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Fulk Family Foundation Inc

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.

$24M
Granted FY2025still arriving
111
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$1.4M
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$147MHealth$85MArts & Culture$46MHuman Services$23MPhilanthropy$22MFood & Nutrition$21MEnvironment$19MPublic Benefit$17MOther$0
02FY2025 · 111 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $812k
  • $50k–250k48 grants · $4.4M
  • $250k+24 grants · $18M
$50,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$1,350,000
NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,200,000
HOPE CHICAGO INC$1,137,500
BISHOP NOLL INSTITUTE$1,100,000
BANDWITH MUSIC LTD$1,000,000
CENTERPOINTE INC$1,000,000
CLEVELAND AVENUE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION GROUP$1,000,000
COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY FOUNDATION$1,000,000
KIDS FIRST CHICAGO FOR EDUCATION$1,000,000
CHICAGO STATE FOUNDATION$1,000,000
ADLER PLANETARIUM$1,000,000
CAROLE ROBERTSON CENTER FOR LEARNING$1,000,000
WAUKEGAN TO COLLEGE NFP$1,000,000
CENTERPOINTE INC$650,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER NORTHWEST INDIANA INC$500,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $22.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY ADVOCATES INC: $175k → 15%CROSSROADS YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $250k → 15%ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO: $200k → 14%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $575k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $190k → 15%Lincoln Park Village Inc: $500k → 14%LINCOLN PARK VILLAGE INC: $200k → 14%LINCOLN PARK VILLAGE INC: $200k → 14%CAROLE ROBERTSON CENTER FOR LEARNING: $1.0M → 14%COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS INC: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $325k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $325k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $1.0M → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%Night Ministry: $800k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $500k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $300k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $300k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $200k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $125k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%Night Ministry: $500k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $300k → 14%A BETTER CHICAGO: $1.0M → 14%CLEVELAND AVENUE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION: $1.0M → 14%A BETTER CHICAGO: $750k → 14%A BETTER CHICAGO: $500k → 14%A Better Chicago: $350k → 14%A BETTER CHICAGO: $300k → 14%Ignite Org: $500k → 14%TEEN LIVING PROGRAMS INC: $175k → 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

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WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Fulk Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Fulk Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$396M · 212 repeat orgs$24M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

212 repeat relationships: 65 still active in FY2025, 147 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

212
137

Total granted

$396M
$19M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+21%

Still filing today

85%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.7M 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • University of Chicago
    7× · 2017–2023 · $33M · revenue +56%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $24M · revenue +70%
  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    6× · 2017–2023 · $15M · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2.0M · revenue +39%
  • RU
    Roosevelt University
    one grant, 2018 · $2.0M · revenue -6%
  • LP
    LATINO POLICY FORUM
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · 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
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
2
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.

Social Science
3
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
4
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
5
The University of Chicago Charter School Corporation

To Prepare Students for Success in Four-Year Colleges.

Education
6
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

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7
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
8
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
9
Lake Forest College

Provide post-secondary education leading to a baccalaureate degree. Program service expenditures are made in conjunction with the operation of a liberal arts college spread over 107 acres with approximately 63 educational and support…

Education
10
Junior Achievement of Chicago

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

International
11
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
12
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

The chicagoland chamber of commerce combines the power of people, with our legacy of leadership and business advocacy, to drive a dynamic economy. we focus on delivering value for our members, making chicagoland a world-class place to live…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids First Chicago for Education; the most unlike its peers is Puerto Rico Neighborhood Housing Services Corp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

