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Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley

To provide effective and rewarding ways for donors to fulfill their philanthropic objectives by administering charitable funds that distribute grants and scholarships to benefit the citizens of kane and kendall counties of illinois including the greater city of aurora area.

$9.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
123
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$7.0MEducation$6.1MArts & Culture$3.6MReligion$2.1MHuman Services$2.0MCommunity Improvement$1.1MFood & Nutrition$1.1MYouth Development$896kOther$0
02FY2025 · 123 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 123 grants below total $6,220,479, the rows itemized in this filing. The $9,021,704 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,801,225 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $161k
  • $10k–50k78 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.7M
$20,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$169M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION$1,449,475
WEST AURORA SCHOOL DISTRICT 129$821,106
THE NEIGHBOR PROJECT$404,000
AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC$184,767
BLUE COURAGE LLC$137,200
PARAMOUNT ARTS CENTRE$132,741
VNA HEALTH CARE$100,000
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$98,286
NAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION$92,500
CLEARBROOK$90,000
CASA KANE COUNTY$82,508
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ELGIN$80,000
AURORA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$78,815
THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$76,500
KANE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE$75,000
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 (FY17–25, $4.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Foundation for the Horse: $100k → 15%Main Stay Equine Therapy: $27k → 6%HORSEPOWER THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $17k → 8%Equine Dreams Inc: $56k → 6%Equine Dreams Inc: $25k → 6%MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%Invest for Kids: $20k → 14%Clearbrook: $30k → 14%LITTLE FRIENDS INC - WARRENVILLE: $25k → 7%YWCA Elgin: $30k → 14%CLEARBROOK: $90k → 14%CLEARBOOK: $65k → 14%Facing Forward to End Homelessness: $19k → 14%LAZARUS HOUSE: $49k → 8%Lazarus House: $34k → 8%THE JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY: $25k → 8%Lazarus House: $25k → 8%FOX VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACTION: $20k → 8%Association for Individual Development: $1.7M → 8%Association for Individual Development: $50k → 8%Association for Individual Development: $42k → 8%Association for Individual Development: $22k → 8%Association for Individual Development: $367k → 8%HESED HOUSE: $99k → 8%Hesed House: $90k → 8%Mutual Ground Inc: $68k → 8%Hesed House: $55k → 8%MARIE WILKINSON FOOD PANTRY: $46k → 8%HESED HOUSE: $40k → 8%Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry: $33k → 8%Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry: $30k → 8%Hesed House: $27k → 8%MUTUAL GROUND INC: $27k → 8%ASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT: $20k → 8%Family Counseling Service of Aurora: $19k → 8%MARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME: $104k → 8%Mutual Ground Inc: $18k → 8%TriCity Family Services: $101k → 8%MUTUAL GROUND INC: $18k → 8%Marklund Children's Home: $100k → 8%TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $63k → 8%TriCity Family Services Inc: $43k → 8%TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $32k → 8%TriCity Family Services: $24k → 8%Marklund Childrens Home: $20k → 8%Family Focus: $47k → 8%Quad County Urban League LLC: $46k → 8%Quad County Urban League LLC: $23k → 8%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 84% of the giving stays in IL; by stated purpose, 94%.

Community Foundation of the Fox River Valleylessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28M · 183 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

183 repeat relationships: 89 still active in FY2025, 94 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

183
116

Total granted

$28M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+15%

Still filing today

77%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $565k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • AF
    ASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT
    6× · 2017–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +104%
  • PA
    PARAMOUNT ARTS CENTRE
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +145% · 48% of their budget
  • AE
    AURORA EAST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2025 · $825k · revenue +486%

Funded once

  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +8%
  • CO
    CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION MIDWEST PROVINCE
    one grant, 2017 · $150k
  • EA
    East Aurora School District 131
    one grant, 2019 · $105k
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.

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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
Heartland Community Health Clinic D/B/a Heartland Health Services

Provide affordable, high-quality health services and remove inequities to improve the lives of all.

Health
3
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
4
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
5
Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare

Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."

Health
6
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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7
Illinois Health and Hospital Association

To advocate for and support hospitals and health systems as they serve patients and communities in illinois.

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8
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Group

The elmhurst memorial healthcare group follows the mission of endeavor health (f/k/a ns-ee holdings). the mission of endeavor health is to "help everyone in our communities be their best." central to this mission is a commitment to…

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9
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
10
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
11
Center for Housing and Health

Chh honors every person's right to a home and health care, by bridging the housing and health care systems, to improve the lives of chicagoans experiencing homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
12
Edward Hospital

Edward Hospital follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Little Friends Inc; the most unlike its peers is Aurora Women's Empowerment Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

256 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. 256 of the 333 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.

