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Community Foundation of Northern Il

The Community Foundation of Northern Illinois ("CFNIL") was established to serve as a catalyst for giving and a promoter of philanthropy.

$8.0M
Granted FY2023
121
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$264k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

53% of Community Foundation of Northern Il’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Northern Il, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 131 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Community Foundation of Northern Il named its own grantees at scale: 113 organizations, $4M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

71
’17
74
’18
77
’19
92
’20
95
’21
90
’22
113
’23
131
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$7.0MEducation$5.9MHealth$4.1MArts & Culture$3.3MHuman Services$2.6MHousing & Shelter$1.8MYouth Development$1.5MEnvironment$1.3MOther$0
02FY2023 · 121 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 121 grants below total $3,637,438, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,984,479 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,347,041 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k24 grants · $172k
  • $10k–50k80 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+1 grant · $264k
$18,790
Median grant
4
States reached
$156M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY$264,333
ILLINOIS GROWTH ENTERPRISES$212,392
THE KJELLSTROM FAMILY FOUNDATION$129,471
ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION$117,951
FRIENDS OF NACHUSA GRASSLANDS$117,440
UNITED WAY OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY$86,518
FREEPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT$82,387
BOYLAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$79,273
CARPENTER'S PLACE$75,572
BRIGHTPOINT$75,000
YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY$66,923
SEVERSON DELLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$61,200
ROCKFORD AREA CRIMESTOPPERS INC$60,000
PATRIOTS GATEWAY COMMUNITY CENTER$58,626
KFACT$58,000
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 (FY17–24, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FREEPORT AREA CHURCH COOPERATIVE: $34k → 14%Rock River Valley Pantry Inc: $22k → 15%Amity Society of Freeport: $32k → 14%FREEPORT AREA CHURCH COOPERATIVE: $25k → 14%STEPHENSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER: $23k → 14%BRIGHTPOINT: $75k → 14%Brightpoint: $75k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME AID: $54k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME AID: $45k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME AID: $40k → 14%Children's Home Aid: $30k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME AID: $28k → 14%MILESTONE INC: $26k → 15%CEANCI: $46k → 15%MILESTONE INC: $25k → 15%GOLDIE B FLOBERG CENTER: $20k → 15%GOLDIE B FLOBERG CENTER: $19k → 15%YWCA Northwestern Illinois: $28k → 15%YWCA NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: $26k → 15%Goldie B Floberg Center: $21k → 15%GOLDIE B FLOBERG CENTER: $20k → 15%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $55k → 15%Comprehensive Community Solutions Inc: $40k → 15%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $36k → 15%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $35k → 15%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $35k → 15%YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $83k → 15%YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $67k → 15%YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $51k → 15%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NO IL: $40k → 15%YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $39k → 15%YMCA of Rock River Valley: $38k → 15%YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $35k → 15%Youth Services Network: $35k → 15%Family Counseling Services of No IL: $33k → 15%ROCO CHARITY INC: $26k → 15%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NO ILL: $23k → 15%YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $23k → 15%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $20k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $76k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $71k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $61k → 15%Carpenter's Place: $51k → 15%The Liam Foundation: $39k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $30k → 15%THE LIAM FOUNDATION: $23k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $23k → 15%Rockford Day Nursery: $21k → 15%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 151 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

151 repeat relationships: 108 still active in FY2023, 43 since wound down; 51 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

151
50

Total granted

$25M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-2%

Still filing today

80%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $564k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyCommunity 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

  • RU
    ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +5%
  • IG
    ILLINOIS GROWTH ENTERPRISES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +47% · 69% of their budget
  • RA
    ROCKFORD AREA ARTS COUNCIL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $935k · revenue +143% · 82% of their budget

Funded once

  • OH
    OSF Healthcare Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $526k · revenue +49%
  • OC
    Oregon Community School District #220
    one grant, 2017 · $107k
  • NI
    NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $65k
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
The Rockford Institute

To provide analysis and commentary on cultural, economic, political, and educational issues through a published monthly opinion magazine and to operate continuing adult educational conferences in american and european literature and…

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2
Rockford Area Economic Development Council Inc

The rockford area economic development council cultivates opportunities for primary job growth that increase the economic well-being of our region

—
3
Rockford Community Investment Fund

To support housing and community development ventures

Community Improvement
4
Rockford Area Community Endowment

Rockford area community endowment is a local foundation committed to assisting rockford area residents, businesses, government and volunteer organizations to expand opportunities locally. race was founded in 1964.

