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Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids/Chicago Inc

The organization raises funds to award grants in support of chicago and illinois metropolitan hiv/aids service agencies that provide direct service, preventative education and outreach to people who are hiv positive, living with aids or at risk for infection.

$200k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$69k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$1.2MCrime & Legal$113k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $195,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $200,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,000 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $126k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $69k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE$69,000
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE$25,000
SOUTH SIDE HELP CENTER$16,000
LEGAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH JUSTICE$15,000
YOUTH OUTLOOK$15,000
TEST POSITIVE AWARE NETWORK$15,000
ASCENSION ALEXIAN BROTHERS HOUSING AND HEALTH ALLIANCE$15,000
MOTHER AND CHILD ALLIANCE$15,000
CHICAGO HOUSE$10,000
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 (FY18–23, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDRENS PLACE ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S PLACE ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $15k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $11k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $10k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $10k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $10k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES (HHCS): $10k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES (HHCS): $10k → 14%CHICAGO BLACK GAY MEN'S CAUCUS: $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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 16 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
3

Total granted

$1.2M
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+335%

Still filing today

94%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • NM
    Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group
    2× · 2023–2024 · $138k · revenue +10%
  • University of Chicago
    7× · 2018–2024 · $133k · revenue +52%
  • LC
    Legal Council for Health Justice
    7× · 2018–2024 · $113k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • UH
    UI HEALTH COMMUNITY CLINIC NETWORK
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k
  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +9%
  • CB
    CHICAGO BLACK GAY MENS CAUCUSgraduated
    4× · 2018–2021 · $10k · revenue +335%
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
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
2
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Ann & robert h. lurie children's hospital of chicago is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a…

Health
3
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
4
Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
Human Services
5
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations

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

Health
6
Center for Comprehensive Health Practice Inc

The center for comprehensive health practice, inc. provides accessible, community-based treatment that integrates primary healthcare with substance use and behavioral health services for all children, adolescents, adults, and families…

Health
7
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
8
Alliancechicago

Alliancechicago is the continuation of an existing effort to bring together charitable federally qualified health centers (fqhcs) to collaboratively pursue their charitable missions by better serving their disadvantaged patients with…

Health
9
Holy Cross Hospital

The hospital is a catholic health care organization sponsored by the sisters of st. casimir. by our commitment to witness to the healing mission of jesus, we contribute to healthy communities and promote quality health care to all with…

Health
10
Children's Hospital of Chicago Medical Center

We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for the northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a leader in: -pediatric health care delivery…

Health
11
Swedish Covenant Health

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

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12
Howard Brown Health Center

Howard Brown Health Center provides a comprehensive array of healthcare and social services to a broad community. In addition to healthcare services, HBHC also conducts behavioral and clinical research in a variety of areas that impact…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heartland Alliance Health; the most unlike its peers is South Side Help Center 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

19 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. 19 of the 20 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE: $326,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARELegal Council for Health Justice: $113,000 · OtherLegal Council for Health JusticeTPA NETWORK INCORPORATED: $75,000 · OtherTPA NETWORK INCORPORATEDAlexian Brothers Bonaventure House: $47,000 · OtherAlexian Brothers Bonaventure HouseThe CORE Foundation: $35,000 · OtherAscension Health Alliance: $30,000 · OtherPUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER: $25,000 · Other+2 more: $36,000 · OtherNorthwestern Memorial HealthCare Group: $138,000 · HealthNorthwestern Memorial Healt…Mother and Child Alliance: $70,500 · HealthMother and Child AllianceCHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $59,000 · HealthCHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERV…HEARTLAND ALLIANCE HEALTH: $30,000 · HealthHEARTLAND ALLIANCE HEALTHAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $15,000 · HealthUniversity of Chicago: $133,000 · EducationUniversity …Center on Halsted: $40,876 · Human ServicesCenter on…HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND…THE CHILDREN'S PLACE ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILD…CHICAGO BLACK GAY MENS CAUCUS: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHICAGO B…YOUTH OUTLOOK: $67,500 · Youth Development
Other$687,000Health$312,500Education$133,000Human Services$105,876Youth Development$67,500

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 budgetNorthwestern Memorial HealthCare Group: $138,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $133,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Council for Health Justice: $113,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTPA NETWORK INCORPORATED: $75,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetMother and Child Alliance: $70,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetYOUTH OUTLOOK: $67,500 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetCHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $59,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAlexian Brothers Bonaventure House: $47,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $40,876 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe CORE Foundation: $35,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAscension Health Alliance: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND ALLIANCE HEALTH: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PLACE ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTH SIDE HELP CENTER INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $15,000 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.

AIDS Foundation of Ch…The Chicago Community…United Way of Metropo…Broadway Caresequity …All Chicago Making Ho…Pritzker Family Found…Chicago Foundation fo…Polk Bros Foundation …Howard Brown Health C…Center for Housing an…Public Health Institu…The Mac AIDS Fund
AIDS Foundation of ChicagoIL26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AIDS Foundation of Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc · All Chicago Making Homelessness History · Pritzker Family Foundation · Chicago Foundation for Women · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Howard Brown Health Center · Center for Housing and Health · Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago · The Mac AIDS 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 Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids/Chicago Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids/Chicago Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    8report 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 20 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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