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Chatham Financial Foundation Inc at a glance

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Chatham Financial Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$192k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$471kYouth Development$284kHuman Services$253kHealth$105kArts & Culture$80kHousing & Shelter$54kPhilanthropy$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $128k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE GARAGE$50,000
NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$35,000
DRESSEMBER FOUNDATION$30,000
MILE HIGH MINISTRIES$25,000
MIGHT WRITERS$15,500
THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC$12,000
KENNETT FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
BRANDYWINEBOTS ROBOTICS CLUB INC$4,500
LIGHT UP THE QUEEN$2,500
GOOD WORKS INC$1,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE$500
PROJECT PURPLE$500
BRENT'S PLACE$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $184k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON: $9k → 16%DRESSEMBER FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%DENVER ACTIVE 20-30 CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 6%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $2k → 17%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $25k → 12%WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $18k → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $60k → 6%GOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $16k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA INC: $5k → 6%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $5k → 6%CHARLES A MELTON ARTS AND EDUCATION CENTER: $1k → 6%WINGS FOR SUCCESS: $10k → 6%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OR
SD
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
DE
AZ
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$688k · 13 repeat orgs$863k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
47

Total granted

$688k
$806k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+30%

Still filing today

54%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • TG
    THE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER
    3× · 2019–2021 · $148k · revenue +70%
  • CC
    CHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $87k · revenue +12%
  • WC
    WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER
    2× · 2022–2023 · $38k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • LP
    LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $185k
  • KENNETT LIBRARYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +51%
  • K
    KACS
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
2
Children First Pa

Summary

Human Services
3
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
4
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
5
Heights Philadelphia

Heights is a new kind of organization, an economic mobility catalyst. we believe that creating pathways to educational and workforce success for low-income, black and brown, and first-generation-to-college students is the keystone of a…

Education
6
The Philadelphia Education Fund

The mission of the philadelphia education fund (pef) is to create equitable access to opportunities for students by providing resources and expertise that build paths to college and career success. pef focuses on philadelphia public school…

Youth Development
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Wilberforce University Wilberforce University

Wilberforce university is a historically black college and university and the primary mission is to engage, support, and assist students in identifying and preparing for their respective purposes in life as social change agents, social…

Education
9
The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation

The pittsburgh promise promotes high educational aspirations among urban youth, funds scholarships for post-secondary access, and fuels a prepared and diverse regional workforce.

Philanthropy
10
Frameworks Institute

To identify, conduct, translate, and apply rigorous research that frames the public discourse on social problems in order to advance the nonprofit and public sectors' communications capacity, alignment, and effectiveness.

Education
11
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
12
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Works Inc; the most unlike its peers is Light Up the Queen 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

42 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. 42 of the 67 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
26/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOL: $185,000 · OtherLITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLKENNETT LIBRARY: $100,000 · OtherKENNETT LIBRARYKACS: $100,000 · OtherKACSTHE GARAGE: $97,500 · OtherTHE GARAGENEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $60,500 · OtherNEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITALDRESSEMBER FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherDRESSEMBER FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+36 more: $264,489 · Other+36 moreTHE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER: $147,628 · EducationTHE GARAGE COMMUNIT…CHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC: $87,000 · EducationCHESTER COUNTY FUTU…MIGHTY WRITERS: $15,500 · EducationMIGHTY WRITERSLINCOLN UNIVERSITY: $12,000 · Education+2 more: $4,500 · EducationYOUNGMOMS: $60,000 · Human ServicesYOUNGMOMSWESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $38,000 · Human ServicesWESTSIDE COMM…MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $25,000 · Human ServicesMILE HIGH MIN…GOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesGOOD NEIGHBOR…Wings for Success Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesWings for Suc…Dressember Foundation: $10,000 · Human ServicesDressember Fo…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $9,427 · Human Services+5 more: $15,550 · Human Services+5 moreA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $74,000 · Public BenefitTOGETHER 4 EDUCATION: $53,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BRANDYWINEBOTS ROBOTICS CLUB INC: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHEAST RALEIGH COMMUNITY: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $25,000 · Food & NutritionGOOD WORKS INC: $21,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$917,489Education$266,628Human Services$183,977Public Benefit$74,000Youth Development$63,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Housing & Shelter$21,000

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 budgetTHE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER: $147,628 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetKENNETT LIBRARY: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FUTURES INC: $87,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $74,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetYOUNGMOMS: $60,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetWESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $38,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGOOD WORKS INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $16,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $14,883 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWings for Success Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDressember Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $9,427 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRANDYWINEBOTS ROBOTICS CLUB INC: $7,500 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetLITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Against Malaria Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPFLAG: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLCH Health and Community Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION PIONEERS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLight Up the Queen Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSOUTHEAST RALEIGH COMMUNITY: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Denver Children's Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE THE PROTESTERS INC: $1,270 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT: $1,213 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLES A MELTON ARTS & EDUCATION CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBy The Hand Club For Kids: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBE THE BRIDGE: $667 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE 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.

Chester County Commun…The Dansko Foundation…United Way of Chester…The Philadelphia Foun…The Gordon Charter Fo…Wsfs Cares FoundationUnited Way of Souther…Connelly FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Oxford Area Found…Cabot-Kjellerup Found…The Emergency Aid of …
Chester County Community FoundationPA25.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · The Dansko Foundation Inc · United Way of Chester County Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · United Way of Southern Chester County · Connelly Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Oxford Area Foundation · Cabot-Kjellerup Foundation · The Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania Foundation Inc

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 Chatham Financial Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chatham Financial Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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

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    How do I get to Chatham Financial Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Chatham Financial Foundation Inc 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 67 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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