Board of Education of the City of Chicago: Chicago Government PaymentsGovernment payee
as recorded by Chicago: BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
This payee is itself a government entity, public authority, or public fund, not a private vendor. Its payments appear here because they are on the Chicago city government ledger.
Board of Education of the City of Chicago is the 21st-largest recipient of Chicago city government payments tracked by SpendLedger. Its payments amount to 36.9% of everything the Department of Planning and Development has paid vendors in that span. Payments to it rose 270491.6% year over year.
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Payments by fiscal year
Payments by fiscal year and agency
| Fiscal year | Agency | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2025 | Department of Planning and Development | 56 | $130,823,520 |
| FY 2025 | Unknown Department | 2 | $8,210,587 |
| FY 2025 | Chicago Department of Public Health | 19 | $5,439,464 |
| FY 2025 | Department of Family and Support Services | 3 | $2,390,268 |
| FY 2025 | Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events | 1 | $150,000 |
| FY 2024 | Unknown Department | 2 | $54,331 |
| FY 2023 | Unknown Department | 9 | $5,688,049 |
| FY 2022 | Unknown Department | 10 | $7,619,943 |
| Total | 102 | $160,376,161 |
Largest payments by fiscal year
The biggest individual payments in each fiscal year, up to 20 per year. Where the source publishes a purchase order behind a payment, the PO description appears; older payments may carry a bare PO reference because the government's published PO files do not reach back that far.
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FY 2025top 20 of 81 payments$147,013,838
FY 2024top 2 of 2 payments$54,331
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2024 | Unknown Department | $53,615.52 | – | – |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Unknown Department | $715.00 | – | – |
FY 2023top 9 of 9 payments$5,688,049
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2023 | Unknown Department | $1,042,678.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Unknown Department | $1,000,000.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Unknown Department | $1,000,000.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Unknown Department | $750,000.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Unknown Department | $720,680.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Unknown Department | $687,768.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Unknown Department | $357,163.67 | – | – |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Unknown Department | $129,099.28 | – | – |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Unknown Department | $660.00 | – | – |
FY 2022top 10 of 10 payments$7,619,943
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2022 | Unknown Department | $1,700,000.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Unknown Department | $1,145,000.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Unknown Department | $1,000,000.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Unknown Department | $891,776.86 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Unknown Department | $860,845.53 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Unknown Department | $750,000.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Unknown Department | $684,234.15 | – | – |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Unknown Department | $262,524.74 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Unknown Department | $197,900.00 | – | – |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Unknown Department | $127,661.55 | – | – |
Recent payments
Other vendors serving Department of Planning and Development
- Chicago Transity Authority. $41,205,968
- Chicago Park District $35,873,073
- K.l.e.o. Community Family Life Center $9,000,000
- Cbre Inc. $917,315
VerifiedData refreshed Jul 20, 2026 from Chicago Checkbook (data.cityofchicago.org): 266,585 payments on record, Jan 3, 2022 to Dec 31, 2025. How we verify this data