303 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. 303 of the 376 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)
73
Early backer (in before they grew)
299/303
Grantees still filing
216/303
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Chicago: $32,593,250 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $23,814,929 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $10,960,000 · EducationUniversity of Illinois FoundationErikson Institute: $8,150,000 · EducationErikson InstituteSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,465,000 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $4,700,000 · EducationCollege of Lake County Foundation: $4,397,500 · Education+32 more: $40,686,508 · Education+32 moreCITY OF CHICAGO: $13,331,410 · OtherCITY OF CHICAGOANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE - CHICAGO: $9,563,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE - CHICAGOTabitha Inc: $8,355,000 · OtherTabitha IncCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY - CHICAGO BOTANIC GA: $6,592,554 · OtherDIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,800,000 · OtherHOPE CHICAGO INC: $5,437,500 · OtherWAUKEGAN PARK DISTRICT: $5,265,000 · OtherNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $7,075,000 · OtherAMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC: $13,118,003 · OtherAMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHA…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $5,307,000 · Other+79 more: $71,830,309 · Other+79 moreAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $15,001,272 · HealthAnn & Robert H…Rush University Medical Center: $9,215,000 · HealthRush Universit…MAYO CLINIC: $8,339,839 · HealthMAYO CLINICSt Catherine Hospital Inc: $4,735,000 · HealthSt Catherine H…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,650,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDR…Planned Parenthood of Illinois: $2,929,811 · HealthCENTERPOINTE INC: $2,800,000 · HealthHUMBOLDT PARK HEALTH: $2,603,660 · HealthTHE INSTITUTE FOR ETHNOMEDICINE INC DBA BRAIN CHEMISTRY LABS: $2,088,050 · Health+11 more: $6,100,000 · Health+11 moreLyric Opera of Chicago: $7,375,000 · Arts & CultureLyric Ope…THE ADLER PLANETARIUM: $7,308,612 · Arts & CultureTHE ADLER…Chicago Symphony Orchestra: $5,225,000 · Arts & CultureChicago S…GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $4,740,000 · Arts & CultureGRANT PAR…CHICAGO OPERA THEATER: $2,420,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO O…THE JOFFREY BALLET: $1,800,000 · Arts & CultureNEWBERRY CONSORT NFP: $1,415,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $8,388,000 · Arts & Culture+15 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,875,000 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5,000,000 · Human ServicesA Better Chicago: $3,000,000 · Human ServicesLINCOLN PARK VILLAGE INC: $1,100,000 · Human ServicesMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $1,045,000 · Human ServicesCLEVELAND AVENUE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesCarole Robertson Center for Learning: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesIGNITE: $875,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF THE CALUMET AREA INC: $775,000 · Human Services+11 more: $3,358,000 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,702,500 · PhilanthropyMONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,972,500 · PhilanthropyFOREFRONT: $2,050,000 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA CULTURAL ENDOWMENT: $1,050,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $719,265 · PhilanthropyGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $10,270,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $4,060,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $1,400,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $586,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$130,767,187Other$151,674,776Health$57,462,632Arts & Culture$38,671,612Human Services$23,028,000Philanthropy$20,494,265Food & Nutrition$16,316,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUniversity of Chicago: $32,593,250 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $23,814,929 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $15,001,272 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC: $13,118,003 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,702,500 over 9y, 13% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $10,960,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $10,270,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $9,215,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTabitha Inc: $8,355,000 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $8,339,839 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetErikson Institute: $8,150,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $7,375,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetTHE ADLER PLANETARIUM: $7,308,612 over 9y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $7,075,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,875,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,800,000 over 6y, 60% of budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,465,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetHOPE CHICAGO INC: $5,437,500 over 4y, 19% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $5,307,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $5,225,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5,000,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $4,894,500 over 9y, 11% of budgetGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $4,740,000 over 7y, 25% of budgetSt Catherine Hospital Inc: $4,735,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $4,700,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCollege of Lake County Foundation: $4,397,500 over 5y, 28% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $4,060,000 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,972,500 over 7y, 17% of budgetLINCOLN PARK CONSERVANCY: $3,882,800 over 8y, 62% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,650,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $3,550,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetPRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVES: $3,312,500 over 5y, 52% of budgetONEGOAL: $3,300,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $3,170,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,140,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $3,050,000 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetCity Colleges of Chicago Foundation: $3,050,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetA Better Chicago: $3,000,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $2,929,811 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetCENTERPOINTE INC: $2,800,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $2,789,459 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $2,775,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetHUMBOLDT PARK HEALTH: $2,603,660 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: $2,550,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetCHICAGO OPERA THEATER: $2,420,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY: $2,300,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $2,148,240 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds Rush University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds Tabitha Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Erikson Institute ↗
  • Who funds Lyric Opera of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds THE ADLER PLANETARIUM ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds DIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE CHICAGO INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NORTHWEST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
  • Who funds THE NIGHT MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO ↗
  • Who funds GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds St Catherine Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds College of Lake County Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVES ↗
  • Who funds ONEGOAL ↗
  • Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY ↗

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.

Robert R McCormick Fo…Circle of Service Fou…Arie and Ida Crown Me…Polk Bros Foundation …John D and Catherine …United Way of Metropo…Vivo FoundationThe Chicago Community…Lloyd a Fry FoundationThe Joyce FoundationNorthwestern Memorial…Cme Group Foundation
Robert R McCormick FoundationIL83.9× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert R McCormick Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Vivo Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Cme Group 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 Fulk Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fulk Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
57report 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 Fulk Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Fulk Family Foundation Inc 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 376 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home