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Cafaro-Livingston Charitable Trust at a glance

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Cafaro-Livingston Charitable Trust

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.

$199k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$101k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.2MHealth$465kFood & Nutrition$225kHuman Services$82kArts & Culture$48kPhilanthropy$40kRecreation & Sports$27kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $151k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$188k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CURE EPILEPSY (CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESEARCH IN EPILEPSY)$100,850
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$50,000
OUR PLACE OF NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP$19,977
ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION$15,000
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION$6,300
MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION$2,500
SPECIAL GIFTS THEATRE$1,025
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$1,000
FIGUEROA WU FAMILY FOUNDATION$1,000
WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC$500
HATTIE LARLHAM FOUNDATION$250
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$250
OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH$200
ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO$200
SPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS$105
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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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CASA SAN JOSE: $1k → 11%CLIMB WYOMING: $250 → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $250 → 11%CLIMB WYOMING: $250 → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $200 → 11%YOUNG CENTER: $500 → 14%FIGUEROA WU FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 18 repeat orgs$224k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
25

Total granted

$3.1M
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+29%

Still filing today

78%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k 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
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureFood & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • University of Chicago
    5× · 2017–2023 · $2.2M · revenue +56%
  • CU
    Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
    3× · 2017–2020 · $295k · revenue +21%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    5× · 2017–2025 · $275k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • OP
    OUR PLACE OF NEW TRIERINC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • LC
    LURIE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
2
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
3
New York Genome Center Inc

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.

Health
4
The Carle Foundation Hospital

To be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions and to improve health by providing highly accessible, world-class care and services.

Health
5
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
6
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
7
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
10
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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11
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
12
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Acceleration Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago. 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

37 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. 37 of the 56 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
27/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Chicago: $2,225,800 · EducationUniversity of Chicago+3 more: $11,603 · EducationCURE EPILEPSY (CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESEARCH IN EPILEPSY): $100,850 · OtherCURE EPILEP…THE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $80,000 · OtherTHE CENTER …OUR PLACE: $75,000 · OtherOUR PLACEOUR PLACE OF NEW TRIERINC: $20,000 · OtherOUR PLACE O…LURIE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Other+28 more: $61,080 · Other+28 moreCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $294,900 · HealthCitizens Un…OUR PLACE OF NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP: $19,977 · HealthOUR PLACE O…Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $15,000 · Health+3 more: $6,450 · HealthGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $275,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER C…+1 more: $100 · Food & NutritionMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $53,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $31,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $7,000 · PhilanthropyPITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION: $6,300 · Philanthropy+2 more: $1,750 · PhilanthropySPECIAL GIFTS THEATRE INC CO ELISE LARSEN: $26,025 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNSSRA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTETON ADAPTIVE: $8,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$2,237,403Other$351,930Health$336,327Food & Nutrition$275,100Philanthropy$99,050Arts & Culture$27,025Recreation & Sports$18,000

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 budgetUniversity of Chicago: $2,225,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $294,900 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $275,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $80,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $53,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL GIFTS THEATRE INC CO ELISE LARSEN: $26,025 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetOUR PLACE OF NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP: $19,977 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGoldie B Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative: $11,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNSSRA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTETON ADAPTIVE: $8,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION: $6,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,005 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetOVER THE RAINBOW ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ACCELERATION PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $1,620 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENILWORTH COMMUNITY FUND INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIGUEROA WU FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA CENTER ON ACTUAL INNOCENCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA SAN JOSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollaborative Arts Institute of Chicago: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $100 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.

AbbVie FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
AbbVie FoundationIL13.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Cafaro-Livingston Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cafaro-Livingston Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 Cafaro-Livingston Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Cafaro-Livingston Charitable Trust 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 56 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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