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Ackerman Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$540k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$935kEducation$667kHealth$531kInternational$508kArts & Culture$342kYouth Development$105kRecreation & Sports$80kFood & Nutrition$65kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $484k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEGACY MINISTRIES INC$50,000
OPERATION HOMEFRONT$49,000
UKRAINE HOUSE DC FOUNDATION$45,000
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION$30,000
THOUSAND CURRENTS$26,000
BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE$26,000
STRONGMINDS$25,000
WORLD CONNECT$25,000
MIDDLE EAST CHILDRENS ALLIANCE$25,000
MERCY SHIPS$25,000
SEMPER FI FUNDS$25,000
JANE PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE$25,000
WEST POINT ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES$25,000
POINT FOUNDATION$21,000
FIREBIRD COMMUNITY ARTS$21,000
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 (FY17–25, $660k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $30k → 14%COOPERATION JACKSON: $15k → 23%LEGACY MINISTRIES INC: $50k → 10%LONG ISLAND CARES: $25k → 7%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 14%COOPERATION JACKSON: $10k → 23%AMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $21k → 10%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 14%AMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $21k → 10%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 14%COCOON PROJECT: $6k → 17%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $14k → 14%COCOON PROJECT: $5k → 17%RAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILDREN: $20k → 14%ECDC AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 12%ECDC AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $30k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $20k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $15k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $15k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $15k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $15k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $15k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $15k → 12%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $15k → 14%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $14k → 14%WARREN VILLAGE: $10k → 12%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $10k → 14%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $10k → 14%WARREN VILLAGE: $5k → 12%ALMOST HOME KIDS: $10k → 14%WELL OF MERCY: $25k → 14%WELL OF MERCY: $25k → 14%WELL OF MERCY: $20k → 14%WELL OF MERCY: $20k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $15k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $14k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $10k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $10k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $10k → 14%RAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILDREN: $20k → 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

IL
NY
WY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
DC
LA
MS
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 47 repeat orgs$299k to everyone else

47 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
10

Total granted

$3.1M
$224k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+26%

Still filing today

81%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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
Human ServicesInternationalHealthEducationRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • SF
    SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND
    8× · 2018–2025 · $175k · revenue +40%
  • HI
    HEARTSPRING INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $165k · revenue +19%
  • FC
    FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO
    8× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • PC
    Partners Creating Community Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • WE
    WISHFORWARD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • LI
    Long Island Cares Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +49%
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
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
2
Social Current Inc

Social current's mission as developed and approved by its board of directors is to advocate for and implement equitable solutions to society's toughest challenges through collaboration, innovation, policy, and practice excellence.

Human Services
3
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
4
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
5
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
6
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
7
Search for Change Inc

Dedicated to improving the quality of life and increasing the self sufficiency of individuals with emotional, social and economic barriers. this is accomplished by providing direct support and assistance needed to enable individuals to…

Human Services
8
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
9
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
10
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
11
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
12
Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ethiopian Community Dev Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ukraine House Dc Foundation Inc. 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

50 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. 50 of the 60 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/50
Grantees still filing
39/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $135,000 · OtherARRUPE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $105,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER IN…LITERATURE FOR ALL OF US: $89,000 · OtherLITERATURE FOR ALL OF USOPERATION HOMEFRONT: $75,000 · OtherOPERATION HOMEFRONTFIREBIRD COMMUNITY ARTS: $63,000 · OtherWEST POINT CENTER FOR ORAL HISTORY: $60,000 · OtherPASS WITH FLYING COLORS INC: $60,000 · OtherJUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL FUND A DREAM SCHOLARSHIP: $50,000 · OtherWISHFORWARD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $40,000 · OtherOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $99,000 · OtherOPERATION HOMEFRONT INCHAVE DREAMS: $60,000 · OtherMOVE UNITED: $40,000 · OtherTEAM RUBICON INC: $52,500 · OtherCHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $40,000 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COOK COUNTY: $40,000 · Other+9 more: $141,500 · Other+9 moreFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $140,000 · Human ServicesFLORENCE CRITTENTON SE…WELL OF MERCY INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesWELL OF MERCY INCJUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $89,000 · Human ServicesJUVENILE PROTECTIVE AS…Almost Home Kids: $59,000 · Human ServicesAlmost Home KidsTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $59,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE…LEGACY MINISTRIES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesLEGACY MINISTRIES INCAMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $42,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN INDIAN CHILD …RAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILDREN INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesRAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILD…COOPERATION JACKSON OF MISSISSIPPI: $25,000 · Human ServicesLong Island Cares Inc: $25,000 · Human Services+4 more: $61,000 · Human Services+4 moreSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $175,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMER…HEARTSPRING INC: $165,000 · HealthHEARTSPRING INCBLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLEC: $78,000 · HealthBLACK EMOTIONAL …Partners Creating Community Inc: $50,000 · HealthPartners Creatin…SUPERHUMANS UKRAINE INC: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthONE ACRE FUND: $125,000 · InternationalONE ACRE FUNDTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $90,500 · InternationalTHOUSAND CURR…STRONGMINDS INC: $50,000 · InternationalSTRONGMINDS I…Mercy Ships International: $50,000 · InternationalMercy Ships I…MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $40,000 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST C…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $35,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS…WORLD CONNECT INC: $25,000 · InternationalWORLD CONNECT…ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $90,000 · EducationTHE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $69,000 · EducationPOINT FOUNDATION: $63,000 · EducationChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $15,000 · EducationNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $130,000 · Arts & CultureUKRAINE HOUSE DC FOUNDATION INC: $95,000 · Arts & CultureASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $135,000 · Public BenefitTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $27,500 · Public Benefit
Other$1,200,000Human Services$680,000Health$498,000International$415,500Education$237,000Arts & Culture$225,000Public Benefit$162,500

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 budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $175,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTSPRING INC: $165,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $140,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $135,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $130,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetONE ACRE FUND: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $105,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $99,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUKRAINE HOUSE DC FOUNDATION INC: $95,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $90,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWELL OF MERCY INC: $90,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetJUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $89,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLITERATURE FOR ALL OF US: $89,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetBLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLEC: $78,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $69,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFIREBIRD COMMUNITY ARTS: $63,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $63,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHAVE DREAMS: $60,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetPASS WITH FLYING COLORS INC: $60,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetAlmost Home Kids: $59,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $59,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $52,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTRONGMINDS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMercy Ships International: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPartners Creating Community Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $42,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetMOVE UNITED: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILDREN INC: $40,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COOK COUNTY: $40,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJANE PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUPERHUMANS UKRAINE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAGICAL BRIDGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY DEV COUNCIL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLa Casa de las Madres: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOCOON PROJECT INC: $11,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH STAR FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Youth Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds HEARTSPRING INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE ACRE FUND ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds UKRAINE HOUSE DC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND CURRENTS ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds WELL OF MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LITERATURE FOR ALL OF US ↗
  • Who funds BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLEC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIREBIRD COMMUNITY ARTS ↗
  • Who funds POINT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HAVE DREAMS ↗
  • Who funds PASS WITH FLYING COLORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Almost Home Kids ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds STRONGMINDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds Partners Creating Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN CHILD RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MOVE UNITED ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COOK COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗

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.

Baird Foundation IncWI13.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · The Albert Pick Jr Fund · The Service Club of Chicago · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Helen V Brach Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Tides Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation

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 Ackerman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ackerman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Move United: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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
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.

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 60 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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