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Flanagan Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$143k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
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, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$237kHealth$76kInternational$53kCrime & Legal$30kFood & Nutrition$18kCivil Rights$16kYouth Development$12kReligion$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$999k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOSTON COLLEGE$50,000
Loyola Academy$15,000
ACLU$5,500
SOLIDARITY BRIDGE$5,250
ACADEMY AT ST JOAN OF ARC$5,052
St Vincent DePaul Society$5,000
KU Endowment$5,000
Islamic Relief USA$4,000
American Red Cross$4,000
UN World Food Program$3,000
BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE$3,000
REACH OUT AND READ IL$3,000
Kerr County Community Fund$3,000
HealthWell$2,583
Kids in Need of Defense$2,500
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 (FY22–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%American Red Cross: $4k → 14%Night Ministry: $5k → 14%MADONNA MISSION: $3k → 14%Madonna Mission: $2k → 14%Madonna Mission: $1k → 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

MN
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
KS
DC
HI
AL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$388k · 22 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
33

Total granted

$388k
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
0%

Still filing today

68%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
InternationalCrime & LegalEducationHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $169k · revenue +12%
  • SB
    SOLIDARITY BRIDGE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $35k · revenue +49%
  • TA
    THE ACADEMY AT ST JOAN OF ARC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $18k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • HC
    HOPE CHICAGO INC
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue -27%
  • THE NIGHT MINISTRY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -12%
  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
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
3
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
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
7
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
8
UChicago Research International

To engage in scientific research and educational activities throughout the world on behalf of and in conjunction with the university of chicago.

Health
9
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
10
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
11
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
12
Nuru International

Nuru is a global collective that enables inclusive and sustainable prosperity by identifying communities at the stability tipping point, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilizing connections that repair…

International
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 International Rescue Committee 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

41 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. 41 of the 66 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)
41/41
Grantees still filing
24/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $169,410 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGETHE ACADEMY AT ST JOAN OF ARC: $18,052 · EducationTHE ACADEMY AT ST JOAN OF ARC+1 more: $2,500 · EducationLOYOLA ACADEMY: $20,000 · OtherLOYOLA ACADEMYPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $19,131 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODREACH OUT AND READ IL: $12,090 · OtherREACH OUT AND READ ILIndividual grant recipient: $8,725 · OtherHOPE CHICAGO INC: $6,500 · OtherTREVOR PROJECT INC: $6,560 · OtherSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROCKFORD COUNCIL: $11,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROCKFORD COUN…CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $6,500 · OtherRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $8,000 · Other+35 more: $95,772 · Other+35 moreSOLIDARITY BRIDGE INC: $35,350 · HealthCOOK COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3,030 · Health+1 more: $750 · HealthBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $17,500 · Crime & LegalGreater Chicago Legal Clinic: $4,154 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $2,582 · Crime & LegalKIND INC: $2,500 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $1,000 · Crime & LegalISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $6,250 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,489 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $4,500 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $4,000 · InternationalAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $2,500 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $2,000 · International+1 more: $515 · InternationalMadonna Mission: $5,575 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5,195 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 · Human ServicesGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $12,500 · Food & Nutrition
Education$189,962Other$194,278Health$39,130Crime & Legal$27,736International$25,254Human Services$14,770Food & Nutrition$12,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $169,410 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOLIDARITY BRIDGE INC: $35,350 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ACADEMY AT ST JOAN OF ARC: $18,052 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROCKFORD COUNCIL: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $6,560 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE CHICAGO INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $6,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMadonna Mission: $5,575 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,489 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5,195 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Legal Clinic: $4,154 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOK COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3,030 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI Chicago: $2,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $2,582 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,575 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI UNITED WAY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLAAD INC: $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $1,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE IGNITES CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO CARES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS HAWAII: $500 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.

The Chicago Community…Helen V Brach Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL15.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Helen V Brach Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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%
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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
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 Flanagan Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Flanagan Family 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 66 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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