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Chicago Foundation for Women

For forty years, cfw has been the only organization in the region to take a comprehensive approach to understand and address the challenges and needs women and girls face through every stage of their lives with a focus on it's four impact areas.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
184
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$83k
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.

Human Services$4.7MEmployment$3.1MHealth$2.8MCivil Rights$2.0MHousing & Shelter$1.6MYouth Development$1.5MCrime & Legal$1.4MCommunity Improvement$1.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 184 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k47 grants · $171k
  • $10k–50k133 grants · $2.4M
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $248k
$12,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEAMWORK ENGLEWOOD$82,500
JANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION$60,000
CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES$55,000
EVERTHRIVE ILLINOIS$50,000
LADIES OF VIRTUE$45,000
LOVE UNITY & VALUES (LUV) INSTITUTE$45,000
EQUAL HOPE$43,000
FAMILY RESCUE$42,500
ILLINOIS CAUCUS FOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH$42,000
HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES$40,000
JANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION$37,500
GROW YOUR OWN TEACHERS$35,000
NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMENS FORUM$35,000
SOUTHSIDE CENTER OF HOPE$34,300
CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES$32,500
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 (FY18–24, $4.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HAVEN HOUSE: $25k → 15%HAVEN HOUSE: $25k → 15%NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMENS FORUM: $30k → 14%BETWEEN FRIENDS: $40k → 14%BETWEEN FRIENDS: $40k → 14%FAMILY SHELTER SERVICE: $40k → 7%FAMILY SHELTER SERVICE: $40k → 7%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 14%KAN-WIN: $35k → 14%KAN-WIN: $35k → 14%KAN-WIN: $25k → 14%KAN-WIN: $25k → 14%KAN-WIN: $25k → 14%KAN-WIN: $25k → 14%KAN-WIN: $25k → 14%KAN-WIN: $25k → 14%YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $30k → 14%YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $30k → 14%YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $30k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $26k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $26k → 14%CENTER FOR ADVANCING DOMESTIC PEACE: $26k → 14%JANE ADDAMS SENIOR CAUCUS: $25k → 14%JANE ADDAMS SENIOR CAUCUS: $25k → 14%JANE ADDAMS SENIOR CAUCUS: $25k → 14%JANE ADDAMS SENIOR CAUCUS: $25k → 14%JANE ADDAMS SENIOR CAUCUS: $25k → 14%FAMILY RESCUE: $45k → 14%FAMILY RESCUE: $43k → 14%FAMILY RESCUE: $30k → 14%FAMILY RESCUE: $30k → 14%FAMILY RESCUE: $30k → 14%FAMILY RESCUE: $30k → 14%HEART WOMEN & GIRLS: $27k → 14%OF COLOR INC: $52k → 14%OF COLOR INC: $42k → 14%OF COLOR INC: $29k → 14%CHICAGO COMMONS ASSOCIATION: $40k → 14%CHICAGO COMMONS ASSOCIATION: $40k → 14%HUSTLE MOMMIES: $28k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES: $50k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES: $50k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES: $50k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES: $50k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES: $50k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES: $50k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES: $40k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
IN
PA
CA
MD
TN
DC
AL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 171 repeat orgs$922k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

171 repeat relationships: 120 still active in FY2024, 51 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

171
98

Total granted

$19M
$724k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+28%

Still filing today

92%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $198k 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
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
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

  • JA
    JANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $646k · revenue +48%
  • CW
    CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $589k · revenue +235%
  • AC
    ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $565k · revenue +639%

Funded once

  • CO
    Center on Halstedgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $27k · revenue +46%
  • NG
    NATURES GARDEN FOR VICTORY AND PEACE INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • MA
    MIDWEST ACCESS COALITIONgraduated
    2× · 2017–2023 · $20k · revenue ×47
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 Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
2
Injustice Watch Nfp

Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the court system.

Civil Rights
3
Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants

Serving recently arrived migrants and asylum seekers in the Chicagoland area and is committed to upholding the dignity and human rights of immigrants.

Human Services
4
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness (CCH) builds community power and advances racial equity through organizing, advocacy, legal assistance, and education to prevent and end homelessness because housing is a human right.

Housing & Shelter
5
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc

Secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all

Crime & Legal
6
International Women Associates Inc

By engaging in cross-cultural exchange, community service, dialogue and friendship, IWA creates connections among people of diverse international backgrounds and works toward a more just and peaceful world.

