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Barnes Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k19 grants · $62k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $87k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SHIRLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 134 | $35,000 |
| EASTER SEALS | $20,000 |
| CHILDRENS ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION | $12,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| MARKLUND FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| FRANCISCAN COMMUNITY BENEFIT | $8,125 |
| RAY GRAHAM ASSOCIATION | $7,500 |
| NOTRE DAME PARISH | $6,000 |
| NAVARRO FARM | $5,000 |
| ENDO COLLECTIVE | $5,000 |
| THE BRIDGE TEEN CENTER | $5,000 |
| TRINITY SERVICES | $5,000 |
| MONTINI-SAN MIGUEL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $4,000 |
| FISH HOSPITALITY PANTRIES | $4,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $2,100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $117k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RGRAY GRAHAM ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES6× · 2019–2024 · $73k · revenue +23%
- TSTRINITY SERVICES INC8× · 2017–2024 · $62k · revenue +89%
- JSJENNIFER S FALLICK CANCER SUPPORT CENTER2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- LRLa Rabida Children's Hospitalgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +34%
- AOArchdiocese of Blantyre Malawione grant, 2017 · $5k
- ESEASTER SEALS OF JOLIET REGION INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +76%
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.
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.
Provides the community necessary medical care through specialty physicians.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
SRAlab is dedicated to providing the best patient outcomes through the highest-quality clinical care, translational research, scientific discovery and education.
Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."
Our mission: to lead our communities to well-being, one person at a time. this mission is carried out by serving the people of a multi-county service area in reference to their current and future needs for health care services. our major…
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
The hospital is a catholic health care organization sponsored by the sisters of st. casimir. by our commitment to witness to the healing mission of jesus, we contribute to healthy communities and promote quality health care to all with…
Easterseals crossroads purpose is to change the way the world defines and views disability by making profound and positive differences in people's lives every day.
To improve and protect the health and welfare of the community in accordance with our mission, the mission of rockford health physicians is "exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better." the foundation of this…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…
Edward Hospital follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 49 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 EASTER SEALS INC ↗
- Who funds RAY GRAHAM ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ↗
- Who funds TRINITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds JENNIFER S FALLICK CANCER SUPPORT CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds ENDO COLLECTIVE INC ↗
- Who funds MORNING STAR MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Franciscan Community Benefit Services ↗
- Who funds THE BRIDGE TEEN CENTER NFP ↗
- Who funds La Rabida Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds HOSPITALITY PANTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds EASTER SEALS OF JOLIET REGION INC ↗
- Who funds NAVARRO FARM INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ROCKY RIVER EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds URBAN RIVERS INC ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR HEARING AND SPEECH RESOURCES ↗
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Will County · The Coleman Foundation Inc · The Dupage Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Barnes Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barnes Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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