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Barrett Family Foundation at a glance

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Barrett Family 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.

$27k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$37kHuman Services$32kFood & Nutrition$30kArts & Culture$8kEducation$7kAnimals$6kHousing & Shelter$6kPublic Benefit$500
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,300
Median grant
1
States reached
$359k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HINSDALE COMMUNITY SERVICES$5,000
WELLNESS HOUSE$5,000
NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK$5,000
WELLNESS HOUSE$3,300
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$3,000
INTERLOCHEN CENTER$2,500
CHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$2,500
HINSDALE CENTRAL BANK BOOSTER$1,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 8% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ECHOES AROUND THE WORLD: $1k → 6%American Heart Assn: $1k → 14%Interlochen Center for the Arts: $5k → 10%Michiana Humane Society Inc: $3k → 15%Wellness House: $10k → 7%Illinois Wish Upon a Star: $500 → 7%NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $5k → 8%CHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $3k → 14%Southern Illinois University: $2k → 23%Wellness House: $5k → 7%NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $5k → 8%Make A Wish Foundation: $500 → 14%WELLNESS HOUSE: $5k → 7%Northern Illinois Food Bank: $5k → 8%HCS Family Services: $5k → 7%Northern Illinois Food Bank: $5k → 8%HINSDALE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 7%WELLNESS HOUSE: $5k → 7%INTERLOCHEN CENTER: $5k → 7%WELLNESS HOUSE: $3k → 7%HCS Family Services: $3k → 7%Hinsdale Humane Society: $3k → 7%INTERLOCHEN CENTER: $3k → 7%Hinsdale High School District 86: $2k → 7%WELLNESS HOUSE: $2k → 7%HCS Family Services: $2k → 7%HINSDALE FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 7%Hinsdale Township HS Dist 86: $2k → 7%Wellness House: $2k → 7%HINSDALE CENTRAL BANK BOOSTER: $1k → 7%HINSDALE CENTRAL BANK BOOSTER: $1k → 7%AdventHealth Foundation Great Lakes: $500 → 7%District 181 Foundation: $500 → 7%Lutheran Child and Family Services: $3k → 7%LUTHERAN CHILD FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 7%Lutheran Child and Family Services: $1k → 7%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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$93k · 9 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
14

Total granted

$93k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
0%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • WH
    Wellness House
    5× · 2021–2025 · $32k · revenue +45%
  • HF
    HCS FAMILY SERVICES
    3× · 2020–2023 · $10k · revenue +29%
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Global
    2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • IC
    INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -69%
  • HH
    HINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -23%
  • MH
    MICHIANA HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -15%
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
Illinois Health and Hospital Association

To advocate for and support hospitals and health systems as they serve patients and communities in illinois.

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2
Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
Human Services
3
Mchc Chicago Hospital Council

The mission of mchc chicago hospital council is to foster, promote, support, develop and encourage charitable, educational, scholastic and scientific purposes; promote cooperative effort and action between hospitals and other health care…

Health
4
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago

Infant welfare society of chicago (iws) (d/b/a iws family health) provides quality medical, dental and behavioral health services for the health, physical and mental development of children and their families in the chicagoland community.

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5
Asian Human Services Family Health Center Inc

Ahsfhc is a federally qualified health center. ahsfhc's mission is to provide quality and compassionate health care services to the asian american community and all other underserved or underprivileged communities in a culturally competent…

Health
6
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
7
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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8
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
9
Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc

Provide pediatric and subspecialty surgical, research, and educational services.

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10
Childrens Hospital of Illinois Medical Group

To support the mission of osf healthcare system, a catholic integrated health care delivery system, through the provision of quality health care services related to comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for children.

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11
Community Shares of Illinois

Community shares of illinois represents a diverse group of charitites with a common mission, to make our world a better place. whether your passion is women's issues, protecting children, helping animals, promoting health care or curbing…

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12
Feeding Illinois

Feeding illinois is a coalition of eight feeding america food banks that provide food to over 2,400 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters that feed nearly 1.4 million residents across the entire state of illinois.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

14 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. 14 of the 25 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Wellness House: $32,400 · HealthWellness HouseRonald McDonald House Global: $10,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global+1 more: $1,000 · HealthINTERLOCHEN CENTER: $7,500 · OtherINTERLOCHEN CENTERRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $5,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEHINSDALE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherHINSDALE COMMUNITY SERVICESLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ILLINOIS: $3,500 · OtherLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVIC…WISH UPON A STAR: $2,500 · OtherWISH UPON A STARHINSDALE CENTRAL BANK BOOSTER: $2,000 · OtherHINSDALE CENTRAL BANK BOOSTERHinsdale High School District 86: $2,000 · OtherHinsdale High School District 86Hinsdale Township HS Dist 86: $2,000 · OtherHinsdale Township HS Dist 86HINSDALE FAMILY SERVICES: $2,000 · OtherHINSDALE FAMILY SERVICESLUTHERAN CHILD FAMILY SERVICES: $2,000 · OtherLUTHERAN CHILD FAMILY SERVICES+4 more: $2,000 · Other+4 moreNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $20,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS …HCS FAMILY SERVICES: $10,000 · Community ImprovementHCS FAMIL…INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS: $2,500 · Arts & CultureHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,000 · AnimalsMICHIANA HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · AnimalsSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · EducationECHOES AROUND THE WORLD: $1,000 · Education
Health$43,400Other$36,000Food & Nutrition$20,000Community Improvement$10,000Arts & Culture$7,500Animals$5,500Education$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWellness House: $32,400 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHCS FAMILY SERVICES: $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ILLINOIS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWISH UPON A STAR: $2,500 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetMICHIANA HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetECHOES AROUND THE WORLD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $500 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.

Enterprise Holdings F…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO11.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Barrett Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barrett Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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, FY20–25
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Barrett Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Barrett Family 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 25 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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