Housing & Shelter
7
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
8
Chicago Torture Justice Center

Seeks to address the traumas of police violence and institutionalized racism through access to healing and wellness services, trauma-informed resources, and community connection. The Center is a part of and supports a movement to end all…

Crime & Legal
9
Impact Grants Chicago

Impact Grants Chicago connects, engages and inspires women to improve the community of Chicago by collectively funding $100,000 grants to Chicago nonprofits that are dedicated to addressing the challenges facing the city.

Philanthropy
10
Legal Aid Chicago

At legal aid chicago, we work together to provide high quality civil legal aid to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups.through advocacy, education, collaboration, and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental…

Crime & Legal
11
Heal Chicago

To strengthen communities through educational dialogue, leadership development, emotional resilience, and intercultural competence programs that help people bridge differences and build trust.

Public Benefit
12
The Chicago Network Inc

In furtherance of its charitable and educational goals, the Network's activities consist primarily of providing educational opportunities for its members and the public on issues related to the advancement of women in the workplace. As the…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Women's Health Center; the most unlike its peers is The Roberti Community House. 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

307 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
119
Early backer (in before they grew)
287/307
Grantees still filing
208/307
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES: $588,500 · OtherCHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADESILLINOIS CAUCUS FOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH INC: $314,625 · OtherEVERTHRIVE ILLINOIS: $306,125 · OtherINDUSTRIAL COUNCIL OF NEARWEST CHICAGO: $305,000 · OtherGROW YOUR OWN ILLINOIS: $272,500 · OtherALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY: $565,000 · OtherALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY+87 more: $5,817,809 · Other+87 moreFAMILY RESCUE INC: $361,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESCUE INCHEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $340,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERV…KAN-WIN: $242,500 · Human ServicesKAN-WINBETWEEN FRIENDS: $241,150 · Human ServicesBETWEEN FRIENDSJane Addams Senior Caucus: $187,500 · Human ServicesYWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $186,748 · Human ServicesMetropolitan Family Services: $182,500 · Human ServicesMUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $178,000 · Human ServicesHEART Women & Girls: $159,500 · Human Services+35 more: $2,418,992 · Human Services+35 moreJANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION: $646,000 · EmploymentJANE ADDA…UPWARDLY GLOBAL: $270,000 · EmploymentUPWARDLY …WOMEN EMPLOYED: $201,000 · EmploymentWOMEN EMP…ARISE CHICAGO: $190,625 · EmploymentARISE CHI…Healing to Action: $164,500 · EmploymentHealing t…The Cara Program: $145,000 · EmploymentThe Cara …LIFT INC: $80,000 · Employment+2 more: $43,175 · EmploymentEqual Hope: $350,125 · HealthEqual Hop…AFFINITY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $266,900 · HealthAFFINITY …RESILIENCE: $170,000 · HealthRESILIENC…Planned Parenthood of Illinois: $159,500 · HealthPlanned P…BA NIA Inc: $93,500 · HealthBA NIA In…Repro TLC: $92,000 · HealthRepro TLCErie Family Health Center Inc: $80,000 · HealthCHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $70,000 · HealthSISTA AFYA COMMUNITY CARE NFP: $70,000 · HealthMother and Child Alliance: $66,500 · Health+8 more: $251,000 · Health+8 moreCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID: $242,125 · Crime & LegalSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $203,000 · Crime & LegalLIFE-SPAN: $202,500 · Crime & LegalLaw Center for Better Housing: $163,000 · Crime & LegalWarehouse Workers Justice Center Inc: $143,125 · Crime & LegalCHICAGO COMMUNITY BOND FUND: $106,800 · Crime & LegalFund for Justice: $65,000 · Crime & LegalSafer Foundation: $62,500 · Crime & LegalTHE FREE ROOT OPERATION INC: $55,700 · Crime & LegalNORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID CLINIC: $55,500 · Crime & Legal+3 more: $65,700 · Crime & LegalTeamwork Englewood Inc: $358,500 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES: $233,900 · Community ImprovementALLIES FOR COMMUNITY BUSINESS INC: $192,500 · Community ImprovementLogan Square Neighborhood Association: $117,500 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITIES UNITED: $98,000 · Community ImprovementEnlace Chicago: $85,000 · Community ImprovementKenwood Oakland Community Organization: $75,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $26,900 · Community ImprovementLADIES OF VIRTUE: $330,075 · Youth DevelopmentLOVE UNITY & VALUES INSTITUTE: $265,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLFORWARD: $154,500 · Youth DevelopmentDemoiselle 2 Femme NFP: $65,250 · Youth DevelopmentChicago Youth Centers: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS LIKE ME PROJECT INC: $57,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $46,000 · Youth DevelopmentMEAN Girls Empowerment: $42,700 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH OUTLOOK: $40,000 · Youth Development+5 more: $117,600 · Youth Development
Other$8,169,559Human Services$4,498,390Employment$1,740,300Health$1,669,525Crime & Legal$1,364,950Community Improvement$1,187,300Youth Development$1,178,125

