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Clune Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$140k
Granted FY2020
17
Grants FY2020
6
States reached
$73k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k15 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $24k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $73k
$3,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP INC$73,000
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP PARISH$24,200
ST CATHERINE LABOURE SCHOOL$6,000
THE AMERICAN WRITERS MUSEUM$5,000
OBLATES OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES$5,000
THE WELL RESOURCE CENTER NFP$5,000
MERCY HOUSING LAKEFRONT$4,411
NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY$3,000
LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$3,000
PACIFIC GARDEN MISSION$2,500
RIAM FOUNDATION INC$2,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF COOK COUNTY NORTHERN ILLINOIS$1,500
GOOD SAMARITAN INN INC$1,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000
SACRED HEART MONASTERY$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%THE WELL RESOURCE CENTER NFP: $5k → 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.
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 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.

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Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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2
Meals On Wheels Chicago

Our mission is to ensure that Chicago seniors and people with disabilities benefit from nutritious meal programs that improve their quality of life and maximize independence.

Food & Nutrition
3
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

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4
Meals On Wheels of Northwest Indiana Inc

We prepare and deliver essential nutritious meals to our community, promoting health, wellness, and independence of all, with the support of a diverse and engaged community network.

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5
Northern Illinois Food Bank

With the support of our community, we provide over 90 million meals annually through our network of over 900 member food pantries and programs across thirteen counties, currently reaching over a half million individuals each month with…

Food & Nutrition
6
Community Nutrition Network and Senior Services Association

The organization operates congregate and home delivered meal programs in suburban cook, grundy, will and kendall counties under contracts and grants with age option and ageguide (formerly northeastern illinois area agency on aging(neil)).…

Human Services
7
New Hope House Northwest D/B/a New Hope Community Food Pantry

New hope house northwest is a volunteer-driven food pantry dedicated to providing emergency food assistance to individuals and families in need. the pantry serves chicago's far northwest side, norridge, and harwood heights residents,…

Food & Nutrition
8
Gw Homeless Services of Northern Michigan Inc

The mission of gw homeless services of northern michigan, inc is to provide safe, supportive shelter to individuals experiencing homelessness.the 2023 990 was for 10/1-12/31/23 due to an accounting period change.

Human Services
9
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc

To provide food to various charitable organizations and needy individuals in northwest indiana.

Food & Nutrition
10
Central Illinois Foodbank Inc

The Foodbank's mission is to provide food, and develop awareness of and creative solutions for food insecurity. Annually, the Foodbank distributes approximately 9.5 million pounds of food to 130 food pantries, soup kitchens, children's…

Food & Nutrition
11
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
12
The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project

Organization's mission is to provide nutritious food and access to other resources for anyone facing food insecurity in northern michigan.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Housing Lakefront; the most unlike its peers is Good Samaritan Inn. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

9 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. 9 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $73,000 · InternationalTHE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP INCOUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP PARISH: $24,200 · OtherOUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP PARISHST CATHERINE LABOURE SCHOOL: $6,000 · OtherST CATHERINE LABOURE SCHOOLOBLATES OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES: $5,000 · OtherOBLATES OF ST FRANCIS DE SALESPACIFIC GARDEN MISSION: $2,500 · OtherPACIFIC GARDEN MISSIONRIAM FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $1,500 · Other+3 more: $3,000 · Other+3 moreTHE AMERICAN WRITERS MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureThe Well Resource Center NFP: $5,000 · Human ServicesMERCY HOUSING LAKEFRONT: $4,411 · Housing & ShelterNORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY: $3,000 · Food & NutritionGOOD SAMARITAN INN: $1,000 · Food & NutritionLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $3,000 · AnimalsST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · Health
International$73,000Other$44,200Arts & Culture$5,000Human Services$5,000Housing & Shelter$4,411Food & Nutrition$4,000Animals$3,000Health$1,000

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 budgetTHE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $73,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE AMERICAN WRITERS MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Well Resource Center NFP: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMERCY HOUSING LAKEFRONT: $4,411 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN INN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 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 TrustIL15.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Clune Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clune Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Clune Family Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Clune Family 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 17 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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