SBIF Lottery

When more requests are received in a SBIF district application period than funds available, the City of Chicago holds a lottery, facilitated by SomerCor, to determine the order that applications will be processed. This lottery is conducted over video call so applicants can watch the process.

  • All applications received for a district’s open period are included in the lottery and randomly assigned a number.*
  • The SBIF team will start processing these applications in this random order until all available grant funds have been allocated.
  • Once all the available funding has been assigned, the remaining applications in the lottery are placed on a waiting list according to the order in which they were drawn.
  • If additional funding becomes available, the remaining applications will be processed in order from the waiting list.
  • This waiting list is active for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the date of the lottery. Only once every application has been processed or the waiting list expires, will new applications be accepted for that SBIF district.

After each lottery, results will be posted on the SomerCor website by the following business day. A SomerCor representative will contact you to notify you if we are able to start processing your application or if your application has been put on the waitlist.

Please be advised that any work commenced prior to approval will not be eligible for grant funding.

*Please note that applicants for a property located in an INVEST South/West Corridor or SBIF Target Corridor, shall be given priority in the lottery order.

Please be advised that participation in the lottery does not mean that you have been awarded grant funding. The lottery only determines the order in which applications will be reviewed for eligibility for a SBIF grant. All applications will be reviewed and vetted after the lottery drawing for eligibility. Applications that are not eligible will be removed and funds reserved for that project will be made available for the next application in order of the lottery drawing.

Location

Lottery Date

Link to Results

79th/Southwest Hwy March 10, 2023 Link to PDF
Clark/Ridge March 10, 2023 Link to PDF
Midway Industrial March 10, 2023 Link to PDF
West Woodlawn March 10, 2023 Link to PDF
Devon/Western January 11, 2023 Link to PDF
Pulaski Corridor January 11, 2023 Link to PDF
Roosevelt Cicero January 11, 2023 Link to PDF
35th/Halsted December 14, 2022 Link to PDF
Central West December 14, 2022 Link to PDF
Lawrence/Pulaski December 14, 2022 Link to PDF
Armitage/Pulaski November 9, 2022 Link to PDF
107th/Halsted October 12, 2022 Link to PDF
119th & I-57 October 12, 2022 Link to PDF
119th/Halsted October 12, 2022 Link to PDF
River West October 12, 2022 Link to PDF
79th Street Corridor September 14, 2022 Link to PDF
Belmont/Cicero September 14, 2022 Link to PDF
Chicago/Central Park September 16, 2022 Link to PDF
West Irving Park September 14, 2022 Link to PDF
Touhy/Western August 10, 2022 Link to PDF
Western/Ogden August 10, 2022 Link to PDF
47th/Ashland July 13, 2022 Link to PDF
Devon/Sheridan July 13, 2022 Link to PDF
Little Village July 13, 2022 Link to PDF
51st/Archer June 8, 2022 Link to PDF
Avalon Park/South Shore June 8, 2022 Link to PDF
Lawrence/Broadway June 8, 2022 Link to PDF
Greater Southwest Industrial (East) May 11, 2022 Link to PDF
South Chicago May 11, 2022 Link to PDF
Addison South April 13, 2022 Link to PDF
Lawrence/Kedzie April 13, 2022 Link to PDF
Western Rock Island April 13, 2022 Link to PDF
24th/Michigan March 10, 2022 Link to PDF
Clark/Montrose March 10, 2022 Link to PDF
Humboldt Park March 10, 2022 Link to PDF
67th/Wentworth January 12, 2022 Link to PDF
87th/Cottage Grove January 12, 2022 Link to PDF
Avondale December 8, 2021 Link to PDF
Madison/Austin December 8, 2021 Link to PDF
47th/Halsted November 10, 2021 Link to PDF
Stockyards SEQ November 10, 2021 Link to PDF
Western Ave (North) November 10, 2021 Link to PDF
95th/Western October 13, 2021 Link to PDF
111th/Kedzie October 13, 2021 Link to PDF
Austin Commercial October 13, 2021 Link to PDF
63rd/Pulaski September 9, 2021 Link to PDF
Division/Homan September 9, 2021 Link to PDF
Fullerton/Milwaukee September 9, 2021 Link to PDF
47th/King August 13, 2021 Link to PDF
53rd Street August 13, 2021 Link to PDF
63rd/Ashland July 14, 2021 Link to PDF
Archer/Central July 14, 2021 Link to PDF
Western Avenue (South) July 14, 2021 Link to PDF
Stevenson Brighton June 9, 2021 Link to PDF
Archer/Western May 12, 2021 Link to PDF
Michigan/Cermak May 12, 2021 Link to PDF
Roseland/Michigan May 12, 2021 Link to PDF
Belmont/Central April 14, 2021 Link to PDF
North Branch South April 14, 2021 Link to PDF
Northwest Industrial Corridor April 14, 2021 Link to PDF
Ogden Pulaski April 14, 2021 Link to PDF
Stony Island Burnside April 14, 2021 Link to PDF
71st/Stony Island March 12, 2021 Link to PDF
Commercial Ave March 12, 2021 Link to PDF