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetJANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION: $646,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES: $588,500 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY: $565,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILY RESCUE INC: $361,500 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetTeamwork Englewood Inc: $358,500 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetEqual Hope: $350,125 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetHEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $340,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLADIES OF VIRTUE: $330,075 over 9y, 13% of budgetILLINOIS CAUCUS FOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH INC: $314,625 over 9y, 14% of budgetEVERTHRIVE ILLINOIS: $306,125 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetINDUSTRIAL COUNCIL OF NEARWEST CHICAGO: $305,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetGROW YOUR OWN ILLINOIS: $272,500 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetUPWARDLY GLOBAL: $270,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetAFFINITY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $266,900 over 9y, 30% of budgetLOVE UNITY & VALUES INSTITUTE: $265,000 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetKAN-WIN: $242,500 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID: $242,125 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetBETWEEN FRIENDS: $241,150 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC: $240,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES: $233,900 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetAPNA GHAR INC: $214,100 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $203,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetLIFE-SPAN: $202,500 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetWOMEN EMPLOYED: $201,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER: $199,750 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL ABLE NETWORK INC: $195,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALLIES FOR COMMUNITY BUSINESS INC: $192,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetARISE CHICAGO: $190,625 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetCHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL: $188,125 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetJane Addams Senior Caucus: $187,500 over 9y, 11% of budgetYWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $186,748 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA EvanstonNorth Shore: $184,900 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $182,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $178,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN'S FORUM: $177,125 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetASCEND JUSTICE: $175,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER: $174,000 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetRESILIENCE: $170,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetSOUTHSIDE CENTER OF HOPE: $169,500 over 5y, 16% of budgetHealing to Action: $164,500 over 8y, 16% of budgetLaw Center for Better Housing: $163,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetANEW BUILDING BEYOND VIOLENCE AND ABUSE: $162,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetDEBORAH'S PLACE: $162,019 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetHEART Women & Girls: $159,500 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $159,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGyrls In The HOOD Foundation: $156,275 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetGIRLFORWARD: $154,500 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $152,000 over 7y, 0.1% 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 JANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES ↗
  • Who funds ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Teamwork Englewood Inc ↗
  • Who funds Equal Hope ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LADIES OF VIRTUE ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS CAUCUS FOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERTHRIVE ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL OF NEARWEST CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds GROW YOUR OWN ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds UPWARDLY GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds AFFINITY COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LOVE UNITY & VALUES INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds KAN-WIN ↗
  • Who funds CABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID ↗
  • Who funds BETWEEN FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds THE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES ↗
  • Who funds APNA GHAR INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW ↗
  • Who funds LIFE-SPAN ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN EMPLOYED ↗
  • Who funds LAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ABLE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIES FOR COMMUNITY BUSINESS INC ↗
  • Who funds ARISE CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Jane Addams Senior Caucus ↗
  • Who funds YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Family Services ↗
  • Who funds MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN'S FORUM ↗
  • Who funds ASCEND JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RESILIENCE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHSIDE CENTER OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Healing to Action ↗

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.

United Way of Metropo…Polk Bros Foundation …Field Foundation of I…Circle of Service Fou…ForefrontCrossroads Fund IncLloyd a Fry FoundationRobert R McCormick Fo…Michael Reese Health …Arie and Ida Crown Me…Woods Fund of ChicagoAlphawood Foundation
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago IncIL155× affinity106 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Field Foundation of Illinois · Circle of Service Foundation · Forefront · Crossroads Fund Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Michael Reese Health Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Woods Fund of Chicago · Alphawood 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 Chicago Foundation for Women funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chicago Foundation for Women. 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
    88report 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 300 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $3.2M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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