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Dr Scholl Foundation at a glance

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Dr Scholl Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
410
Grants FY2024still arriving
30
States reached
$500k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$12MArts & Culture$9.7MHealth$7.2MEnvironment$4.5MHuman Services$3.4MYouth Development$3.3MAnimals$3.1MRecreation & Sports$3.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 410 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k146 grants · $740k
  • $10k–50k223 grants · $3.6M
  • $50k–250k39 grants · $3.8M
  • $250k+2 grants · $750k
$10,000
Median grant
30
States reached
$212M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Trust for the National Mall$500,000
University of Notre Dame$250,000
Saints Faith Hope & Charity Parish$225,000
Big Shoulders Fund$200,000
World Central Kitchen Inc$200,000
Watershed School$165,000
Rosalind Franklin University$160,000
Mayo Clinic$150,000
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress$150,000
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$150,000
Lyric Opera$150,000
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$150,000
Grant Park Music Festival$135,000
BUILD Inc$125,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies$100,000
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, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Dress for Success Phoenix: $15k → 11%Patient AirLift Services: $20k → 7%Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc: $15k → 11%Sbt Foundation Inc: $75k → 10%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 5%Canine Companions for Independence: $30k → 15%BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding & Educational Center: $50k → 6%Easter Seals Joliet Region Inc: $40k → 7%Dress for Success Phoenix: $15k → 11%Patient AirLift Services: $20k → 7%Green County Family YMCA Inc: $300k → 7%Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc: $15k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 15%BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding & Educational Center: $40k → 6%EASTER SEALS JOLIET REGION INC: $40k → 7%Dress for Success Phoenix: $15k → 11%Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc: $15k → 11%Canine Companions for Independence: $15k → 15%BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding & Educational Center: $40k → 6%Easter Seals Joliet Region Inc: $40k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 15%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $25k → 6%Easter Seals Joliet Region Inc: $40k → 7%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $25k → 6%EASTER SEALS JOLIET REGION INC: $30k → 7%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $25k → 6%EASTER SEALS JOLIET REGION INC: $30k → 7%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $20k → 6%EASTER SEALS JOLIET REGION INC: $30k → 7%EASTER SEALS JOLIET REGION INC: $25k → 7%Center on Halsted: $20k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $15k → 14%Center on Halsted: $15k → 14%JOURNEYCARE: $20k → 14%Madonna Mission: $20k → 14%Madonna Mission: $20k → 14%Madonna Mission: $20k → 14%ENVISION UNLIMITED: $25k → 14%ENVISION UNLIMITED: $20k → 14%Envision Unlimited: $20k → 14%ENVISION UNLIMITED: $20k → 14%ENVISION UNLIMITED: $20k → 14%Envision Unlimited: $20k → 14%ENVISION UNLIMITED: $20k → 14%Envision Unlimited: $20k → 14%Care for Real: $20k → 14%CARE FOR REAL: $20k → 14%Care for Real: $20k → 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

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WA
MT
MN
IL
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MI
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MA
OR
WY
SD
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IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
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VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
LA
MS
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 9% of Dr Scholl Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 50% of the giving stays in IL; by stated purpose, 46%.

Dr Scholl Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.0% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$54M · 506 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

506 repeat relationships: 346 still active in FY2024, 160 since wound down; 54 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

506
131

Total granted

$54M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+22%

Still filing today

78%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • TF
    TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.6M · revenue +288%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESIDENCY & CONGRESS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +26%
  • BS
    Big Shoulders Fund
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
    one grant, 2017 · $320k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE HYPERBARIC CHAMBER
    one grant, 2019 · $150k
  • MB
    MANX BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
    one grant, 2020 · $125k
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
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
3
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
4
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
5
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
6
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
7
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

—
8
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
9
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
10
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
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
12
Children's Museum of Oak Park

To spark curiosity and creativity in all young children through positive, play-based learning experiences.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connections for the Homeless Inc; the most unlike its peers is Enchanted Backpack. 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

