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Acclivus Inc

To support community health and well-being for chicago area populations at risk for violence and other negative health outcomes.

$4.1M
Granted FY2023
31
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$280k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.

Crime & Legal$3.0MYouth Development$1.3MHuman Services$791kArts & Culture$524kRecreation & Sports$522kHousing & Shelter$236kEducation$178kCommunity Improvement$92kOther$0
02FY2023 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 31 grants below total $2,300,715, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,145,147 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,844,432 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $312k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+1 grant · $280k
$78,254
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND CHANCE INITIATIVE$280,050
BEYOND ATHLETICS$138,603
WORK FOUNDATION$112,528
URBAN PRESCRIPTIVES$109,671
GIVING OTHERS DREAMS GOD INC$108,992
THE SUPPORT GROUP$105,766
THINK OUTSIDE DA BLOCK$105,686
HYDE PARK ART CENTER$105,594
TRUE STAR$101,116
I SAID WHAT I SAID$99,593
GRAND BOULEVARD PREVENTION SERVICES$95,084
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$87,809
MAJOR ADAMS COMMUNITY COMMITTEE$87,118
GIRLS LIKE ME PROJECT$84,434
HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB$83,560
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $839k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%EX-CONS FOR COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE: $87k → 14%DISTRICT OUTREACH: $20k → 14%GIVING OTHERS DREAMS GOD INC: $118k → 14%GIVING OTHERS DREAMS GOD INC: $109k → 14%UNSTACKED: $27k → 14%GRAND BOULEVARD PREVENTION SERVICES: $104k → 14%GRAND BOULEVARD PREVENTION SERVICES: $95k → 14%HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $123k → 14%HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $84k → 14%HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $33k → 14%GRAND BOULEVARD PREVENTION SERVICES: $16k → 14%KORRECTING OUR OWN LIVES: $24k → 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.
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 21 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +291% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
9

Total granted

$5.7M
$774k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+291%
0%

Still filing today

81%
11%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $272k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementEducationCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
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

  • SC
    Second Chance Initiative Inc
    3× · 2021–2023 · $789k · revenue ×26
  • BA
    Beyond Athletics Chicago
    3× · 2021–2023 · $394k · revenue +347% · 92% of their budget
  • TS
    TRUE STAR FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $324k · revenue +102%

Funded once

  • UP
    URBAN PERSPECITVES
    one grant, 2021 · $236k
  • PC
    PEACE CENTER OF R
    one grant, 2021 · $119k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $104k
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
Urban Youth Ministry of Greater Indianapolis Inc

Youth

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2
Parenting for Non Violence

decreasing violence by promoting, supporting, and conducting parenting education and family life skills programs and activities that strengthen relationships between youths and their families in chicago's at-risk/underserved communities

Human Services
3
Chicago Cred Inc
Employment
4
Keeping Communities Safe

Youth Mentoring Program /Community Advocacy Agency

Philanthropy
5
BlackPush Inc

Our organization combats gun violence works to turn out the vote pushes for laws to help previously incarcerated and issues related to social injustice.

Religion
6
Project Ricochet Inc

Finding practical solutions that assist minority youth who are prone to anti-social behaviors while discovering positive and productive life-style alternatives

Youth Development
7
Renounce Denounce Gang Intervention Program Corporation

.Renounce Denounce Gang Intervention Program is a 10-week cognitive behavioral program for at risk and proven risk youth ages 10-25 who are in gangs who carry weapons or who commit other violent crimes. Our Violence Interrupters are used…

—
8
Community Wraparound

Mentoring program for gang involved youth. to provide support to theirsiblings and families by helping them reach their goals and expandingsocial networks and life experiences, followed by developing career skillsto sustain their…

Philanthropy
9
Stay off the Steets Inc

Combat risimg youth crime.

Crime & Legal
10
New Life-Knew Solutions

New Life Knew Solutions mission and goal is to provide violence and truancy prevention and intervention programs that meet our children where they are; which in turn create a culture of calm within the communities it serves; also, to make…

Human Services
11
Mute the Violence Dc

To nbsp;provide nbsp;alternative nbsp;solutions nbsp;to nbsp;prevent nbsp;interpersonal nbsp;gun nbsp;violence nbsp;alongside nbsp;life nbsp;skills nbsp;and nbsp;support nbsp;to nbsp;youth nbsp;in nbsp;underserved nbsp;communities…

Human Services
12
Triple Threat Mentoring Inc

Empowering urban youth to develop confidence, character and life skills

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Giving Others Dreams God Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gordie Foundation. 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

30 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. 30 of the 40 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.