16
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
68
Early backer (in before they grew)
247/256
Grantees still filing
169/256
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

West Aurora School District 129: $2,476,586 · OtherWest Aurora School District 129BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC: $794,224 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS INCVINCENTIAN SOLIDARITY OFFICE: $637,245 · OtherKANE COUNTY CLERK: $565,944 · OtherVNA Health Care: $482,740 · OtherTHE NEIGHBOR PROJECT: $479,290 · Other+100 more: $8,386,837 · Other+100 moreASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT: $2,196,443 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION FOR…PUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER INC D/B/A HESED HOUSE: $324,030 · Human ServicesPUBLIC ACTION T…TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $305,772 · Human ServicesTRICITY FAMILY …MARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME: $224,300 · Human ServicesMUTUAL GROUND INC: $199,437 · Human ServicesCLEARBROOK: $185,000 · Human Services+16 more: $979,468 · Human Services+16 moreAURORA EAST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $824,868 · EducationAURORA EAST EDU…AURORA UNIVERSITY: $478,944 · EducationAURORA UNIVERSI…AURORA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $413,616 · EducationAURORA CHRISTIA…Illinois Institute of Technology: $405,000 · EducationIllinois Instit…AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $335,732 · EducationAURORA PUBLIC L…CAL'S ALL-STAR ANGEL FOUNDATION INC: $291,632 · EducationCAL'S ALL-STAR …OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIV…WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationPHOENIX SEMINARY INC: $150,000 · EducationILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Education+15 more: $893,136 · Education+15 morePARAMOUNT ARTS CENTRE: $1,871,035 · Arts & CulturePARAMOUNT ART…AURORA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $503,704 · Arts & CultureAURORA HISTOR…DELLORA A NORRIS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER LTD: $477,000 · Arts & CultureDELLORA A NOR…NAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $314,550 · Arts & CultureNAPA VALLEY F…SCOTTSDALE PHILHARMONIC INC: $145,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $459,763 · Arts & Culture+10 moreMAYO CLINIC: $800,000 · HealthMAYO CLINI…Presence Central and Suburban Hospitals Network: $450,000 · HealthPresence C…Northwestern Memorial HealthCare: $389,496 · HealthNorthweste…Rush University Medical Center: $150,000 · HealthSUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $139,795 · HealthSERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC: $130,800 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $108,100 · HealthBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $100,000 · HealthBLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $100,000 · Health+12 more: $627,304 · Health+12 moreNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $1,449,475 · PhilanthropyA FOUNDATION FOR WEST AURORA SCHOOLS: $372,007 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE FOX RIVER VALLEY: $184,176 · PhilanthropyOLE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $166,000 · PhilanthropyHAROLD E EISENBERG FOUNDATION: $110,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $162,977 · PhilanthropyCASA KANE COUNTY: $640,715 · Civil Rights
Other$13,822,866Human Services$4,414,450Education$4,392,928Arts & Culture$3,771,052Health$2,995,495Philanthropy$2,444,635Civil Rights$640,715

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 budgetASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT: $2,196,443 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetPARAMOUNT ARTS CENTRE: $1,871,035 over 8y, 48% of budgetAURORA EAST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $824,868 over 6y, 13% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $800,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC: $794,224 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetCASA KANE COUNTY: $640,715 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetAURORA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $503,704 over 8y, 32% of budgetVNA Health Care: $482,740 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEIGHBOR PROJECT: $479,290 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetAURORA UNIVERSITY: $478,944 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDELLORA A NORRIS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER LTD: $477,000 over 4y, 60% of budgetPresence Central and Suburban Hospitals Network: $450,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $413,616 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $405,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern Memorial HealthCare: $389,496 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetA FOUNDATION FOR WEST AURORA SCHOOLS: $372,007 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetAURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $335,732 over 9y, 23% of budgetPUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER INC D/B/A HESED HOUSE: $324,030 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetNAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $314,550 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetTRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $305,772 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetCAL'S ALL-STAR ANGEL FOUNDATION INC: $291,632 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetCITIES IN SCHOOLS AURORA 2000 INC: $265,163 over 4y, 11% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFox Valley Family YMCA Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetAURORA AREA INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY: $232,463 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetAS OUR OWN NFP: $225,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetMARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME: $224,300 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $210,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEmmaus Ministries: $200,000 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMUTUAL GROUND INC: $199,437 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCLEARBROOK: $185,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE FOX RIVER VALLEY: $184,176 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetOLE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $166,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $161,910 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX SEMINARY INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSCOTTSDALE PHILHARMONIC INC: $145,000 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetSUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $139,795 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetFOX VALLEY ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE INC: $137,171 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $135,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLAZARUS HOUSE: $134,950 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetSERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC: $130,800 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetANDERSON ANIMAL SHELTER: $127,993 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $127,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $120,000 over 2y, 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 ASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds PARAMOUNT ARTS CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ↗
  • Who funds AURORA EAST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA KANE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds AURORA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds VNA Health Care ↗
  • Who funds THE NEIGHBOR PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds AURORA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DELLORA A NORRIS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER LTD ↗
  • Who funds Presence Central and Suburban Hospitals Network ↗
  • Who funds AURORA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds Illinois Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern Memorial HealthCare ↗
  • Who funds A FOUNDATION FOR WEST AURORA SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER INC D/B/A HESED HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds NAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CAL'S ALL-STAR ANGEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIES IN SCHOOLS AURORA 2000 INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Fox Valley Family YMCA Inc ↗
  • Who funds AURORA AREA INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds AS OUR OWN NFP ↗
  • Who funds MARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds Emmaus Ministries ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MUTUAL GROUND 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.

Dunham FundFox Valley United WayDunham FoundationNorthwestern Memorial…The Bersted FoundationThe Dupage Community …Efs FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…Inc Mental Health All…Grand Victoria Founda…Shodeen Family Founda…The Rich Foundation
Dunham FundIL85.2× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dunham Fund · Fox Valley United Way · Dunham Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · The Bersted Foundation · The Dupage Community Foundation · Efs Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Inc Mental Health Alliance · Grand Victoria Foundation · Shodeen Family Foundation · The Rich 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 the Fox River Valley funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
49report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 333 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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