· Private foundation
Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati
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 $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $449k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $687k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THRIVE SCHOLARS | $200,000 |
| BANDWITH MUSIC LTD | $160,000 |
| MYCHALS LEARNING PLACE | $77,000 |
| CRISTO REY ST MARTIN | $50,000 |
| BIG SHOULDERS | $50,000 |
| MOMENTUM | $50,000 |
| IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP | $50,000 |
| ST IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP | $50,000 |
| MIDTOWN EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| FRANK LENTZ FOUNDATION | $37,000 |
| ARRUPE COLLEGE OF LOYOLA | $30,000 |
| HOLY TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| PROVIDENCE ST MEL SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| FIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL | $25,000 |
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, $230k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 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, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $209k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHRIVE SCHOLARS5× · 2019–2024 · $240k · revenue +152%
- BMBANDWITH MUSIC LTD3× · 2022–2024 · $230k · revenue +31%
- MLMYCHALS LEARNING PLACE8× · 2017–2024 · $177k · revenue +184%
Funded once
- STSISTER THEA BOWMAN BLACK CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +65%
- SCSOUTH CENTRAL SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $5k
- RVRANCHIN' VETSone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -4%
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.
To equip all students in grades six through twelve with the academic skills, intellectual habits and character traits to succeed in the college of their choice, strenghten their communities and change the world.
The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.
Tutoring chicago delivers the power of education through one-to-one tutoring.
Chicago scholars is transforming the leadership landscape of our city by resolving the fundamental barriers to success for academically driven, first generation college students from under-resourced communities.
The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…
Thrive chicago's mission is to prepare chicago's youth for a vibrant future by aligning efforts and outcomes from cradle to career.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The chicago high school for the arts (chiarts) develops the next generation of diverse, artistically promising scholar-artists through intensive pre-professional training in the arts, combined with a comprehensive college preparatory…
Achieving international impact through world-class research and education in fundamental computer science and information technology.
Founded to educate and inspire gifted and precocious learners who require special social, emotional, executive function and academic supports to realize their high potential, in the greater new york city area, for students grades 1 through…
How this is measured
19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 38 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 Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers ↗
- Who funds THRIVE SCHOLARS ↗
- Who funds BANDWITH MUSIC LTD ↗
- Who funds MYCHALS LEARNING PLACE ↗
- Who funds PEDIATRIC THERAPY NETWORK ↗
- Who funds Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc ↗
- Who funds Providence St Mel School ↗
- Who funds THE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds FRANK LENTZ FOUNDATION LTD ↗
- Who funds FIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC ↗
- Who funds COME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GLENWOOD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds LUMEN CHRISTI INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN HEART RANCH ↗
- Who funds SISTER THEA BOWMAN BLACK CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WEST SIDE CONNECTOR ↗
- Who funds RANCHIN' VETS ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ↗
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: The Chicago Community Trust · Hfs Chicago Scholars · WP & HB White Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Cuneo Foundation · Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation · Fred J Brunner Foundation · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles W & Patrica S Bidwill Foundati. Bigger dots raise more.
- National Center for Children and Families: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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