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Ampt Advancing Nonprofits

Advancing Nonprofits is committed to strengthening the organizational health and support long-term development of small nonprofits on Chicagos west and south sides while prioritizing Black- and Latine-led community organizations.

$467k
Granted FY2025still arriving
46
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 46 grants below total $442,333, the rows itemized in this filing. The $466,533 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $24,200 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $373k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES AGAINST$13,000
COLLEGE MENTORING EXPERIENCE$10,000
ROOTED IN DIGNITY INC$10,000
WALLS TURNED SIDEWAYS NFP$10,000
SOUTHEAST ENVIRONMENTAL TASK$10,000
TARIAKURI$10,000
FARMWORKER & LANDSCAPER ADVOC$10,000
SAMMY DYER SCHOOL OF THE THEA$10,000
BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES$10,000
BLACK MILLENNIAL RENAISSANCE$10,000
HOLY BREATH CONGLOMERATES NFP$10,000
IGNITING MINDS$10,000
UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZAT$10,000
SALUD INC$10,000
TRUE BELIEVERS COMMUNITY CONN$10,000
02The need
02

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 (FY25–25, $98k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LA BROCHA: $10k → 14%THE CHAAD PROJECT: $8k → 14%THE PUDDLE PROJECT: $8k → 14%GIVING OTHERS DREAMS GOD INC: $10k → 14%GIFTS FROM LIAM: $10k → 14%BURST INTO BOOKSJUREMA: $8k → 14%AUSTIN CHILDCARE PROVIDERS NE: $7k → 14%LATINA SWEAT CARES: $10k → 14%HUSTLE MOMMIES: $8k → 14%AND RISE WOMEN INC: $9k → 14%NDOULA COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $10k → 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 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
Heal Chicago

To strengthen communities through educational dialogue, leadership development, emotional resilience, and intercultural competence programs that help people bridge differences and build trust.

Public Benefit
2
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
3
Chicago Cultural Performing Arts and Media Allianc

To provide outreach services and resources

Arts & Culture
4
Blocks Together

Blocks Together: Blocks Together (BT) is a membership-based community organizing group in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood on Chicago's West Side. Since 1995, BT has empowered residents to work together for systematic changes that bring…

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5
Students Run Chicago
Health
6
Latino Union of Chicago

Latino Union works to defend the rights and dignity of contingent workers, including the right to immigrate, work, live free of oppression and violence, and provide for oneself and one's family.

Human Services
7
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
8
Open Space Arts

Open Space Arts is a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to producing bold LGBTQ-focused theater and presenting independent queer cinema. The organization supports emerging and established artists while engaging audiences through live…

Arts & Culture
9
Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago

The mission of the Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago is to collectively advance Black excellence in the work of the Black arts and culture sector.

Arts & Culture
10
Equity Arts

EQUITY ARTS is a center for the creative economy that advances racial equity and wealth-building for artists and entrepreneurs. This reparative ownership model preserves space for synergistic exchanges between value-aligned partners. The…

