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Chez Family Foundation at a glance

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Chez Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$234k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$120k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$1.0MPhilanthropy$460kScience & Tech$200kHousing & Shelter$95kEducation$66kEmployment$50kFood & Nutrition$23kArts & Culture$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $224k
$104,170
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH UNITED FUND$120,000
MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION$104,170
VETERAN CAREER JOURNEY$10,000
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 (FY21–21, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS: $25k → 7%DENTISTRY 4 VETS: $7k → 12%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 7 repeat orgs$255k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$1.7M
$245k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+69%

Still filing today

86%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEmploymentPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • MH
    MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $884k · revenue +4%
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    4× · 2021–2024 · $460k · revenue +33%
  • University of Illinois Foundation
    2× · 2019–2021 · $66k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • NS
    NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM - ROBERT BROOKS PROSTATE CANCER FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • MS
    MIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +69%
  • TH
    THE HONOR FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +99%
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
Chicago House & Social Service Agency

Provides housing and support services to individuals and families impacted by hiv/aids

Health
2
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
3
Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center

As a member of sinai health system, mount sinai hospital medical center's mission is to improve the health of the individuals and communities it serves by providing comprehensive medical, surgical, pediatric, psychiatric, and intensive…

Health
4
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
5
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group

Northwestern memorial healthcare is an integrated healthcare system, consisting of multiple hospitals (including northwestern memorial hospital, an academic medical center) and networks of physicians and healthcare professionals, where the…

Health
6
Association House of Chicago

Association house's mission is to advance each person's full participation in the life of their families, communities, and society. since 1899, we have served a vibrant, multicultural community. we used a trauma informed, culturally…

Human Services
7
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations

Endeavor Health Clinical Operations follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."

Health
8
Vision for Chicago

Vision for Chicago is a community-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing equitable access to comprehensive eye care for young adults in underserved neighborhoods. Through localized programs we provide free vision screenings and…

Health
9
Institute of Medicine of Chicago

Mission - the institute of medicine of chicago is an independent non-profit organization of distinguished leaders in the health field who collaborate to improve the health of the public. drawing upon the expertise of a diverse membership…

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10
Homes for Veterans a Nj Non Profit Corporation

Our mission is to provide a holistic approach to support veterans with disabilities by removing barriers in every aspect of their lives. this includes funding customized, barrier-free home modificationssuch as wheelchair-accessible…

Housing & Shelter
11
The Midnight Mission

The midnight mission seeks to offer a bridge to self sufficiency for people experiencing homelessness through interim shelter, advocacy, education, training and job placement, make available the necessities of life, offer the 12-step…

Human Services
12
Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp

To provide food, information and resources to the west englewood community on the south side of chicago, il. our goal is to also increase financial and emotional stability to its residents while combating food insecurity, hunger and…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc; the most unlike its peers is Intonation Music Workshop. 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $884,186 · HealthMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION+1 more: $2,000 · HealthJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $460,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METR…NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - SCHAEFFER LABORATORY: $200,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY …NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM - ROBERT BROOKS PROSTATE CANCER FUND: $100,000 · OtherNORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY H…FOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $20,000 · OtherLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER: $15,000 · OtherINTONATION MUSIC WORKSHOP: $20,000 · Other2X4S FOR HOPE: $17,000 · Other+6 more: $49,238 · Other+6 moreNICKYS GARDENS OF HOPE INC: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $66,250 · EducationTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EmploymentSKILLS FOR CHICAGO: $20,000 · EmploymentMIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesDENTISTRY 4 VETS: $7,000 · Human Services
Health$886,186Philanthropy$460,000Other$421,238Housing & Shelter$70,000Education$66,250Employment$40,000Human Services$32,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $884,186 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $460,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNICKYS GARDENS OF HOPE INC: $70,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $66,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSKILLS FOR CHICAGO: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTONATION MUSIC WORKSHOP: $20,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI COOK COUNTY NORTH SUBURBAN: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetDENTISTRY 4 VETS: $7,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 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.

The Chicago Community…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL13.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving 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 Chez Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chez Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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 21 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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