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Colonel James N Pritzker Library of the Citizen Soldier at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Private foundation

Colonel James N Pritzker Library of the Citizen Soldier

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.

$1k
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.

Public Benefit$1.0MEducation$2kScience & Tech$1kHealth$515Arts & Culture$250Animals$100Housing & Shelter$74Other$0
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
2
States reached
$41M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG SHOULDERS FUND$500
Individual grant recipient$300
THE CHICAGO INNOVATION FOUNDATION$300
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 (FY19–20, $665) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ROCKBRIDGE AREA HOSPICE: $515 → 12%Yellow Brick Road Early Learning Center INC: $150 → 12%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 3 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +217% since the first grant, against +85% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
7

Total granted

$1.0M
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+217%
+85%

Still filing today

67%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’22
EducationHuman ServicesAnimalsHousing & ShelterArts & 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

  • UF
    US Foundation of Commemorative World Wars
    2× · 2018–2019 · $1.0M
  • KA
    KAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $1k · revenue +217%
  • GC
    GEORGE C MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $1k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • RA
    ROCKBRIDGE AREA HOSPICE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $515 · revenue +112%
  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CHURCHILL SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $250 · revenue +557%
  • WC
    WESTMINSTER COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $250 · revenue +30%
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
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
4
The Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States

The churchill foundation provides scholarships for graduate students in the sciences, engineering and mathematics at the university of cambridge, england.

International
5
Washington & Jefferson College

To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.

Education
6
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
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
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
9
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
10
Chicago Charter School Foundation

Our vibrant network of diverse chicago charter schools enables students to thrive every day, puts them on a path to success in college and life, and empowers entrepreneurial educators to pursue excellence through innovation.

Education
11
The Institute of World Politics

The institute of world politics is a graduate school of national security and international affairs, dedicated to developing leaders with a sound understanding of international realities and the ethical conduct of statecraft, based on…

International
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Shoulders Fund; the most unlike its peers is The Chicago Innovation Foundation. 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

11 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. 11 of the 13 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

US Foundation of Commemorative World Wars: $1,000,000 · OtherUS Foundation of Commemorative World Wars+2 more: $1,300 · OtherKAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationBig Shoulders Fund: $500 · EducationWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $250 · EducationROCKBRIDGE AREA HOSPICE INC: $515 · Human ServicesYELLOW BRICK ROAD EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC: $150 · Human ServicesTHE CHICAGO INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $300 · PhilanthropyINTERNATIONAL CHURCHILL SOCIETY: $250 · Arts & CultureThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $90 · AnimalsSAVE A PET INC: $10 · AnimalsDEBORAH'S PLACE: $74 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,001,300Education$1,750Human Services$665Philanthropy$300Arts & Culture$250Animals$100Housing & Shelter$74

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKAPPA ALPHA ORDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE C MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROCKBRIDGE AREA HOSPICE INC: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CHURCHILL SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOW BRICK ROAD EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $90 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEBORAH'S PLACE: $74 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE A PET INC: $10 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.

American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH10.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Colonel James N Pritzker Library of the Citizen Soldier funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Colonel James N Pritzker Library of the Citizen Soldier. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
    2report 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
    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 13 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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