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General Iron Industries Charitable Foundation at a glance

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General Iron Industries Charitable 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.

$12k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$502kEducation$223kInternational$145kFood & Nutrition$135kPhilanthropy$128kRecreation & Sports$88kCivil Rights$80kArts & Culture$53kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$11,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND$11,500
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 (FY17–20, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $10k → 6%MARRILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%MARRILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%MARRILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $10k → 14%Karate Can Do Foundation: $5k → 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

IL
MI
NY
PA
NJ
MD
DC
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 30 repeat orgs$425k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
36

Total granted

$1.2M
$414k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+32%

Still filing today

63%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCivil 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

  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    2× · 2017–2018 · $200k · revenue +60%
  • BZ
    BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2022 · $175k · revenue +10%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $80k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -50%
  • MS
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ISRAEL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
2
Loyola University of Chicago

We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.

Education
3
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
4
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…

Philanthropy
5
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group

Northwestern memorial healthcare is an integrated healthcare system, consisting of multiple hospitals (including northwestern memorial hospital, an academic medical center) and networks of physicians and healthcare professionals, where the…

Health
6
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
7
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
8
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
9
Pediatric Faculty Foundation Inc

We value excellence and innovation in clinical and basic research, coordinated and comprehensive patient care, ongoing physician education, and evidence-based child advocacy. our goal is to provide leadership in endeavors that promote the…

Health
10
Children's Hospital of Chicago Medical Center

We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for the northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a leader in: -pediatric health care delivery…

Health
11
Institute of Medicine of Chicago

Mission - the institute of medicine of chicago is an independent non-profit organization of distinguished leaders in the health field who collaborate to improve the health of the public. drawing upon the expertise of a diverse membership…

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12
Students Run Chicago
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc; the most unlike its peers is Staats Foundation 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

43 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. 43 of the 68 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/43
Grantees still filing
34/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $50,000 · OtherMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CENTER: $40,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CENTERTHE ARK: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST SIDE OF CHICAGO FOOD PANTRY: $30,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF ISRAEL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $25,000 · OtherHOOPADEMIX FOUNDATION CORP: $24,000 · OtherJUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherJUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING FOUNDATIONThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $35,000 · OtherThe Anti-Cruelty Society+35 more: $305,100 · Other+35 moreAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $200,000 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie …Rush University Medical Center: $60,000 · HealthRush University Medic…Planned Parenthood of Illinois: $22,500 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Health+2 more: $12,500 · HealthBERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL: $175,000 · EducationBERNARD ZELL ANS…CHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationCHILDREN FIRST F…INTRINSIC SCHOOLS: $15,000 · EducationINTRINSIC SCHOOL…PROJECT EDUCATION PLUS: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $11,500 · EducationUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $60,000 · InternationalUNITED STATE…INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $30,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONA…AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $30,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEW…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $30,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRI…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $25,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF T…UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $25,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UN…FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $80,000 · Food & NutritionANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $70,000 · Civil RightsChicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Other$604,100Health$310,000Education$231,500International$175,000Philanthropy$130,000Food & Nutrition$80,000Civil Rights$80,000

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 budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL: $175,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST FUND THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwestern University: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTRINSIC SCHOOLS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO SCULPTURE EXHIBIT: $14,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKarate Can-Do Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUPUS SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS COUNCIL AGAINST HANDGUN VIOLENCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJewish Council on Urban Affairs: $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.

The Chicago Community…Circle of Service Fou…Jewish Federation of …John D and Catherine …AbbVie FoundationArie and Ida Crown Me…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Chicago Community TrustIL21.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 General Iron Industries Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from General Iron Industries Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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How do I get to General Iron Industries Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to General Iron Industries Charitable 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 68 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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