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Frances E Streit 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.

$101k
Granted FY2024still arriving
50
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$125kHealth$73kReligion$67kInternational$49kArts & Culture$27kEducation$22kCivil Rights$15kYouth Development$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k48 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$1,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUSHABYE NURSERY$10,000
SPARK VENTURES$10,000
MEDHEN ORPHAN RELIEF EFFORT$7,500
PLOWSHARE FARM$5,000
MARGARETS VILLAGE$5,000
ANGEL WIGS OF HOPE$4,500
HANDS OF MERCY EVERYWHERE$4,000
HUBBARD HOUSE$3,000
LET IT BE US$3,000
INFORMED CHOICES$3,000
GIVE KIDS THE WORLD$2,604
COUNSELING CENTER OF THE NORTH SHORE$2,500
DOMINICAN MISSION SECRETARIATE$2,500
SISTERS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY$2,500
CHICAGO VOYAGERS$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $98k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HUSHABYE NURSERY: $10k → 11%WILD GIFT: $5k → 7%CONNECT THE HEARTS: $3k → 10%CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER: $10k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH: $1k → 11%HUBBARD HOUSE: $3k → 14%CORNERSTONE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%STOVE TEAM INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 15%THERE WITH CARE: $500 → 12%METHOW AT HOME: $2k → 17%HUSHABYE NURSERY: $5k → 11%THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $2k → 7%CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER: $7k → 10%HUBBARD HOUSE: $2k → 14%CORNERSTONE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%STOVE TEAM INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 15%THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $1k → 7%CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER: $5k → 10%STOVE TEAM INTERNATIONAL: $500 → 15%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $1k → 11%WILD GIFT: $500 → 7%CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER: $2k → 10%STOVE TEAM INTERNATIONAL: $500 → 15%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $500 → 11%ANGEL WIGS OF HOPE: $5k → 9%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES: $2k → 14%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES: $1k → 14%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES: $1k → 14%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES: $1k → 14%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES: $250 → 14%MARYVILLE ACADEMY: $2k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $500 → 14%MARYVILLE ACADEMY: $500 → 14%GIFT OF ADOPTION FUND: $500 → 14%FAMILY FOCUS: $2k → 14%FAMILY FOCUS: $2k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF WILMETTE GLENVIEW NORTHBROOK KENILWORTH: $1k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF WILMETTE GLENVIEW NORTHBROOK KENILWORTH: $1k → 14%THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $2k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF WILMETTE GLENVIEW NORTHBROOK KENILWORTH: $1k → 14%THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $1k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF WILMETTE GLENVIEW NORTHBROOK KENILWORTH: $1k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $500 → 14%FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF WILMETTE GLENVIEW NORTHBROOK KENILWORTH: $500 → 14%LET IT BE US: $3k → 14%LET IT BE US: $1k → 14%MADONNA MISSION: $500 → 14%MADONNA MISSION: $500 → 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

NH
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ID
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WI
MI
NY
OR
IA
IN
NJ
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
AZ
KS
AR
DC
HI
LA
AL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$382k · 74 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

74 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

74
72

Total granted

$382k
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+26%

Still filing today

65%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • CC
    Christian Care Center Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $24k · revenue +55%
  • SV
    Spark Ventures
    6× · 2019–2024 · $20k · revenue +84%
  • MV
    MARGARETS VILLAGE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $19k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • CA
    Chicago Architecture Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue -31%
  • HF
    HEALTH FREEDOM FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • AF
    ACTION FOR LIFE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +169%
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
House of the Good Shepherd

House of Good Shepherd serves with love and compassion women and children affected by domestic violence by offering a safe place with opportunities for emotional, educational and spiritual growth, giving hope and continued support for a…

Human Services
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
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
4
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
5
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
6
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

The chicago children's advocacy center unites public, private, and community partners to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of abused children.

Crime & Legal
7
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
8
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
9
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago

Infant welfare society of chicago (iws) (d/b/a iws family health) provides quality medical, dental and behavioral health services for the health, physical and mental development of children and their families in the chicagoland community.

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10
Advocate Health Care Network

The mission of advocate health care is to serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a wholistic philosophy rooted in our fundamental understanding of human beings as created in the image of god.

