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Geneva Community Chest

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$194k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$400kHealth$225kFood & Nutrition$125kHousing & Shelter$95kEmployment$53kPhilanthropy$37kRecreation & Sports$28kReligion$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $169,300, the rows itemized in this filing. The $193,573 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $24,273 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $90k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $79k
$7,800
Median grant
2
States reached
$273k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRICITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP$18,000
LAZARUS HOUSE$14,200
VALLEY SHELTERED WORKSHOP$13,300
FOX VALLEY HANDS OF HOPE$11,800
FOX VALLEY FOOD FOR HEALTH$11,000
ELDERDAY CENTER INC$10,800
SENIOR COUNCIL MEALS ON WHEELS$9,100
TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES$8,700
MUTUAL GROUND INC$8,600
HORSEPOWER THERAPUTIC RIDING$7,800
KRISTOFFER LARSEN BIG HEART FOUNDAT$7,100
SALVATION ARMY$7,100
JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY$6,700
RADICAL LOVE$6,300
FOX RIVER POST 75 AMERICAN LEGION$6,300
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 (FY18–25, $425k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%LAZARUS HOUSE: $22k → 8%LAZARUS HOUSE: $16k → 8%LAZARUS HOUSE: $14k → 8%LAZARUS HOUSE: $11k → 8%LAZARUS HOUSE: $11k → 8%LAZARUS HOUSE: $10k → 8%LAZARUS HOUSE: $10k → 8%RISING LIGHTS PROJECT: $6k → 8%HORSEPOWER THERAPUTIC RIDING: $9k → 8%HORSEPOWER THERAPUTIC RIDING: $9k → 8%HORSEPOWER THERAPUTIC RIDING: $9k → 8%HORSEPOWER THERAPUTIC RIDING: $9k → 8%HORSEPOWER THERAPUTIC RIDING: $8k → 8%HORSEPOWER THERAPUTIC RIDING: $5k → 8%HORSEPOWER THERAPUTIC RIDING: $5k → 8%ELDERDAY CENTER INC: $12k → 8%ELDERDAY CENTER INC: $12k → 8%ELDERDAY CENTER INC: $12k → 8%ELDERDAY CENTER INC: $11k → 8%ELDERDAY CENTER INC: $11k → 8%TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 8%ELDERDAY CENTER INC: $9k → 8%TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $9k → 8%TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $9k → 8%TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $9k → 8%TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $8k → 8%RADICAL LOVE: $8k → 8%TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $8k → 8%TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 8%JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY: $7k → 8%JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY: $7k → 8%JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY: $7k → 8%MUTUAL GROUND INC: $19k → 8%MUTUAL GROUND INC: $10k → 8%JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY: $7k → 8%MUTUAL GROUND INC: $9k → 8%JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY: $7k → 8%JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY: $7k → 8%MUTUAL GROUND INC: $9k → 8%JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY: $7k → 8%MUTUAL GROUND INC: $9k → 8%RADICAL LOVE: $6k → 8%MUTUAL GROUND INC: $9k → 8%MUTUAL GROUND INC: $8k → 8%MARKLUND CHILDREN'S HOME: $5k → 8%ELDERDAY CENTER INC: $6k → 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.
$987k · 19 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
4

Total granted

$987k
$29k

Still filing today

68%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TC
    TRI CITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
    6× · 2020–2025 · $109k · revenue +80%
  • LH
    LAZARUS HOUSE
    8× · 2018–2025 · $95k · revenue +39%
  • FV
    FOX VALLEY HANDS OF HOPE INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $79k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • BF
    BECKY FURNISH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $9k
  • GP
    GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY GOLDEN DINERS
    2× · 2018–2019 · $6k
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
Tarry House Inc

Tarry House operates group homes to provide shelter, food and,services to adults with severe mental disorders

Unclassified
2
Stepping Stones of Rockford Inc

Residential rehabilitation for mentally and emotionally disabled adults.

Human Services
3
Lighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc

For god's love to be expressed for and by individuals with developmental disabilities through faith based programs and services.

