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Circle of Service Foundation at a glance

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Circle of Service Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$37M
Granted FY2024still arriving
637
Grants FY2024still arriving
27
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$41MEducation$34MPhilanthropy$24MInternational$13MHuman Services$12MReligion$8.9MArts & Culture$5.9MScience & Tech$5.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 637 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k172 grants · $406k
  • $10k–50k268 grants · $6.2M
  • $50k–250k168 grants · $17M
  • $250k+29 grants · $14M
$25,000
Median grant
27
States reached
$592M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO$1,735,857
JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$1,264,883
SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM$776,292
JEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK$685,000
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC$652,500
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$629,000
METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES$600,000
CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$600,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$500,000
GASTRO-INTESTINAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$469,216
CHILDRENS FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION$453,460
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$450,000
JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES$385,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$355,438
CHILDRENS FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION$330,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $11.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES INC: $100k → 7%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOC OF NORTH AMERICA: $125k → 17%JCC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $100k → 17%MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 8%MISERICORDIA HOME: $50k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $50k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $56k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $500k → 14%WORKING CREDIT NFP: $120k → 14%THE NETWORK ADVOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $75k → 14%WORKING CREDIT NFP: $75k → 14%WORKING CREDIT NFP: $55k → 14%WORKING CREDIT NFP: $55k → 14%WORKING CREDIT NFP: $55k → 14%CAROLE ROBERTSON CENTER FOR LEARNING: $120k → 14%CAROLE ROBERTSON CENTER FOR LEARNING: $90k → 14%FACING FORWARD TO END HOMELESSNESS: $60k → 14%CHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $75k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $60k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF CHICAGO: $178k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF CHICAGO: $100k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF CHICAGO: $100k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF CHICAGO: $100k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF CHICAGO: $100k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $600k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $550k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $550k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $550k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $445k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $385k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $370k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $295k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS: $125k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS: $100k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS: $100k → 14%CHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $75k → 14%CHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $70k → 14%MRELIEF: $100k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $628k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $290k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $150k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $150k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $120k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $120k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $76k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $54k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $52k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $51k → 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

ME
VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$161M · 558 repeat orgs$4.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

558 repeat relationships: 425 still active in FY2024, 133 since wound down; 101 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

558
235

Total granted

$161M
$2.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+13%

Still filing today

92%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • University of Chicago
    5× · 2020–2024 · $7.8M · revenue +52%
  • SH
    SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM
    5× · 2020–2024 · $6.7M · revenue +37%
  • KC
    Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5.2M · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • CC
    CONQUER CANCER FDN OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
    one grant, 2020 · $245k
  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $125k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BERRIEN COUNTY TRAILS
    one grant, 2022 · $120k · revenue -83% · 26% of their budget
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
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
2
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
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
5
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
6
The Chicago Bar Foundation

The chicago bar foundation brings the legal community together through advocacy, funding, and innovation to improve access to justice for people in need and to make the legal system more fair, equitable, and effective.

Education
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
9
Arise Chicago

Arise chicago builds partnerships between faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes.

Employment
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
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

—
12
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Health and Medicine Policy Research Group; the most unlike its peers is Delegation of Jewish American Students (Dojas). 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

838 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. 838 of the 931 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
160
Early backer (in before they grew)
824/838
Grantees still filing
574/838
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Chicago: $7,761,243 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $2,586,239 · EducationUniversity of Illinoi…CHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $1,781,845 · EducationCHILDREN FIRST FUND T…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,310,200 · EducationNOBLE NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS: $1,182,034 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $970,000 · Education+31 more: $12,296,799 · Education+31 moreSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $6,738,633 · HealthSINAI HEALTH SYSTEMRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $2,736,857 · HealthRehabilitation Inst…CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH FUN…GASTRO INTESTINAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,425,000 · HealthGASTRO INTESTINAL R…CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,250,000 · HealthAmerican Association for Cancer Research Inc: $1,250,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000,500 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $943,000 · HealthCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $915,725 · Health+16 more: $7,174,238 · Health+16 moreCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,392,500 · OtherCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,824,920 · Other+83 more: $42,996,507 · Other+83 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $8,007,270 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERAT…JEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $3,115,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FUNDERS…JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $2,433,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED …ST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,532,550 · PhilanthropyST BALDRICK'S …ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $1,100,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PH…UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION: $900,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $1,635,180 · Philanthropy+5 moreThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $3,067,500 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,625,000 · InternationalWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $962,500 · InternationalTHE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA: $790,000 · InternationalHIAS INC: $553,750 · InternationalIMPACTISRAEL INC: $516,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $450,000 · InternationalAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $410,000 · International+8 more: $2,362,500 · InternationalMetropolitan Family Services: $2,870,000 · Human ServicesJewish Child and Family Services: $2,128,570 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $1,062,847 · Human ServicesJewish Community Centers of Chicago: $578,530 · Human ServicesWorking Credit NFP: $369,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $325,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $315,000 · Human Services+7 more: $1,629,993 · Human ServicesKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $5,156,000 · Arts & CultureLatinos Progresando: $602,500 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $524,422 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $398,824 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC: $315,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $1,043,466 · Arts & Culture
Education$27,888,360Health$25,933,953Other$48,213,927Philanthropy$18,723,600International$11,237,250Human Services$9,278,940Arts & Culture$8,040,212

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $8,007,270 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $7,761,243 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $6,738,633 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $5,156,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $3,115,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $3,067,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $2,870,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $2,736,857 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $2,586,239 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $2,433,600 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services: $2,128,570 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $1,781,845 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,625,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,532,550 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetCarbon Mapper Inc: $1,500,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGASTRO INTESTINAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,425,000 over 5y, 49% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,310,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,250,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Association for Cancer Research Inc: $1,250,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNOBLE NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS: $1,182,034 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,175,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $1,118,530 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $1,116,838 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $1,100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $1,062,847 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $1,060,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY: $973,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $970,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $962,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSTART EARLY: $950,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $943,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Action for Children: $925,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $915,725 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION: $900,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwestern University: $839,520 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetONEGOAL: $835,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetUPSTART BAY AREA: $825,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $818,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $810,330 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCHICAGO CARES INC: $790,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetTHE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA: $790,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetINTERFAITHFAMILYCOM INC: $780,911 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $741,650 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMICHAEL REESE HEALTH TRUST: $725,000 over 5y, 11% 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 JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Family Services ↗
  • Who funds Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Child and Family Services ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Carbon Mapper Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GASTRO INTESTINAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds American Association for Cancer Research Inc ↗
  • Who funds NOBLE NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds American Brain Tumor Association ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY ↗
  • Who funds START EARLY ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Illinois Action for Children ↗
  • Who funds CONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY ↗

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.

Arie and Ida Crown Me…Polk Bros Foundation …United Way of Metropo…Robert R McCormick Fo…Lloyd a Fry FoundationJewish Federation of …Chicago Foundation fo…Michael Reese Health …John D and Catherine …Cme Group FoundationThe First Spoke Found…Vivo Foundation
Arie and Ida Crown MemorialIL204.4× affinity155 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago Foundation for Women · Michael Reese Health Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Cme Group Foundation · The First Spoke Foundation · Vivo 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 Circle of Service Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Circle of Service Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Keshet Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
57report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Circle of Service 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 931 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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