Philanthropy
5
Northern Illinois Blood Bank Inc D/B/a Rock River Valley Blood Center

Rock river valley blood center, in partnership with our community, is dedicated to providing safe, high value blood products and services to people in need.

Health
6
Rockford Area Historical Society

Inspire communitys interest in the past

Arts & Culture
7
Rockford Municipal Employees Credit Union

Our purpose is to provide financial services to our members with competitive rates while maintaining our financial stability.

—
8
Kishwaukee United Way

To improve lives by sharing community resources

Philanthropy
9
Rockford Bell Credit Union

Rockford Bell Credit Union is a member owned community credit union chartered by the state. We are dedicated to providing quality financial service for our membership.

—
10
Greater Freeport Partnership

To promote economic and community development and enhancement in northwest illinois.

Community Improvement
11
Rockford Christian Education Association

To challenge young people to know christ as lord, apply god's truth in all areas of life, love others sacrifically, and achieve the highest level of knowledge and skill in order to serve god and others

Education
12
Richland County Development Corporation

To encourage and assist in the development of economic, educational and charitable activities of richland county, illinois and its surrounding communities.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Foundation for Northwest Il; the most unlike its peers is The Kjellstrom Family 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

173 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 173 of the 255 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.

24
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
51
Early backer (in before they grew)
169/173
Grantees still filing
117/173
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ILLINOIS GROWTH ENTERPRISES: $1,734,449 · OtherILLINOIS GROWTH ENTERPRISESTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $637,672 · OtherBOYLAN CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $584,425 · OtherROCKFORD AREA CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM INC: $498,350 · OtherOSF Healthcare Foundation: $525,515 · OtherZION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $541,786 · Other+116 more: $8,677,711 · Other+116 moreCommunity Foundation of Northern IL: $4,469,501 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation of …UNITED WAY OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $768,175 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF ROCK RIVER…THE KJELLSTROM FAMILY FOUNDATION: $455,364 · PhilanthropyTHE KJELLSTROM FAMILY FO…ROCHELLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $423,068 · PhilanthropyROCHELLE AREA COMMUNITY …THE MILL FOUNDATION: $415,165 · PhilanthropyTHE MILL FOUNDATION+7 more: $340,194 · PhilanthropyROCKFORD UNIVERSITY: $1,835,192 · EducationROCKFORD UNIV…ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $573,855 · EducationROCK VALLEY C…ALIGNMENT ROCKFORD: $296,000 · EducationALIGNMENT ROC…University of Illinois Foundation: $210,314 · EducationUniversity of…Marquette University: $208,723 · EducationMarquette Uni…ROCKFORD PROMISE: $191,419 · EducationNORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $132,500 · Education+5 more: $228,366 · Education+5 moreROCKFORD AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $934,745 · Arts & CultureROCKFORD A…DISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM OF ROCKFORD INC: $372,047 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY …MIDWAY VILLAGE & MUSEUM CENTER: $307,141 · Arts & CultureMIDWAY VIL…HARRY AND DELLA BURPEE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $290,662 · Arts & CultureHARRY AND …ROCKFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS INC: $163,699 · Arts & CultureROCKFORD S…FREEPORT ARTS CENTER: $109,769 · Arts & CultureSWEDISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ROCKFORD: $108,748 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $573,712 · Arts & Culture+11 moreYMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $368,286 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $345,788 · Human ServicesCARPENTER'S PLACE INC: $335,443 · Human ServicesCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $200,992 · Human ServicesCircle of Change: $149,459 · Human ServicesFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES OF NO IL: $131,321 · Human ServicesMILESTONE INC: $112,126 · Human ServicesGOLDIE B FLOBERG CENTER: $96,783 · Human Services+16 more: $621,529 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF NACHUSA GRASSLANDS: $619,488 · EnvironmentROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $470,781 · EnvironmentKLEHM ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $185,656 · EnvironmentNATURAL LAND INSTITUTE: $106,360 · EnvironmentANDERSON GARDENS: $60,000 · EnvironmentSHELTER CARE MINISTRIES: $352,216 · Housing & ShelterROCKFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $297,758 · Housing & ShelterNW HOMESTART INC: $189,891 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OGLE COUNTY: $121,950 · Housing & ShelterWESLEY WILLOWS: $108,979 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $44,409 · Housing & Shelter
Other$13,199,908Philanthropy$6,871,467Education$3,676,369Arts & Culture$2,860,523Human Services$2,361,727Environment$1,442,285Housing & Shelter$1,115,203