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11
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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12
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
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 Sammy Dyer School of the Theater. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 50 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
12/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KLP IMPACT LLC: $10,176 · OtherKLP IMPACT LLCHOLY BREATH CONGLOMERATES NFP INC: $10,000 · OtherHOLY BREATH CONGLOMERATES NFP INCCREATIVE NETWERK: $10,000 · OtherCREATIVE NETWERKIGNITING MINDS INC: $10,000 · OtherIGNITING MINDS INCGF PRODUCTIONS: $10,000 · OtherGF PRODUCTIONSBLACK MILLENNIAL RENAISSANCE: $10,000 · OtherBLACK MILLENNIAL RENAISSANCEUNITED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZAT: $10,000 · OtherUNITED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATROOTED IN DIGNITY INC: $10,000 · OtherROOTED IN DIGNITY INCSALUD INC NFP: $10,000 · OtherSALUD INC NFPPEOPLE EMPOWERING PEOPLE NFP: $10,000 · OtherPEOPLE EMPOWERING PEOPLE NFPINCREASE THE PEACE CHICAGO: $10,000 · OtherINCREASE THE PEACE CHICAGOAMINA DICKERSON: $8,000 · OtherHEAVEN HAS A HEART: $8,000 · OtherFARMWORKER AND LANDSCAPER ADVOCACY PROJECT: $10,000 · OtherFARMWORKER AND LANDSCAPER ADVOCACY PROJECTCO-OP ED CENTER NFP: $10,000 · OtherCO-OP ED CENTER NFPIN THE WEEDS INC: $10,000 · OtherIN THE WEEDS INCResilience Partners NFP: $10,000 · OtherResilience Partners NFPSOUTHEAST ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE: $10,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCEBA NIA Inc: $8,000 · OtherTELPOCHCALLI COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECT: $10,000 · Human ServicesTELPOCHCALLI COMMUNITY …NDoula Community Alliance Incorporated: $10,000 · Human ServicesNDoula Community Allian…Gifts From Liam: $10,000 · Human ServicesGifts From LiamGiving Others Dreams God Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesGiving Others Dreams Go…LATINA SWEAT CARES: $10,000 · Human ServicesLATINA SWEAT CARESAND RISE WOMEN INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesAND RISE WOMEN INCHustle Mommies: $8,000 · Human ServicesHustle MommiesThe Puddle Project NFP: $8,000 · Human ServicesThe Puddle Project NFPBURST INTO BOOKS: $8,000 · Human ServicesBURST INTO BOOKSTHE CHAAD PROJECT: $8,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHAAD PROJECTAustin Childcare Providers Network: $7,245 · Human ServicesAustin Childcare Provid…Chicago Art Department: $10,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Art Depa…Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation: $10,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Torture …SAMMY DYER SCHOOL OF THE THEA: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSAMMY DYER SCHOO…773 DANCE PROJECT: $10,000 · Arts & Culture773 DANCE PROJEC…ONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR: $10,000 · Arts & CultureONE LAWNDALE ART…Walls Turned Sideways NFP: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWalls Turned Sid…Teatro Tariakuri: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTeatro TariakuriTRUE BELIEVERS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $10,000 · EducationTRUE BELIEV…COLLEGE MENTORING EXPERIENCE: $10,000 · EducationCOLLEGE MEN…CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationCHICAGO FRE…CHICAGO TOOL LIBRARY CO: $10,000 · EducationCHICAGO TOO…ARQUITINA CORP ARQUITINA: $8,000 · EducationARQUITINA C…Organized Communities Against Deportations: $13,000 · Civil RightsNational Coalition for Latinxs With Disabilities: $10,000 · Civil RightsBLACKROOTS ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Civil RightsFOCUS FAIRIES MENTORING: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBETTER BOYS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoxing Out Negativity Inc: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentADVOCATES FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE NFP: $10,000 · Food & NutritionDISHROULETTE KITCHEN NFP: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$184,176Human Services$98,245Arts & Culture$70,000Education$48,000Civil Rights$33,000Youth Development$30,000Food & Nutrition$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOrganized Communities Against Deportations: $13,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetADVOCATES FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTRUE BELIEVERS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTELPOCHCALLI COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetChicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNDoula Community Alliance Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNational Coalition for Latinxs With Disabilities: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetGifts From Liam: $10,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetSAMMY DYER SCHOOL OF THE THEA: $10,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetCREATIVE NETWERK: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budget773 DANCE PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetGiving Others Dreams God Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetONE LAWNDALE ARTS & ACTIVISM INCUBATOR: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetIGNITING MINDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetLATINA SWEAT CARES: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCO-OP ED CENTER NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetIN THE WEEDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetWalls Turned Sideways NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetResilience Partners NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHICAGO TOOL LIBRARY CO: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetDISHROULETTE KITCHEN NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetTHE CHAAD PROJECT: $8,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetBA NIA Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAustin Childcare Providers Network: $7,245 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ampt Advancing Nonprofits?

    Find your warmest path to Ampt Advancing Nonprofits 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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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