Illinois's 17th District
Funding overview
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total E-Rate subsidies | $2,887,211 | $4,306,720 | $5,566,389 | $5,096,671 | $5,226,318 | $5,906,731 | $4,407,110 | $3,734,549 | $3,573,688 | $4,923,409 |
| Average discount rate | 75% | 76% | 73% | 73% | 72% | 77% | 73% | 63% | 53% | 56% |
| Service providers | 54 | 53 | 58 | 54 | 50 | 65 | 61 | 65 | 88 | 87 |
| Billed entities | 78 | 80 | 87 | 93 | 96 | 98 | 101 | 95 | 101 | 98 |
Subsidies by service type
| Service type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $64K | $283K | $642K |
| Telecomm Services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Internal Connections | $1.6M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $2.9M | $2.6M | $3.4M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $672K | $1.0M |
| Data Transmission and/or Internet Access | $1.1M | $2.2M | $3.5M | $2.1M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $2.6M | $3.2M |
| Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections | $6K | $11K | $8K | — | $12K | $20K | $21K | $50K | $16K | $33K |
| Managed Internal Broadband Services | $153K | $66K | $135K | $72K | $153K | $456 | $5K | — | $5K | $43K |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford School District 205 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $964K | $2.4M | $1.3M | $2.0M | $1.2M | $493K | $607K | $743K | $7.1M | $1.4M |
| Peoria School District 150 | — | $301K | $866K | $160K | $870K | $1.2M | $969K | $393K | $389K | $527K | $2.2M | $440K |
| East Moline School District 37 | $259K | $49K | $1.3M | $150K | $112K | $167K | $43K | $176K | $52K | $110K | $1.9M | $378K |
| Freeport School District 145 | — | $404K | $96K | $100K | $286K | $100K | $85K | $2K | $5K | $6K | $885K | $177K |
| Bloomington Public Schools, District 87 | $262K | $381K | $76K | $73K | $78K | $473K | $87K | $121K | $175K | $267K | $869K | $174K |
| Galesburg Community Unit School District #205 | — | $65K | $73K | $205K | $508K | $67K | $60K | $268K | $53K | $113K | $851K | $170K |
| Rockford Public Library System | $33K | $48K | $321K | $223K | $39K | $32K | $113K | $116K | $128K | $213K | $664K | $133K |
| Canton Union School Dist 66 | $57K | $63K | $194K | $97K | $192K | $63K | $78K | $66K | $116K | $131K | $602K | $120K |
| Rock Island-Milan School District 41 | $50K | $206K | $79K | $79K | $105K | $85K | $162K | $172K | $251K | $235K | $518K | $104K |
| Kewanee School District 229 | — | $169K | $85K | $94K | $138K | $172K | $146K | $140K | $81K | $85K | $486K | $97K |
Top service providers
| Service provider | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 5-yr Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDW Government LLC | $814K | $892K | $101K | $1.8M | $975K | $1.7M | $654K | $594K | $243K | $292K | $4.6M | $922K |
| Unite Private Networks, LLC-Illinois | $637K | $766K | $796K | $803K | $761K | $756K | $743K | $589K | $91K | $85K | $3.8M | $753K |
| Wanrack LLC | $33K | $33K | $1.2M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1.3M | $252K |
| Heart Technologies, Inc. | $65K | $156K | $15K | $287K | $601K | $256K | $6K | — | $13K | $65K | $1.1M | $225K |
| Stratus Networks, Inc | $104K | $179K | $241K | $213K | $230K | $273K | $286K | $270K | $282K | $285K | $966K | $193K |
| Windstream Communications, LLC | — | $283K | $275K | $58K | $329K | $306K | $326K | $341K | $833K | $858K | $945K | $189K |
| Geneseo Communications, Inc. | $25K | $42K | $203K | $187K | $172K | $189K | $77K | $78K | $29K | $443K | $629K | $126K |
| Presidio Networked Solutions Group LLC | — | $18K | $591K | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $609K | $122K |
| MCC Telephony, LLC | $81K | $134K | $147K | $106K | $132K | $159K | $238K | $203K | $270K | $194K | $600K | $120K |
| Presidio Networked Solutions Group LLC | — | — | — | — | $474K | $874K | $656K | $63K | $20K | — | $474K | $95K |
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.