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Foley Family Foundation at a glance

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Foley 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.

$126k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$528kHuman Services$52kHealth$15kHousing & Shelter$5kReligion$3kFood & Nutrition$3kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $47k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND$50,215
CRISTO REY ST MARTIN COLLEGE PREP$35,000
Individual grant recipient$12,000
EXMOOR FOUNDATION$7,000
IT TAKES A VILLAGE INC (ITAV)$5,000
READING POWER$3,000
MERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS$2,500
WGA - EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$2,500
1916 FOUNDATION INC$2,500
HAPP FOUNDATION$2,500
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT (WWP)$2,000
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT (WWP): $2k → 14%CLUB OF HEARTS INC: $26k → 14%CLUB OF HEARTS INC: $12k → 14%CLUB OF HEARTS INC: $5k → 14%CLUB OF HEARTS INC: $3k → 14%BEACON PLACE: $1k → 8%1916 FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 8%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.
$605k · 7 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
6

Total granted

$605k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
-18%

Still filing today

71%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHealthYouth 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

  • DM
    DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $346k · revenue +89%
  • CO
    CLUB OF HEARTS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $46k · revenue +5%
  • TE
    THE EXMOOR FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • M
    MISERICORDIA
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • BS
    Big Shoulders Fund
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue -37%
  • FF
    FARAJA FUND FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +27%
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 Hillside School

The mission of the hillside school is to maximize the potential of children with learning disabilities through excellence in education.

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2
Equitable Facilities Fund Inc

Eff is a nonprofit social impact fund that believes all children deserve a quality education. we empower high-performing public charter schools with equitable access to low-cost, long-term financing by innovatively combining…

Education
3
New Schools Fund

To improve public education by identifying and supporting the most promising education ventures in the country, and creating a nationwide network of education entrepreneurs committed to closing the achievement gap.

Education
4
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia

With over 20 years of experience and over 30,000 scholarships awarded, csfp provides philadelphia children with eight-year, needs-based scholarships to attend safe, quality, k-8th grade schools. continued on schedule o.supporting…

Education
5
The Fund for Public Schools Inc

The fund for public schools is dedicated to supporting new york city's public schools with private, philanthropic investment from foundations, individuals, businesses, and other charitable partners.

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6
Education Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc

The foundation is the nexus of palm beach county's public schools, the private sector, and the community. it facilitates student achievement by supporting high quality public education through partnership, grants, events and public…

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7
Chicago Collegiate Inc

To equip all students in grades six through twelve with the academic skills, intellectual habits and character traits to succeed in the college of their choice, strenghten their communities and change the world.

Education
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
Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation

NREF supports basic science and clinical research, as well as life-long education, to foster improved outcomes for our patients with neurosurgical diseases.

Health
10
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
11
The Fisher Falcon Education Foundation

The Fisher Falcon Education Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that protects and promotes the mission and resources of St. John Fisher School in Chicago, Illinois by raising funds for investment in people,…

Education
12
The Philadelphia Education Fund

The mission of the philadelphia education fund (pef) is to create equitable access to opportunities for students by providing resources and expertise that build paths to college and career success. pef focuses on philadelphia public school…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Shoulders Fund; the most unlike its peers is Faraja Fund Foundation. 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

14 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. 14 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $345,665 · OtherDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $24,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+5 more: $17,000 · OtherCristo Rey St Martin College Prep: $124,615 · EducationCristo Rey St Martin College P…THE EXMOOR FOUNDATION: $44,500 · EducationTHE EXMOOR FOUNDATION+1 more: $2,500 · EducationCLUB OF HEARTS INC: $46,475 · Human ServicesCLUB OF H…1916 FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $15,000 · HealthREADING POWER INC: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentFARAJA FUND FOUNDATION: $1,500 · PhilanthropyALLENDALE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCEINC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,500 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$386,665Education$171,615Human Services$51,975Health$15,000Youth Development$3,000Philanthropy$2,500Food & Nutrition$2,500

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 budgetDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $345,665 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetCristo Rey St Martin College Prep: $124,615 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCLUB OF HEARTS INC: $46,475 over 4y, 18% of budgetTHE EXMOOR FOUNDATION: $44,500 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREADING POWER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARAJA FUND FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLENDALE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCEINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Beacon Place NFP: $1,000 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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-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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