Skip to content
Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$208kPhilanthropy$24kHealth$14kFood & Nutrition$14kArts & Culture$11kHuman Services$9kPublic Safety & Disaster$8kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,695
Median grant
2
States reached
$607k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$6,000
FENTON HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
CARTHAGE COLLEGE$4,000
RUSH UNIVERSITY$4,000
NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE$4,000
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE$1,695
WESTCHESTER FOOD PANTRY$1,000
BENSENVILLE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION$1,000
NADCA CHAPTER 5$500
SALUTE INC$500
FOREVER HUSKY$250
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 (FY20–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MANELE KOELE CHARITABLE FUND: $5k → 9%AWESOME LIFE ACADEMY NFP: $500 → 6%MANELE KOELE CHARITABLE FUND: $5k → 9%WESTCHESTER FOOD PANTRY: $1k → 14%SALUTE INC: $500 → 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
WI
NY
IA
CA
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
HI
GA
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$229k · 22 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
27

Total granted

$229k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+27%

Still filing today

64%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • EU
    ELMHURST UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2020–2023 · $38k · revenue +33%
  • DU
    DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +29%
  • CARTHAGE COLLEGE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $12k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • LO
    LYRIC OPERA
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • BW
    BENSENVILLE WOOD DALE FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +9%
  • SI
    SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue -43%
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
Saint Xavier University

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…

Education
2
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Roosevelt University

Roosevelt university is an independent, non-profit, metropolitan university and national leader in educating socially conscious citizens for active and dedicated lives as leaders in their professions and their communities. the university's…

—
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
7
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
8
Loyola University of Chicago

We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.

Education
9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
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
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Elmhurst University; the most unlike its peers is Lanai Kinaole 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

36 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. 36 of the 57 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
21/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ELMHURST UNIVERSITY: $38,070 · OtherELMHURST UNIVERSITYNORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $16,000 · OtherNORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF IL AT URBANA: $16,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF IL AT URBANAUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $16,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINATHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $12,000 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISLYRIC OPERA: $10,000 · OtherLYRIC OPERABENSENVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherBENSENVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONMEALS ON WHEELS OF NORTHERN IL: $7,500 · OtherFENTON HIGH SCHOOL: $6,000 · Other+21 more: $24,219 · Other+21 moreWILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,694 · EducationWILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATI…DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $16,000 · EducationDOMINICAN UNIVERSITYCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $12,000 · EducationCARTHAGE COLLEGEST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationST AMBROSE UNIVERSITYCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO: $8,000 · EducationCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGOTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND S…Marquette University: $5,024 · EducationSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $4,000 · EducationNorth Central College: $4,000 · EducationFISK UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · Education+1 more: $540 · EducationLanai Kinaole Inc: $7,500 · HealthRush University Medical Center: $4,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,800 · HealthGEORGIA ALLIANCE FOR BREAST CANCER F/K/A IT'S THE JOURNEY: $1,000 · Health+4 more: $1,150 · HealthMANELE KOELE CHARITABLE FUND: $10,000 · Human ServicesWESTCHESTER FOOD PANTRY: $1,000 · Human ServicesSALUTE INC: $500 · Human ServicesAWESOME LIFE ACADEMY: $500 · Human ServicesBENSENVILLE WOOD DALE FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,700 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyGFWC-IL Plainfield Junior Womans Club Inc: $200 · Philanthropy
Other$155,789Education$97,258Health$15,450Human Services$12,000Food & Nutrition$5,000Arts & Culture$2,700Philanthropy$2,700

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 budgetELMHURST UNIVERSITY: $38,070 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,694 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANELE KOELE CHARITABLE FUND: $10,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBENSENVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLanai Kinaole Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMarquette University: $5,024 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENSENVILLE WOOD DALE FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Central College: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISK UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUFFTON SELF HELP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA ALLIANCE FOR BREAST CANCER F/K/A IT'S THE JOURNEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Center for Interpersonal Development Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $540 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALUTE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAWESOME LIFE ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEUROFIBROMATOSIS NETWORK: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA SILVER LINING FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREVER HUSKY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFETCHING TAILS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGFWC-IL Plainfield Junior Womans Club Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $100 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.

AbbVie FoundationVerizon FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…
AbbVie FoundationIL15.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving 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 Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    8report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation 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 57 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Chicago White Metal’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home