E-Rate Funding in Illinois

Data updated Sep 4, 2026 · from USAC open data

Schools and libraries in Illinois have received $987,591,086 in committed E-Rate funding across 38,080 funding requests from 1,542 applicants. The largest provider by committed dollars is Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC.

See also Rural Health Care (RHC) funding in Illinois.

Schools and libraries in Illinois account for 4% of all committed E-Rate funding nationwide. Category 2 equipment makes up 37% of that funding, with Category 1 services accounting for the rest. Annual committed funding was highest in FY2021 at $111.9M.

Committed (all years)
$987.6M
Funding requests
38,080
Applicants
1,542

Top E-Rate providers in Illinois, ranked by funding

ProviderCommittedFRNs
Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC$116.5M2409
Comcast Business Communications$106.7M4166
CDW Government LLC$88M2818
Sentinel Technologies, Inc.$87.7M411
Netsync Network Solutions$65M13
AT&T Enterprises, LLC$46.1M1640
Delta Communications LLC$24.5M1766
Comcast Phone, LLC$19.9M334
Wanrack LLC$16.4M71
Quality Network Solutions, LLC$15.7M1057

E-Rate funding in Illinois by year

Funding yearCommittedFRNs
2026$50.2M1951
2025$67.2M2319
2024$105M2486
2023$97.6M2483
2022$90.2M2775
2021$111.9M2919
2020$90.8M3768
2019$101.3M3718
2018$81.4M4142
2017$87.3M4989
2016$104.7M6530

Largest E-Rate applicants in Illinois

All 593 qualifying E-Rate applicants in Illinois

E-Rate in Illinois: common questions

How much E-Rate funding has Illinois received?
Schools and libraries in Illinois have received $987,591,086 in committed E-Rate funding across 38,080 funding requests since FY2016.
Who are the top E-Rate providers in Illinois?
Ranked by committed funding, the largest E-Rate service providers in Illinois are Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC, Comcast Business Communications, and CDW Government LLC.
How many applicants receive E-Rate funding in Illinois?
1,542 schools, libraries, and consortia in Illinois have received committed E-Rate funding.

Contracts on 2,216 funded E-Rate requests in Illinois are set to expire in the next 12 months.

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