Health
11
Holy Cross Hospital

The hospital is a catholic health care organization sponsored by the sisters of st. casimir. by our commitment to witness to the healing mission of jesus, we contribute to healthy communities and promote quality health care to all with…

Health
12
Center for Housing and Health

Chh honors every person's right to a home and health care, by bridging the housing and health care systems, to improve the lives of chicagoans experiencing homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired; the most unlike its peers is Company of Folk. 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

107 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. 107 of the 162 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)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
104/107
Grantees still filing
73/107
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOMINICAN MISSION SECRETARIATE: $20,500 · OtherDOMINICAN MISSION SECRETARIATESAINT JOSEPH & FRANCIS XAVIER PARISH: $16,500 · OtherSAINT JOSEPH & FRANCIS XAVIER PARISHSISTERS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY: $15,500 · OtherSISTERS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITYIndividual grant recipient: $13,700 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,250 · OtherPLOWSHARES: $10,000 · Other+100 more: $183,437 · Other+100 moreChristian Care Center Inc: $24,000 · Human ServicesChristian Care Center In…HUSHABYE NURSERY: $15,000 · Human ServicesHUSHABYE NURSERYTHE WILD FUND INC: $5,600 · Human ServicesTHE WILD FUND INCCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES: $5,250 · Human ServicesCornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc: $5,081 · Human ServicesHUBBARD HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF WILMETTE GLENVIEW NORTHBROOK AND KENILWORTH: $4,520 · Human ServicesANGEL WIGS OF HOPE INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesLET IT BE US: $4,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY FOCUS LEGACY: $3,500 · Human ServicesTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $3,500 · Human Services+13 more: $20,550 · Human Services+13 moreSpark Ventures: $20,350 · InternationalMEDHEN ORPHAN RELIEF EFFORT A NJNON PROFIT CORPORATION: $7,600 · InternationalIMERMAN ANGELS: $7,810 · HealthInformed Choices: $3,000 · HealthWellness House: $2,750 · HealthCommunity Medical Care Center of Leesburg Inc: $2,500 · HealthINFORMED CONSENT ACTION NETWORK: $2,100 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,500 · HealthPRISMS Inc: $1,000 · HealthCAMP BLUE SPRUCE: $1,000 · Health+2 more: $600 · HealthMARGARETS VILLAGE: $19,000 · Religion+2 more: $850 · ReligionChicago Architecture Foundation: $6,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTS OF LIFE INC: $6,250 · Arts & CultureORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,025 · Arts & CultureWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSURFRIDER SPIRIT SESSIONS: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $430 · Arts & CultureFREE SPEECH FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $2,250 · EducationRUBY'S RAINBOW: $1,500 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $1,050 · EducationSOPHISTICATED GENTS OF FLORIDA: $1,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $700 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $550 · EducationLiteracy DuPage: $500 · Education+1 more: $250 · Education
Other$269,887Human Services$100,501International$27,950Health$22,260Religion$19,850Arts & Culture$18,205Education$11,800

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChristian Care Center Inc: $24,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSpark Ventures: $20,350 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMARGARETS VILLAGE: $19,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHUSHABYE NURSERY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPLOWSHARE FARM INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIMERMAN ANGELS: $7,810 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMEDHEN ORPHAN RELIEF EFFORT A NJNON PROFIT CORPORATION: $7,600 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetYWCA EvanstonNorth Shore: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Architecture Foundation: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARTS OF LIFE INC: $6,250 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $5,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILD FUND INC: $5,600 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES: $5,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc: $5,081 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHUBBARD HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTFK Chicago Voyagers: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $4,604 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF WILMETTE GLENVIEW NORTHBROOK AND KENILWORTH: $4,520 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetANGEL WIGS OF HOPE INC: $4,500 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetWILD HORSE RESCUE CENTER INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHANDS OF MERCY EVERYWHERE INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREE SPEECH FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLET IT BE US: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY FOCUS LEGACY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAYLA'S ACRES NO-KILL ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTOVETEAM INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSunbird Initiative: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetInformed Choices: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWellness House: $2,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS OF ILLINOIS INC: $2,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER: $2,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNSELING CENTER OF THE NORTH SHORE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Medical Care Center of Leesburg Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCONNECT THE HEARTS: $2,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetEVANSTON WILMETTE GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINFORMED CONSENT ACTION NETWORK: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,025 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMethow At Home: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetExecutive Service Corps of Chicago: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETYSPCA OF SUMTER COUNTY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Christian Care Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Spark Ventures ↗
  • Who funds MARGARETS VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds HUSHABYE NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds PLOWSHARE FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds IMERMAN ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds MEDHEN ORPHAN RELIEF EFFORT A NJNON PROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Architecture Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTS OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE WILD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds Cornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds HUBBARD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds TFK Chicago Voyagers ↗
  • Who funds GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF WILMETTE GLENVIEW NORTHBROOK AND KENILWORTH ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL WIGS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds WILD HORSE RESCUE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HANDS OF MERCY EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds FREE SPEECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LET IT BE US ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY FOCUS LEGACY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗

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.

Dr Scholl FoundationIL22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dr Scholl Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The a Montgomery Ward Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation · WP & HB White Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Parady Cares Foundation Inc · Maurice & Henry Freund Charitable Foundation · Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Hubbard House Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Orlando Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 162 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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