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Erikson Institute

Erikson is a leading institution of higher education that prepares professionals to address the urgent challenges facing young children, their families and communities.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$88k
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 2025.

Science & Tech$1.5MHuman Services$1.5MEducation$1.1MHealth$113kArts & Culture$46kYouth Development$23k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $427,379, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,752,022 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,324,643 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

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $307k
$53,040
Median grant
5
States reached
$105M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SRI International$88,279
American Academy of Pediatrics$57,905
University of Illinois$55,000
University of Delaware$53,040
Illinois Action for Children$52,770
Indigo Cultural Center Inc$45,547
University of Chicago$43,598
National Association for Family Childcare$31,240
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 (FY19–22, $178k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Chapin Hall Center: $160k → 14%CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $18k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 12 repeat orgs$190k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
4

Total granted

$4.1M
$190k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k 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
EducationScience & TechHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • SRI INTERNATIONAL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +8%
  • CA
    CHADDOCK ATTACHMENT AND TRAUMA SERVICES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $293k · revenue +8%
  • University of Chicago
    3× · 2023–2025 · $285k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • AA
    AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
    one grant, 2025 · $58k · revenue 0%
  • UO
    University of Illinois
    one grant, 2025 · $55k
  • IC
    INDIGO CULTURAL CENTER
    one grant, 2025 · $46k · revenue 0%
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 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

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
Illinois Institute of Technology

To provide distinctive and relevant education in an environment of scientific, technological, and professional knowledge creation and innovation.

Education
4
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
5
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
6
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
7
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
8
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
9
Indiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Inc

The indiana chapter of the american academy of pediatrics is committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

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10
The Campbell Institute

Children's institute's mission is to leverage research, practice, policy, and advocacy to shift systems toward justice for families so that all of oregon's children, prenatal to grade 5, have access to opportunity.

Unclassified
11
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
12
National Association for the Education of Young Children

Naeyc promotes high-quality early learning for each and every child, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. we advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chapin Hall Center for Children; the most unlike its peers is American Academy of Pediatrics. 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

11 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. 11 of the 16 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $833,729 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHADDOCK ATTACHMENT AND TRAUMA SERVICES: $293,205 · OtherCHADDOCK ATTACHMENT AND TRAUMA SERVICESLuster Learning Institute: $274,169 · OtherLuster Learning InstituteUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $235,639 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWAREIllinois Action for Children: $206,655 · OtherIllinois Action for ChildrenUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $157,120 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL+3 more: $115,136 · Other+3 moreSRI INTERNATIONAL: $1,532,760 · Science & TechSRI INTERNATIONALUniversity of Chicago: $285,221 · EducationUniversity…LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $92,650 · EducationLOYOLA UNI…National Association For Family Child Care: $31,240 · EducationNational A…CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $177,731 · Human ServicesAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $57,905 · HealthINDIGO CULTURAL CENTER: $45,547 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,115,653Science & Tech$1,532,760Education$409,111Human Services$177,731Health$57,905Arts & Culture$45,547

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 budgetSRI INTERNATIONAL: $1,532,760 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCHADDOCK ATTACHMENT AND TRAUMA SERVICES: $293,205 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $285,221 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $235,639 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Action for Children: $206,655 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $177,731 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $92,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $57,905 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIGO CULTURAL CENTER: $45,547 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSTART EARLY: $42,196 over 3y, 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 16 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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