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Debicki 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.

$965k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$2.3MHuman Services$933kInternational$610kReligion$370kEducation$185kAnimals$50kEmployment$25kPhilanthropy$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $309k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $620k
$30,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND SENSE$100,000
THE MISSION OF OUR LADY OF MERCY INC$75,000
ANN AND ROBERT H LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO$75,000
AVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE$55,400
SALVATION ARMY$55,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO$55,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC$55,000
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY$50,000
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION$50,000
HAVE DREAMS$50,000
PROJECT HOPE$35,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$35,000
CARE$35,000
THE INTERNATIONAL EYE FOUNDATION$35,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$30,000
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 (FY20–24, $208k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $12k → 8%ASPIRITECH NFP: $5k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $12k → 8%ASPIRITECH NFP: $5k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $12k → 8%ASPIRITECH NFP: $5k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $12k → 8%ASPIRITECH NFP: $5k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%ASPIRITECH NFP: $5k → 8%HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO: $10k → 14%HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO: $10k → 14%HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO: $10k → 14%HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO: $10k → 14%HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO: $10k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $25k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $25k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $25k → 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

ID
IL
NY
CA
CO
VA
MD
GA
TX
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.5M · 33 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -24% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
2

Total granted

$4.5M
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-24%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalEmploymentAnimalsOther
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

  • SS
    SECOND SENSE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +1%
  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    5× · 2020–2024 · $370k · revenue +28%
  • CC
    Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
    5× · 2020–2024 · $270k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • DL
    DISABILITY LEAD
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -24%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
2
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

SRAlab is dedicated to providing the best patient outcomes through the highest-quality clinical care, translational research, scientific discovery and education.

Health
3
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
4
Loyola University of Chicago

We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.

Education
5
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
6
The Arc of Illinois

The Arc of Illinois is committed to empowering persons with disabilities to achieve full participation in community life through informed choices.

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7
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations

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

Health
8
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
9
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
10
Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc

Provide pediatric and subspecialty surgical, research, and educational services.

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11
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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12
Living Well Disability Services

Living Well Disability Services transforms the lives of people impacted by disabilities through the delivery of exceptional services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago; the most unlike its peers is Ordinary Towards Extraordinary 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

25 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. 25 of the 37 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)
24/25
Grantees still filing
20/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECOND SENSE: $500,000 · OtherSECOND SENSEMISSION OF OUR LADY OF MERCY: $370,000 · OtherMISSION OF OUR LADY OF MERCYTHE SALVATION ARMY: $310,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $270,000 · OtherCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of ChicagoAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $170,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYPROJECT H O P E INC: $170,000 · OtherPROJECT H O P E INCARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: $145,000 · OtherARTHRITIS FOUNDATIONKESHET: $85,000 · Other+11 more: $283,000 · Other+11 moreAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $370,000 · HealthAnn & Robert H Luri…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE…American Heart Association Inc: $145,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Asso…The Brenen Hornstein Autism Research & Education Foundation: $29,000 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $270,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $170,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR…INTERNATIONAL EYE FOUNDATION: $170,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL E…HAVE DREAMS: $230,000 · EmploymentHAVE DREAMSAVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE: $215,400 · EmploymentAVENUES TO …The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago: $75,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $58,000 · Human ServicesHonor Flight Chicago Corp: $50,000 · Human ServicesASPIRITECH NFP: $25,000 · Human ServicesDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationLADDER UP (F/K/A CITY-WIDE TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM): $10,000 · EducationDISABILITY LEAD: $10,000 · EducationCPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS: $5,000 · EducationTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $50,000 · Animals
Other$2,303,000Health$794,000International$610,000Employment$445,400Human Services$208,000Education$125,000Animals$50,000

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 budgetSECOND SENSE: $500,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $370,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $270,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $270,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHAVE DREAMS: $230,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetAVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE: $215,400 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $170,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL EYE FOUNDATION: $170,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $145,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKESHET: $85,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $58,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHonor Flight Chicago Corp: $50,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brenen Hornstein Autism Research & Education Foundation: $29,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetASPIRITECH NFP: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOrdinary Towards Extraordinary Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetLADDER UP (F/K/A CITY-WIDE TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM): $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSpecial Children's Charities: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDISABILITYIN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDISABILITY LEAD: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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 SECOND SENSE ↗
  • Who funds Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVE DREAMS ↗
  • Who funds AVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL EYE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KESHET ↗
  • Who funds The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds Honor Flight Chicago Corp ↗
  • Who funds THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds The Brenen Hornstein Autism Research & Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ASPIRITECH NFP ↗
  • Who funds Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago ↗
  • Who funds Ordinary Towards Extraordinary Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds LADDER UP (F/K/A CITY-WIDE TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) ↗
  • Who funds Special Children's Charities ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITYIN ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITY LEAD ↗
  • Who funds CPA ENDOWMENT FUND OF ILLINOIS ↗

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.

AbbVie FoundationMotorola Solutions Fo…The Chicago Community…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
AbbVie FoundationIL15.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 Debicki Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Debicki Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Debicki Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Debicki 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 37 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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