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Family Alliance Foundation at a glance

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Family Alliance 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.

$504k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$117k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$884kEmployment$310kEducation$211kFood & Nutrition$187kPublic Benefit$152kRecreation & Sports$100kCivil Rights$45kArts & Culture$35kOther$0
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $454,084, the rows itemized in this filing. The $504,084 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $50,000 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $220k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $217k
$30,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DYSTONIA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION$116,500
CAMP NEBAGAMON FOUNDATION$50,000
THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION$50,000
CHICAGO ABORTION FUND$30,000
CARA PROGRAM$30,000
DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$30,000
JTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION$30,000
POSSE FOUNDATION$30,000
GEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL$25,000
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE$25,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$20,000
PEACE OF HEART COMMUNITY INC.$7,584
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER$5,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$5,000
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 (FY17–18, $74k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $30k → 14%BLESSINGS IN BACKPACK: $30k → 15%BLESSINGS IN BACKPACK: $14k → 15%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

IL
NY
CA
KY
VA
DC
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 12 repeat orgs$503k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
24

Total granted

$1.6M
$336k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+73%

Still filing today

83%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthFood & NutritionEmploymentHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • DM
    DYSTONIA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $812k · revenue +51%
  • TP
    THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $180k · revenue +49%
  • TC
    The Cara Program
    6× · 2017–2023 · $180k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • VR
    VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $60k · revenue +43%
  • CN
    CAMP NEBAGAMON
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -22%
  • CL
    CHICAGO LIGHT HOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
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
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.

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2
Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
3
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
4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
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
8
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
11
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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12
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Voter Registration Project; the most unlike its peers is Camp Nebagamon. 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

32 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. 32 of the 44 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
26/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DYSTONIA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $811,575 · HealthDYSTONIA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATIONJTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION: $30,000 · Health+1 more: $7,500 · HealthTHE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INC: $82,500 · OtherTHE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INCVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT: $60,000 · OtherVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECTTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $60,000 · OtherTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INCCAMP NEBAGAMON FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherCAMP NEBAGAMON FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHICAGO LIGHT HOUSE: $30,000 · OtherBEAM: $30,000 · OtherCHICAGO ABORTION FUND: $30,000 · OtherTHE LILITH FUND: $30,000 · OtherCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROP: $27,000 · OtherCAMP NEBAGAMON: $50,000 · OtherCAMP NEBAGAMON+16 more: $80,978 · Other+16 moreTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $180,000 · EducationTHE POSSE FOUN…YEAR UP INC: $60,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCGEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN DAY…EDENS COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationThe Cara Program: $180,000 · EmploymentThe Cara P…CURT'S CAFE: $10,000 · EmploymentNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $90,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $20,000 · InternationalBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $44,000 · Human ServicesInspiration Corporation: $30,000 · Human ServicesARCADIA FOOD INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $15,000 · Food & NutritionFood Research & Action Center: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$849,075Other$570,478Education$280,000Employment$190,000International$110,000Human Services$74,000Food & Nutrition$60,000

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 budgetDYSTONIA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $811,575 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $180,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cara Program: $180,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INC: $82,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP NEBAGAMON: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $44,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetARCADIA FOOD INC: $35,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetInspiration Corporation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINE CASTLE INC: $18,894 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDENS COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetFood Research & Action Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCURT'S CAFE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLAKE TANGANYIKA FLOATING HEALTH CLINIC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHALCYON HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARRICK DUNN CHARITIES INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWJCT INC: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Kellcie FundAetna Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…Pga Tour IncGreater Washington Co…Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…The Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
The Kellcie FundIL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Kellcie Fund · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Pga Tour Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • North Florida Land Trust Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pine Castle Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report 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 44 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $369k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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