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Foundation of Northern IL: $4,469,501 over 1y, 30% of budgetROCKFORD UNIVERSITY: $1,835,192 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetILLINOIS GROWTH ENTERPRISES: $1,734,449 over 8y, 69% of budgetROCKFORD AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $934,745 over 8y, 82% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $768,175 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF NACHUSA GRASSLANDS: $619,488 over 7y, 21% of budgetROCK VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $573,855 over 5y, 14% of budgetZION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $541,786 over 8y, 15% of budgetOSF Healthcare Foundation: $525,515 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $470,781 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetTHE KJELLSTROM FAMILY FOUNDATION: $455,364 over 3y, 37% of budgetROCHELLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $423,068 over 8y, 23% of budgetTHE MILL FOUNDATION: $415,165 over 7y, 15% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD: $375,204 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetDISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM OF ROCKFORD INC: $372,047 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetYMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $368,286 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSHELTER CARE MINISTRIES: $352,216 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $345,788 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCARPENTER'S PLACE INC: $335,443 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetMIDWAY VILLAGE & MUSEUM CENTER: $307,141 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetKFACT INC KEEPING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES TOGETHER: $300,500 over 6y, 28% of budgetROCKFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $297,758 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetALIGNMENT ROCKFORD: $296,000 over 5y, 41% of budgetHARRY AND DELLA BURPEE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $290,662 over 7y, 12% of budgetHIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $287,857 over 6y, 18% of budgetKIDS AROUND THE WORLD INC: $276,518 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetSEVERSON DELLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $234,723 over 8y, 9.5% of budgetSTATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $232,423 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetREGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC: $228,654 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $210,314 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $208,723 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence: $205,140 over 6y, 12% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $200,992 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetNORTHWESTERN IL AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $197,185 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetROCKFORD PROMISE: $191,419 over 3y, 50% of budgetNW HOMESTART INC: $189,891 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetKLEHM ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $185,656 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $174,566 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetROCK HOUSE KIDS: $164,101 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetROCKFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS INC: $163,699 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetNORTHWEST COMMUNITY CENTER: $156,685 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $156,529 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BOONE COUNTY: $149,500 over 5y, 56% of budgetCircle of Change: $149,459 over 5y, 64% of budgetBRIDGES TO PROSPERITY NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $147,750 over 4y, 38% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $132,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES OF NO IL: $131,321 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $124,857 over 5y, 0.7% 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 Community Foundation of Northern IL ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS GROWTH ENTERPRISES ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD AREA ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF NACHUSA GRASSLANDS ↗
  • Who funds ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ZION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds OSF Healthcare Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD AREA CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE KJELLSTROM FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROCHELLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM OF ROCKFORD INC ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER CARE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL ↗
  • Who funds CARPENTER'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDWAY VILLAGE & MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds KFACT INC KEEPING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES TOGETHER ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds ALIGNMENT ROCKFORD ↗
  • Who funds HARRY AND DELLA BURPEE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KIDS AROUND THE WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds SEVERSON DELLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence ↗
  • Who funds COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWESTERN IL AREA AGENCY ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD PROMISE ↗
  • Who funds NW HOMESTART 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.

United Way of Rock Ri…The Kjellstrom Family…Bergstrom Inc Charita…Blazer FoundationThe Ben Harding Famil…The David & Colleen A…Tracy E Anderson Char…Kristin L Anderson Ch…John & Linda Anderson…Guy Reno Family Found…Woodward Governor Cha…Sjostrom & Sons Found…
United Way of Rock River ValleyIL110.9× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Rock River Valley · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · Blazer Foundation · The Ben Harding Family Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Guy Reno Family Foundation · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · Sjostrom & Sons 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 Community Foundation of Northern Il funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of Northern Il. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    0get no government money at all
    59report 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 255 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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