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Belvedere Cares 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.

$652k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2024
21
Organizations funded FY2023
52%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,187
Organizations funded a year
5 to 34
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$12M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 52% of the organizations Belvedere Cares Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving17$652k29%
FY202321$756k52%
FY202234$537k56%
FY202123$426k48%
FY202018$429k44%
FY201915$310k87%
FY20185$77k60%
FY20177$165kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.5MEducation$862kHealth$527kHuman Services$119kHousing & Shelter$112kEmployment$75kFood & Nutrition$53kPhilanthropy$31kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
CA
NC
DC
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 52 grantees
All grantees of Belvedere Cares Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Urban Initiatives Inc$916,94286%
University of Chicago$340,00040%
The Jackson Chance Foundation$337,600612%
University of Illinois Foundation$181,00030%
Girls 4 Science$121,775420%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$80,10060%
Greenwood Project$75,00022%
Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for$50,00015%
Leukemia Research Foundation$50,0001n/a
Housing Opportunities for Women Inc$35,05230%
Chicago Youth Centers$30,00030%
Beat the Streets Chicago$30,00031%
Horizons for Youth$27,50031%
A Better Chicago$25,00010%
St Clement Parish & School$25,0001n/a
EMERGE Fellowship$25,00011%
Socialworks$22,50021%
Chicago Tech Academy$22,50030%
Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc$20,00020%
Smile Train Inc$20,00020%
International Neighborhood Collaborative$20,00022%
Almost Home Kids$20,00020%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$17,50010%
One Family Illinois$17,50030%
Direct Relief$14,5201n/a
Academy for Urban School Leadership$12,50030%
Ronald McDonald House Global$10,00020%
A Leg to Stand on Inc$10,00011%
One Book One World$10,000117%
Connor Hunt Memorial Foundation$10,00022%
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$7,5001n/a
Chicago Cares Inc$6,25510%
Big Shoulders Fund$6,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc$5,00010%
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$5,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,00010%
Bright Pink Nfp$5,00010%
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation$2,50010%
Outreach with Lacrosse Schools$2,50011%
United Chinese Americans$2,41511%
Chicago Cat Rescue$1,50012%
NAMI Chicago$1,18010%
Samaritan's Purse$1,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$75010%
The Gray Matter Experience Inc$66710%
The American India Foundation$55010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$50010%
Sarah's Circle$36210%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$25010%
The Mental Health Association of New York City Inc$25010%
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Inc$16710%
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($720k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Belvedere Cares Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUrban Initiatives Inc: $916,942 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $340,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jackson Chance Foundation: $337,600 over 6y, 12% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $181,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGirls 4 Science: $121,775 over 4y, 20% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $80,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGreenwood Project: $75,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetChicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for: $50,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetHousing Opportunities for Women Inc: $35,052 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Youth Centers: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBeat the Streets Chicago: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHorizons for Youth: $27,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetA Better Chicago: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEMERGE Fellowship: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSocialworks: $22,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetChicago Tech Academy: $22,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPhilanthropy Massachusetts Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Neighborhood Collaborative: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetAlmost Home Kids: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Family Illinois: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAcademy for Urban School Leadership: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA Leg to Stand on Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOne Book One World: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetConnor Hunt Memorial Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetChicago Cares Inc: $6,255 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Children's Advocacy Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBright Pink Nfp: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOutreach with Lacrosse Schools: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Chinese Americans: $2,415 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChicago Cat Rescue: $1,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNAMI Chicago: $1,180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gray Matter Experience Inc: $667 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American India Foundation: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSarah's Circle: $362 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mental Health Association of New York City Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAutistic Self Advocacy Network Inc: $167 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnections for Abused Women and Their Children: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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 TrustIL27.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Drw Foundation · Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation · Cme Group 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.

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About Belvedere Cares Foundation

How much does Belvedere Cares Foundation give?
Belvedere Cares Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $651,549 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Belvedere Cares Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (44%), Education (26%), Health (16%).
Who are Belvedere Cares Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Urban Initiatives Inc ($917k), University of Chicago ($340k), The Jackson Chance Foundation ($338k).
Does Belvedere Cares Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Belvedere Cares Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Belvedere Cares Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, AbbVie Foundation.
Where is Belvedere Cares Foundation based?
Belvedere Cares Foundation is based in IL.

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 78 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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