520 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. 520 of the 699 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
110
Early backer (in before they grew)
508/520
Grantees still filing
389/520
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY: $2,640,000 · OtherROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITYCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESIDENCY & CONGRESS: $1,580,000 · OtherCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESIDENCY & CONGRESSAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $1,215,000 · OtherBUILD INC: $1,200,000 · OtherLyric Opera: $1,196,000 · OtherHOSPICE CARE: $950,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $880,000 · Other+93 more: $14,596,700 · Other+93 moreUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $2,350,000 · EducationUniversity of Notr…Big Shoulders Fund: $1,525,000 · EducationBig Shoulders FundWATERSHED SCHOOL INC: $590,500 · EducationWATERSHED SCHOOL I…MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOL…UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $469,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLO…+21 more: $2,667,500 · Education+21 moreTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $3,645,000 · Arts & CultureTRUST FOR THE NA…THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $1,155,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNT VERNON…GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $260,000 · Arts & Culture+18 more: $2,075,500 · Arts & Culture+18 moreTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $815,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $650,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $535,000 · InternationalCAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA: $345,000 · InternationalAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $305,000 · InternationalREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $140,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $115,000 · International+3 more: $235,000 · InternationalMAYO CLINIC: $1,100,000 · HealthMOBILE CARE FOUNDATION: $400,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $255,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $165,000 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $165,000 · HealthPathways Foundation: $125,000 · HealthMEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS: $115,000 · Health+6 more: $483,000 · HealthORANGUTAN OUTREACH INC ATTN RICHARD ZIMMERMAN: $730,000 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $255,000 · AnimalsLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $220,000 · AnimalsSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $200,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $195,000 · AnimalsTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $160,000 · AnimalsCOLORADO HORSE RESCUE: $100,000 · AnimalsGREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $98,000 · AnimalsThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $90,000 · Animals+5 more: $381,000 · AnimalsGreen County Family YMCA Inc: $330,000 · Human ServicesEASTER SEALS OF JOLIET REGION INC: $275,000 · Human ServicesBRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $225,000 · Human ServicesEnvision Unlimited: $165,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesHoward Area Community Center: $105,000 · Human ServicesFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesCARE FOR REAL: $95,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesMadonna Mission: $87,000 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $80,000 · Human ServicesYWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $80,000 · Human ServicesDREAMS WITH WINGS INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCESS PHOENIX: $75,000 · Human ServicesSBT FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesCenter on Halsted: $70,000 · Human Services
Other$24,257,700Education$8,102,000Arts & Culture$7,135,500International$3,140,000Health$2,808,000Animals$2,429,000Human Services$2,027,000

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $3,645,000 over 8y, 20% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $2,350,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESIDENCY & CONGRESS: $1,580,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $1,525,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBUILD INC: $1,200,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $1,155,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,100,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $880,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $815,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetORANGUTAN OUTREACH INC ATTN RICHARD ZIMMERMAN: $730,000 over 8y, 20% of budgetGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $700,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $650,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWATERSHED SCHOOL INC: $590,500 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $535,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetGIRLS INC OF CHICAGO: $480,000 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $469,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE CARE FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetCAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA: $345,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGreen County Family YMCA Inc: $330,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $305,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHICAGO'S GREEN CITY MARKET PROGRAM: $290,000 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $290,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF JOLIET REGION INC: $275,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $270,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $260,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $255,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $255,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $250,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA CENTER FOR RURAL LEADERSHIP PROJECT CENTRAL: $245,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $230,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBOULDER EMERGENCY SQUAD INC: $225,200 over 8y, 17% of budgetBRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $225,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $220,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $220,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $215,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLEGACY LAW SCHOOL CORPORATION: $210,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNational History Day Inc: $210,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $200,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $200,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $195,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $195,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $192,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $190,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence St Mel School: $190,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC: $170,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetKOHL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC: $170,000 over 7y, 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 TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESIDENCY & CONGRESS ↗
  • Who funds Big Shoulders Fund ↗
  • Who funds BUILD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS ↗
  • Who funds ORANGUTAN OUTREACH INC ATTN RICHARD ZIMMERMAN ↗
  • Who funds GATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERSHED SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INC OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Green County Family YMCA Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO'S GREEN CITY MARKET PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS OF JOLIET REGION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA CENTER FOR RURAL LEADERSHIP PROJECT CENTRAL ↗

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.

Robert R McCormick Fo…Polk Bros Foundation …United Way of Metropo…Helen V Brach Foundat…Arie and Ida Crown Me…Circle of Service Fou…Lloyd a Fry FoundationGeorge M Eisenberg Fo…WP & HB White Foundat…John D and Catherine …Fifth Third Chicagola…The Chicago Community…
Robert R McCormick FoundationIL82.2× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Helen V Brach Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · WP & HB White Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust

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 Dr Scholl Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dr Scholl Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • National History Day Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University: 2% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
53report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Dr Scholl Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Dr Scholl 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 699 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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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home