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Coghill Family Foundation at a glance

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Coghill Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$674k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$375kHealth$362kHuman Services$318kEnvironment$110kReligion$85kYouth Development$58kArts & Culture$46kRecreation & Sports$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $345k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $303k
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION$100,000
LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$53,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$50,000
INVEST FOR KIDS$50,000
MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$50,000
PLYMOUTH PLACE$37,500
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$36,000
LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL$31,965
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$30,000
DEMING CENTERS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP$25,000
COLLEGE POSSIBLE CHICAGO$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION$25,000
MILKEN INSTITUTE$25,000
UNIVESITY OF MICHIGAN$25,000
NFTE$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $309k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAMP KESEM: $2k → 14%CAMP KESEM: $1k → 14%CAMP KESEM: $1k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $100k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $50k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $50k → 14%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1k → 7%NFTE ENDOWMENT FUND: $5k → 17%COMMUNITY HOUSE: $500 → 7%PLYMOUTH PLACE: $51k → 14%PLYMOUTH PLACE: $38k → 14%PLYMOUTH PLACE: $10k → 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

NH
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
PA
CA
CO
AZ
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 20 repeat orgs$428k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
28

Total granted

$1.0M
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+33%

Still filing today

60%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $269k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • IF
    Invest for Kids Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $200k · revenue +9%
  • LR
    LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $158k · revenue +23%
  • PP
    PLYMOUTH PLACE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $99k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    one grant, 2021 · $35k
  • RD
    RED DEVILS ATHLETIC MARSHALL FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
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
2
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.

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3
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
4
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
5
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
6
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Achieving international impact through world-class research and education in fundamental computer science and information technology.

Education
7
The University of Chicago Charter School Corporation

To Prepare Students for Success in Four-Year Colleges.

Education
8
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
9
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
10
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
11
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
12
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship; the most unlike its peers is Nigeria Higher Education Foundation 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

31 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. 31 of the 59 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

City Colleges of Chicago Foundation: $100,000 · OtherCity Colleges of Chicago FoundationTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYHINSDALE COVENANT CHURCH: $70,000 · OtherHINSDALE COVENANT CHURCHLONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL: $64,103 · OtherLONDON BUSINESS SCHOOLUniversity of Michigan: $50,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganNAZARETH ACADEMY: $45,000 · OtherNAZARETH ACADEMYUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $32,160 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $30,000 · OtherDEMING CENTERS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $26,500 · Other+28 more: $214,510 · Other+28 moreInvest for Kids Inc: $200,000 · Human ServicesInvest for Kids IncPLYMOUTH PLACE INC: $98,750 · Human ServicesPLYMOUTH PLACE INC+3 more: $10,027 · Human ServicesLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $158,000 · HealthLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FO…THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA…+2 more: $2,000 · HealthTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $36,000 · EducationUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $25,000 · EducationCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $25,000 · EducationGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $16,250 · EducationNigeria Higher Education Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentChicago Children's Museum: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureALL WITHIN MY HANDS: $12,500 · PhilanthropyHEDGE FUNDS CARE INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$767,273Human Services$308,777Health$280,000Education$109,750Youth Development$36,500Arts & Culture$35,000Philanthropy$17,500

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 budgetInvest for Kids Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $158,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCity Colleges of Chicago Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLYMOUTH PLACE INC: $98,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $50,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $36,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Children's Museum: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $16,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetALL WITHIN MY HANDS: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLight of Love Ministry: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBlue Scholars Initiative Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY: $8,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEDGE FUNDS CARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNigeria Higher Education Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetNFTE ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $3,527 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAccelerate Institute: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRYAN BANKS ACADEMY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBy The Hand Club For Kids: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM TREVOR: $1,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWellness House: $500 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.

  • Who funds Invest for Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds City Colleges of Chicago Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds PLYMOUTH PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Children's Museum ↗
  • Who funds THE MILKEN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds ALL WITHIN MY HANDS ↗
  • Who funds Light of Love Ministry ↗
  • Who funds Blue Scholars Initiative Inc ↗
  • Who funds HINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC ↗
  • Who funds HEDGE FUNDS CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗

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…John D and Catherine …National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…
The Chicago Community TrustIL16× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 Coghill Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Coghill Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    5report 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 59 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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