Illinois's 7th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $1,536,415 | $5,264,824 | $15,082,738 | $8,209,076 | $30,166,657 | $11,416,240 | $32,713,629 | $17,972,451 | $23,442,106 | $24,733,707 |
| Average discount rate | 79% | 77% | 81% | 75% | 79% | 78% | 77% | 60% | 60% | 67% |
| Service providers | 36 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 36 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 57 |
| Billed entities | 36 | 37 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 43 | 46 | 48 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $481K | $1.5M | $2.5M |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $829K | $713K | $648K | $2.5M | $24.7M | $6.4M | $589K | $3.6M | $7.4M | $7.6M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $693K | $4.5M | $14.4M | $5.6M | $5.4M | $5.0M | $32.1M | $13.9M | $14.5M | $14.6M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | — | $28K | $20K | $18K | $13K | $27K | $7K | $20K | $58K | $53K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $15K | $32K | $11K | $3K | $82K | $26K | $14K | $8K | $25K | $10K |
| Wi-Fi Hotspots Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wireless School Bus Services and Equipment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top billed entities
| Billed entity | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Public Schools | — | $2.6M | $12.4M | $5.7M | $25.8M | $8.7M | $30.1M | $14.7M | $19.8M | $21.0M | $46.4M | $9.3M |
| Noble Network Of Charter Schools | $217K | $445K | $511K | $511K | $2.3M | $460K | $510K | $575K | $529K | $532K | $4.0M | $795K |
| Youth Connection Charter School | $241K | $555K | $307K | $274K | $258K | $335K | $305K | $305K | $184K | $226K | $1.6M | $327K |
| Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview S.D. #89 | — | $249K | $553K | $230K | $253K | $264K | $256K | $710K | $461K | $436K | $1.3M | $257K |
| Chicago Public Library | — | $280K | $277K | $271K | $338K | $356K | — | — | $379K | $488K | $1.2M | $233K |
| Kipp Chicago Schools | $123K | $194K | $162K | $217K | $226K | $231K | $311K | $164K | $170K | $202K | $923K | $185K |
| Proviso Twp High Sch Dist 209 | $524K | $26K | $162K | $23K | $22K | — | $22K | $210K | $709K | $146K | $759K | $152K |
| Learn Charter School Network | $102K | $99K | $106K | $168K | $157K | $181K | $210K | $304K | $153K | $261K | $633K | $127K |
| Oak Park Elem School Dist 97 | — | $402K | $7K | $16K | $17K | $74K | $138K | $137K | $75K | $235K | $442K | $88K |
| Oak Park-River Forest Dist 200 | $20K | $14K | $11K | $207K | $35K | $54K | $86K | $63K | $78K | $76K | $287K | $57K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel Technologies, Inc. | $27K | $16K | — | $2.0M | $24.5M | $6.0M | — | $2.8M | $7.1M | $6.9M | $26.5M | $5.3M |
| Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC | $22K | $566K | $3.7M | $4.3M | $3.4M | $3.2M | $2.8M | $12.0M | $13.7M | $14.2M | $12.0M | $2.4M |
| Netsync Network Solutions | — | $2.6M | $9.2M | — | — | — | $27.5M | — | — | — | $11.8M | $2.4M |
| onShore, Inc. | $353K | $607K | $694K | $684K | $671K | $623K | $671K | $657K | $592K | $640K | $3.0M | $602K |
| Comcast Business Communications | $56K | $290K | $314K | $264K | $446K | $477K | $436K | $428K | $318K | $286K | $1.4M | $274K |
| AT&T Enterprises, LLC | $25K | $163K | $177K | $202K | $592K | $433K | $387K | $723K | $695K | $1.3M | $1.2M | $232K |
| CDW Government LLC | $102K | $484K | $23K | $360K | $133K | $218K | $381K | $281K | $22K | $212K | $1.1M | $221K |
| EM3 Networks LLC | $165K | $211K | $156K | $133K | $173K | $191K | $169K | $107K | — | — | $838K | $168K |
| Tympani Incorporated | $503K | $16K | $174K | $9K | $60K | $24K | $66K | — | $130K | — | $762K | $152K |
| AMCO HBS Holdings LP | — | $21K | $321K | $57K | $44K | $53K | $37K | $355K | $89K | — | $442K | $88K |
Each billed entity is assigned to the congressional district (119th Congress boundaries, U.S. Census TIGER/Line 2024) containing the largest number of its recipient sites, located by their USAC-reported coordinates; entities without usable coordinates use the district in their USAC profile. Funding totals are total authorized disbursements (FCC Form 471 FRN Status, USAC dataset qdmp-ygft); speeds are from Recipient Details and Commitments (avi8-svp9); pre-2016 history is from USAC legacy data (1998-2015). Note: the last year or two in any disbursement series always looks artificially low (FY2025 invoices are still being paid) — that’s the real state of USAC’s data, not an error.