13
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Restorative Project Inc: $317,170 · OtherRestorative Project IncURBAN PERSPECTIVES: $282,629 · OtherURBAN PERSPECTIVESURBAN PERSPECITVES: $235,828 · OtherURBAN PERSPECITVESI SAID WHAT I SAID: $189,466 · OtherI SAID WHAT I SAIDPEACE CENTER OF ROSELAND: $158,635 · OtherPEACE CENTER OF ROSELANDPEACE CENTER OF R: $118,861 · OtherPEACE CENTER OF RIndividual grant recipient: $104,053 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $87,809 · OtherART OF NOYZ MINISTRIES INC: $80,639 · OtherGORDIE FOUNDATION: $155,780 · OtherGORDIE FOUNDATION+7 more: $122,067 · Other+7 moreBeyond Athletics Chicago: $393,716 · Youth DevelopmentBeyond Athletics ChicagoTHE SUPPORT GROUP INC: $361,249 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SUPPORT GROUP INCTHINK OUTSIDE DA BLOCK INC: $323,115 · Youth DevelopmentTHINK OUTSIDE DA BLOCK INCGIRLS LIKE ME PROJECT INC: $276,199 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS LIKE ME PROJECT INCFUTURE TIES INC NFP: $198,442 · Youth DevelopmentFUTURE TIES INC NFPKIDS OFF THE BLOCK INC: $59,999 · Youth DevelopmentSecond Chance Initiative Inc: $789,329 · Community ImprovementSecond Chance …THE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK ALLIANCE: $71,147 · Community ImprovementTHE NEIGHBORHO…+1 more: $7,585 · Community ImprovementHYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $239,503 · Human ServicesHYDE PARK NEIG…Giving Others Dreams God Inc: $227,157 · Human ServicesGiving Others …Grand Boulevard Prevention Services: $214,975 · Human ServicesGrand Boulevar…EX-CONS FOR COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE: $87,286 · Human ServicesEX-CONS FOR CO…+3 more: $70,425 · Human Services+3 moreMajor Adams Community Committee: $286,121 · EducationMajor Ada…The Blessed Child: $178,446 · EducationThe Bless…ADVOCATES OF CHANGE: $112,541 · EducationADVOCATES…TRUE STAR FOUNDATION INC: $323,567 · Arts & CultureTRUE STAR…HYDE PARK ART CENTER: $241,893 · Arts & CultureHYDE PARK…XS Tennis and Education Foundation: $260,409 · Recreation & SportsWORK FOUNDATION: $199,311 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,852,937Youth Development$1,612,720Community Improvement$868,061Human Services$839,346Education$577,108Arts & Culture$565,460Recreation & Sports$459,720

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBeyond Athletics Chicago: $393,716 over 3y, 92% of budgetTHE SUPPORT GROUP INC: $361,249 over 3y, 16% of budgetTRUE STAR FOUNDATION INC: $323,567 over 3y, 13% of budgetTHINK OUTSIDE DA BLOCK INC: $323,115 over 3y, 45% of budgetMajor Adams Community Committee: $286,121 over 2y, 27% of budgetGIRLS LIKE ME PROJECT INC: $276,199 over 3y, 39% of budgetXS Tennis and Education Foundation: $260,409 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetHYDE PARK ART CENTER: $241,893 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetHYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $239,503 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetGiving Others Dreams God Inc: $227,157 over 2y, 82% of budgetGrand Boulevard Prevention Services: $214,975 over 3y, 26% of budgetWORK FOUNDATION: $199,311 over 2y, 81% of budgetFUTURE TIES INC NFP: $198,442 over 3y, 18% of budgetThe Blessed Child: $178,446 over 3y, 57% of budgetGORDIE FOUNDATION: $155,780 over 2y, 52% of budgetADVOCATES OF CHANGE: $112,541 over 2y, 58% of budgetNORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $87,809 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetEX-CONS FOR COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE: $87,286 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK ALLIANCE: $71,147 over 1y, 12% of budgetUNSTACKED INC: $27,141 over 1y, 35% of budgetKORRECTING OUR OWN LIVES: $23,509 over 1y, 26% of budgetDistrict Outreach Industries NFP: $19,775 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetI&F Incorporated NFP: $17,480 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJohn W Buckner Youth Initiative NFP: $12,186 over 1y, 48% of budgetLifescore Foundation: $7,585 over 1y, 5.1% 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…University of Chicago…Greater Chicago Food …Chicago Beyond IncJohn D and Catherine …The Joyce FoundationChicago Cred IncUnited Way of Metropo…Tides FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…
The Chicago Community TrustIL26.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · University of Chicago Medical Center · Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago Beyond Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Chicago Cred Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Tides Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Acclivus Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Acclivus Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Acclivus Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Acclivus Inc 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 40 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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