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Children's Care Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$882k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$13MEducation$1.4MHuman Services$755kYouth Development$210kArts & Culture$130kReligion$85kHousing & Shelter$50kEmployment$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $465k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.1M
$125,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$73M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMBOLDT PARK HEALTH$881,856
SAINT BERNARD HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE CENTER$750,000
FAMILY CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER$435,000
HOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES$140,000
ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$125,000
PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH$100,000
CHILDREN'S CLINIC FKA OAK PARK RIVER FOREST INFANT WELFARE SOCIETY$100,000
NEW MOUNT CALVARY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $50k → 14%HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $35k → 14%CORAZON A CORAZON: $20k → 14%THE LEADERSHOP: $15k → 14%URBAN INITIATIVES: $25k → 14%CIRCLE URBAN MINISTRIES: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$14M · 11 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

11 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
33

Total granted

$14M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+49%

Still filing today

73%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • HP
    HUMBOLDT PARK HEALTH
    5× · 2021–2025 · $4.8M · revenue +3%
  • SB
    St Bernard Hospital
    6× · 2017–2025 · $4.2M · revenue +24%
  • LU
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • NA
    NORWEGIAN AMERICAN DENTAL PROGRAM
    one grant, 2017 · $600k
  • LM
    LOYOLA MOBILE PEDIATRIC CLINIC
    one grant, 2017 · $300k
  • TH
    TCA HEALTH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +103%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
2
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
3
Students Run Chicago
Health
4
Chicago Youth Programs Inc

Tutoring and mentoring programs for inner city youth.

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5
Covenant House Chicago
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6
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
7
The University of Chicago Charter School Corporation

To Prepare Students for Success in Four-Year Colleges.

Education
8
The Chicago High School for the Arts

The chicago high school for the arts (chiarts) develops the next generation of diverse, artistically promising scholar-artists through intensive pre-professional training in the arts, combined with a comprehensive college preparatory…

Education
9
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.

Social Science
10
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
11
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.

Education
12
Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers

Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers, through its Midtown Center for boys and Metro Achievement Center for girls, helps close the achievement gap for Chicago's urban youth ages eight through eighteen.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Hope Academy and the most unlike its peers is Corazon a Corazon. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%3%10–20yr17%48%20–35yr15%19%35–55yr16%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%0%10–20yr17%27%20–35yr15%4%35–55yr16%69%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/31
the rest of the field
16%
5,000/31,479

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HUMBOLDT PARK HEALTH — $4,765,712 · HealthHUMBOLDT PARK HEALTHSt Bernard Hospital — $4,240,000 · HealthSt Bernard HospitalLOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER — $1,869,455 · HealthLOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERFamily Christian Health Center Inc — $1,022,500 · HealthFamily Christian Health Center Inc+4 more — $650,000 · HealthNORWEGIAN AMERICAN DENTAL PROGRAM — $600,000 · OtherNORWEGIAN AME…CHILDREN'S CLINIC FKA OAK PARK RIVER FOREST INFANT WELFARE SOCIETY — $375,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S CL…LOYOLA MOBILE PEDIATRIC CLINIC — $300,000 · OtherLOYOLA MOBILE…CHILDREN'S CLINIC FKA OAK PARK RIVER FOREST INFANT WELFARE SOCIET — $105,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S CL…Individual grant recipient — $100,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY METROPOLITAN DIVISION — $100,000 · Other+12 more — $351,162 · Other+12 moreHOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES — $731,500 · EducationHOLY FAMI…Illinois College of Optometry — $475,000 · EducationIllinois …PRIMO CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN — $50,000 · EducationYouth Guidance — $50,000 · Education+3 more — $70,000 · EducationASPIRE OF ILLINOIS — $50,140 · Human ServicesHouse of the Good Shepherd — $35,000 · Human ServicesCIRCLE URBAN MINISTRIES — $25,000 · Human ServicesURBAN INITIATIVES INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesCorazon A Corazon — $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE LEADERSHOP — $15,000 · Human ServicesHIGHSIGHT — $36,000 · Community ImprovementTHE EXPERIMENTAL STATION — $25,000 · Community ImprovementCHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS — $25,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Architecture Foundation — $25,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO A CAPPELLA — $5,000 · Arts & CultureFREE SPIRIT MEDIA NFP — $30,000 · Youth Development
Health$12,547,667Other$1,931,162Education$1,376,500Human Services$170,140Community Improvement$61,000Arts & Culture$55,000Youth Development$30,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHUMBOLDT PARK HEALTH — $4,765,712 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSt Bernard Hospital — $4,240,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER — $1,869,455 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Christian Health Center Inc — $1,022,500 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetHOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES — $731,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetIllinois College of Optometry — $475,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetErie Family Health Center Inc — $300,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH — $240,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTCA HEALTH INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetASPIRE OF ILLINOIS — $50,140 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPRIMO CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN — $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetYouth Guidance — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHouse of the Good Shepherd — $35,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetNORTH LAWNDALE COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORKING IN THE SCHOOLS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetURBAN INITIATIVES INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Peace Corner Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetRESTORATION MINISTRIES INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetChicago Architecture Foundation — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCorazon A Corazon — $20,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetTHE LEADERSHOP — $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCAMP OF DREAMS — $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chicago Community…United Way of Metropo…Advocate Health and H…Circle of Service Fou…Lloyd a Fry FoundationPolk Bros Foundation …Greater Chicago Food …AbbVie FoundationRobert R McCormick Fo…Arie and Ida Crown Me…Jewish Federation of …John D and Catherine …
The Chicago Community TrustIL32.5× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp · Circle of Service Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Greater Chicago Food Depository · AbbVie Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Children's Care Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Children's Care Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Children's Care 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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