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5600k Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$51k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$172kArts & Culture$88kHealth$57kInternational$45kEducation$42kHuman Services$15kEnvironment$6kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$749k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLCC$10,000
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER$5,000
NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK$5,000
PACIFIC GARDEN MISSION$5,000
THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$5,000
COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 200$4,195
DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION$3,500
FRONTERA FARMER FOUNDATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
MUSICALLY FED$500
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$500
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIERY OF AMERICA$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%WisePlace: $500 → 10%Association for Growth and Education: $1k → 10%ShelterBox USA: $5k → 9%FAMILY FIRST: $500 → 13%ShelterBox USA: $5k → 9%FAMILY FIRST: $500 → 13%SHELTERBOX USA: $3k → 9%Clearbrook: $5k → 14%Clearbrook: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$420k · 33 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
28

Total granted

$420k
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+24%

Still filing today

64%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionHealthHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PL
    PILOT LIGHT
    6× · 2017–2024 · $52k · revenue +137%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    9× · 2017–2025 · $51k · revenue +25%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    4× · 2017–2022 · $30k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue 0%
  • SC
    Shiners Children's Hospital
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • CE
    Chris Evert Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · $6k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
4
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
5
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
6
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
7
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation

Through philanthropy, empower current and future food and nutrition practitioners to optimize global health.

Health
8
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
9
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
10
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
11
Greener By Default

Greener by default's mission is to consult with institutions to apply behavioral science to food policy, nudging diners toward sustainable plant-based food while preserving freedom of choice.

Food & Nutrition
12
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is God's Love We Deliver Inc; the most unlike its peers is Horner Park Advisory Council. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 66 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/47
Grantees still filing
31/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC: $30,000 · OtherFOUNDATIONS OF MUSICIndividual grant recipient: $26,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPACIFIC GARDEN MISSION: $19,500 · OtherPACIFIC GARDEN MISSIONIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $13,000 · OtherPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTERThe National MS Society: $12,500 · OtherThe National MS SocietyFLCC: $11,000 · OtherFLCCSPENCE FARM FOUNDATION: $10,500 · OtherShiners Children's Hospital: $10,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $12,500 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE+25 more: $45,988 · Other+25 moreGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $30,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD…MANNA FOOD BANK INC: $17,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD BANK INCNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $14,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FO…FRONTERA FARMER FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Food & NutritionFRONTERA FARMER FOUN…MEALS ON WHEELS CHICAGO: $7,500 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS CHIC…MUSICALLY FED: $5,500 · Food & NutritionMUSICALLY FED+3 more: $3,250 · Food & NutritionPILOT LIGHT: $51,500 · HealthPILOT LIGHTINDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALLIANCE: $5,000 · HealthINDEPENDENT M…+5 more: $3,800 · Health+5 moreThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $51,000 · Arts & CultureThe United S…+2 more: $1,175 · Arts & CultureUniversity of Santa Monica: $30,000 · EducationROYCEMORE SCHOOL: $8,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationSHELTERBOX USA INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesCLEARBROOK: $10,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION FOR GROWTH AND EDUCATION: $1,060 · Human ServicesFAMILY FIRST INC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesGRANT FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAELI NAVY SEALS INC: $1,000 · International+1 more: $100 · International
Other$205,988Food & Nutrition$89,750Health$60,300Arts & Culture$52,175Education$38,250Human Services$25,060International$19,600

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPILOT LIGHT: $51,500 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $51,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Santa Monica: $30,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC: $30,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRANT FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRONTERA FARMER FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPENCE FARM FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetCLEARBROOK: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROYCEMORE SCHOOL: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS CHICAGO: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMUSICALLY FED: $5,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $5,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS -BASED EDUCATION AND WORLD PEACE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBASIL'S HARVEST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR GROWTH AND EDUCATION: $1,060 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCLIMATE RIDE INC: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY FIRST INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAELI NAVY SEALS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLighthouse Family Retreat Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BASEBALL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIREPOINTS CORP: $750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION AIRDROP INC: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISEPLACE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO'S GREEN CITY MARKET PROGRAM: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPCD KS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chicago Community…AbbVie FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Silicon Valley Commun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Renaissance Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…
The Chicago Community TrustIL17.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization 5600k Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 5600k Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Baseball Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to 5600k Foundation?

Find your warmest path to 5600k Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 66 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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