,929$5,5715.60%
Property Tax - CMAP/UIC Research$480,000$381,492$98,50820.50%
Property Tax - Sales Ratio Study$75,000$0$75,000100.00%
Secretary to the Board$20,000$0$20,000100.00%
Equitable Community Outreach$20,000$0$20,000100.00%
Transportation & Highways$7,071,500$107,007$6,964,49398.50%
Equitable Community Outreach$71,500$0$71,500100.00%
Fair Transit$7,000,000$107,007$6,892,99398.50%
Grand Total$96,274,266$20,603,398$75,670,86878.60%

FY25 Equity Fund Financial Report: Third Installment Spending Plan

The revenue streams for the Equity Fund include the casino tax, firearm tax and cannabis tax.

There is a $75 million investment in the third installment spending plan for FY2025 to support the JAC grants portfolio and provide funding for several of the Equity Fund recommendations. New allocations are targeted at digital equity, CCLAHD and community violence intervention grants, while the spending plan continues to support the recommendations in the FY24 second installment spending plan.

InitiativeEquity Fund RecommendationFY2024 AllocationCarryoverNew AllocationFY2025 Total Budget
Healthy Communities
Health & Wellbeing - Health Equity in All Policies1.1$437,540$437,540$70,000$507,540
Community Information Exchange1.3$10,000,000$0$0$0
Vital Communities
Property Taxation - Appeals Research2.1$0$0$150,000$150,000
Property Taxation - Audit of System2.1$150,500$150,500$0$150,500
Property Taxation - CMAP/UIC Research2.1$480,000$0$480,000$480,000
Property Taxation - Sales Ratio Study for Annual Report2.1$75,000$75,000$0$75,000
Property Taxation - Valuation Research2.1$99,500$0$0$0
Equitable Community Outreach - Property Taxation2.1$52,500$52,500$0$52,500
Cook County Legal Aid for Housing and Debt (CCLAHD)2.3-2.5$0$0$600,000$600,000
Access to Capital2.8$1,000,000$1,000,000$0$1,000,000
Transforming Places2.9$13,195,726$4,500,000$0$4,500,000
Health & Wellbeing - Healthy Workers Initiative2.11$1,050,000$0$0$1,050,000
Safe and Thriving Communities
Community Violence Intervention (CVI)3.1-3.3$0$0$20,000,000$20,000,000
Connected Communities
Transit Equity - Income Based Fare Pilot4.1$7,000,000$2,349,800$0$2,349,800
Digital Navigator Network4.2$0$0$850,000$850,000
Sustainable Communities
Environment and Sustainability - Recycling5.1$174,500$0$158,925$158,925
Environment and Sustainability - Resilience Hubs5.1$1,000,000$1,000,000$0$1,000,000
Environment and Sustainability - Trees5.1$750,000$750,000$0$750,000
Open Communities
Equity in Grantmaking6.1$15,000,000$13,580,281$15,000,000$28,580,281
Equitable Community Outreach6.2$419,000$335,000$93,726$428,726
Equitable Community Outreach - Best Practices6.2$120,000$120,000$0$120,000
Additional Recommendations
Cannabis Business DevelopmentCBDP$4,000,000$80,000$1,500,000$1,580,000
CCLBA - Affordable HousingCCLBA$500,000$376,094$0$376,094
CCLBA - Expanded Homebuyer Direct (REO Acquisition)CCLBA$2,569,999$1,361,185$0$1,361,185
CCLBA - Expanded Homebuyer Direct (Aged Inventory)CCLBA$3,260,001$1,791,119$0$1,791,119
Total Equity Fund Budget $61,274,266$28,989,019$38,977,651$67,966,670
Justice Advisory Council - Violence Prevention Grants $15,000,000$13,010,221$1,989,779$15,000,000
Justice Advisory Council - Building Block Grants $5,000,000$3,527,935$1,472,065$5,000,000
Justice Advisory Council - RCLBA Grants $15,000,000$7,190,464$7,809,536$15,000,000
Total Justice Advisory Council Equity Fund Grants $35,000,000$23,728,620$11,271,380$35,000,000
Total Equity Fund Initiative Allocation $96,274,266$52,717,639$50,249,031$102,966,670
Reserve $33,495,734  $21,564,719

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Healthy Communities
  3. Vital Communities
  4. Safe and Thriving Communities
  5. Sustainable Communities
  6. Connected Communities
  7. Open Communities
  8. Equity Fund Addendum
  9. Equity Fund Financial Reporting

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