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Charlton Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Charlton Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$42k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$562kPhilanthropy$302kEducation$256kHuman Services$150kYouth Development$99kFood & Nutrition$61kEnvironment$60kArts & Culture$49kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIVERSIDE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$25,000
KANKAKEE RIVERFRONT SOCIETY$16,667
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 (FY20–20, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $8k → 10%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 13 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$1.5M
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
-2%

Still filing today

62%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • KC
    KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $250k · revenue +16%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KANKAKEE
    5× · 2019–2024 · $150k · revenue +80%
  • NI
    NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK
    4× · 2017–2024 · $61k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • FC
    FAMILY CARE & PREGNANCY CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $33k · revenue -34%
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $25k
  • YF
    YOUTH FOR CHRIST
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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2
Coastal Prairie Conservancy

The Coastal Prairie Conservancy (CPC) works to sustain a resilient Texas by preserving coastal prairies, wetlands, farms, and ranches to benefit people and wildlife forever. Continued on Schedule OCPC conserves land, restores and enhances…

Environment
3
Northern Illinois Blood Bank Inc D/B/a Rock River Valley Blood Center

Rock river valley blood center, in partnership with our community, is dedicated to providing safe, high value blood products and services to people in need.

Health
4
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
5
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
6
Jefferson National Parks Association

Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.

Arts & Culture
7
Washburn University Foundation

The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.

Education
8
The Little Forks Conservancy Inc

To permanently protect and improve natural environments in Mid-Michigan by leading and inspiring actions that conserve vital habitats and waterways for the benefit of our entire community.

Environment
9
Kane Community Hospital Foundation

Kane community hospital foundation supports the people of upmc kane and their communities by providing access to financial resources to be used towards education and services aimed to enhance health and wellness within our region

Health
10
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
11
Trinity Park Conservancy

Trinity Park Conservancy champions the transformation of the Trinity River to become the heart of Dallas. With the community, the Conservancy will design public spaces that unite us, enrich people's lives through access to nature, create…

Community Improvement
12
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northern Illinois Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Kankakee Riverfront Society 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

13 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. 13 of the 22 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $550,000 · OtherRIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KANKAKEE: $149,580 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KANKAKEEIndividual grant recipient: $120,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $118,014 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSouth Pointe Youth for Christ: $72,000 · OtherSouth Pointe Youth for ChristTreeFolks Inc: $50,000 · OtherKANKAKEE VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $45,220 · Other+8 more: $78,700 · Other+8 moreKANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationKANKAKEE COMMUNITY…+1 more: $5,500 · EducationNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $60,500 · Food & NutritionKankakee Riverfront Society Inc: $33,334 · Community ImprovementFAMILY CARE & PREGNANCY CENTER: $32,500 · HealthCamp For All Foundation: $12,177 · Youth DevelopmentPease Park Conservancy: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,183,514Education$255,500Food & Nutrition$60,500Community Improvement$33,334Health$32,500Youth Development$12,177Recreation & Sports$10,000

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 budgetRIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $550,000 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetKANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KANKAKEE: $149,580 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $60,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTreeFolks Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetKankakee Riverfront Society Inc: $33,334 over 2y, 11% of budgetFAMILY CARE & PREGNANCY CENTER: $32,500 over 1y, 19% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $12,177 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPease Park Conservancy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKANKAKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,400 over 2y, 0.8% 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.

  • Who funds RIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KANKAKEE ↗
  • Who funds South Pointe Youth for Christ ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds TreeFolks Inc ↗
  • Who funds Kankakee Riverfront Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CARE & PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Camp For All Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Pease Park Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KANKAKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗

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.

Iroquois Federal Foun…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Iroquois Federal Foundation IncIL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Iroquois Federal Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Charlton Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charlton Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 22 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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