Human Services
4
Residential Home for the Developmentally Disabled Inc

Built on a foundation of compassion and integrity, rhdd is dedicated to supporting individuals with a disability, to live and work in their communities.safe in a family environment, individuals are empowered to achieve personal and…

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5
Valley Residential Services

Valley Residential Services provides personalized support in safe, comfortable home environments for developmentally disabled individuals, residences for veterans with rehabilitation opportunities, and family assistance services.

Health
6
Brian's House Inc

Brian's House specializes in the care and treatment of people with disabilities. Brian's House provides a broad range of human services to people with special needs and challenges. The primary goal is to maximize each individual's…

Human Services
7
Mental Health Centers of Western Il

Provide mental health services.

Health
8
Sheltered Living Inc

Sheltered Living Inc supports the efforts of individuals with intellectual disabilities to achieve independence and actively participate in the community.

Human Services
9
Paks Developmental Services Inc

Training of developmentally disabled individuals

Health
10
The Rose House

The Rose House helps adults with developmental disabilities pursue full, active lives by providing them and their families with: 1) Innovative choices for living and learning - 2) Opportunities for independent living to the full extent of…

Human Services
11
Allegiant Human Services

Provide up to 24 hours a day care for disabled individuals including job training, coaching, group companion and community care for health and safety. Also provide residential services to those with disabilities requiring assisted living.

Health
12
Aurora Social Rehabilitation Services

Social rehabilitation programs for adults with mental illness and intellectual and developmental disabilities that provide opportunties for personal growth and satisfaction through life skills training and social activities in a safe and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tricity Family Services; the most unlike its peers is Fox River Geneva Post 75 American Legion. 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

15 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. 15 of the 26 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
14/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAZARUS HOUSE: $95,140 · Human ServicesLAZARUS HOUSEELDERDAY CENTER: $72,490 · Human ServicesELDERDAY CENTERMUTUAL GROUND INC: $71,570 · Human ServicesMUTUAL GROUND INCTRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $58,630 · Human ServicesTRICITY FAMILY SERVICESHORSEPOWER THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $53,070 · Human ServicesHORSEPOWER THERAPEUTIC RIDINGTHE JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY: $49,320 · Human ServicesTHE JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY+3 more: $25,100 · Human Services+3 moreFOX VALLEY HANDS OF HOPE INC: $79,470 · OtherFOX VALLEY HANDS OF HOPE INCSENIOR COUNCIL MEALS ON WHEELS: $63,350 · OtherSENIOR COUNCIL MEALS ON WHEELSVALLEY SHELTERED WORKSHOP: $53,406 · OtherVALLEY SHELTERED WORKSHOPBIG HEART FOUNDATION: $36,500 · OtherBIG HEART FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $34,342 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSALVATION ARMY: $29,350 · OtherSALVATION ARMYFOX VALLEY SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOC: $27,850 · OtherFOX VALLEY SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCFOX RIVER GENEVA POST 75 AMERICAN LEGION: $27,400 · OtherFOX RIVER GENEVA POST 75 AMERICAN LEGION+6 more: $48,975 · Other+6 moreTRI CITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP: $109,000 · HealthTRI CITY HEALTH …SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $44,150 · HealthSUICIDE PREVENTI…FOX VALLEY FOOD FOR HEALTH INC: $55,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$425,320Other$400,643Health$153,150Food & Nutrition$55,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRI CITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP: $109,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetLAZARUS HOUSE: $95,140 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFOX VALLEY HANDS OF HOPE INC: $79,470 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetELDERDAY CENTER: $72,490 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetMUTUAL GROUND INC: $71,570 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTRICITY FAMILY SERVICES: $58,630 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFOX VALLEY FOOD FOR HEALTH INC: $55,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetVALLEY SHELTERED WORKSHOP: $53,406 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetHORSEPOWER THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $53,070 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetTHE JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY: $49,320 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetSUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $44,150 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetFOX RIVER GENEVA POST 75 AMERICAN LEGION: $27,400 over 4y, 19% of budgetRADICAL LOVE: $13,800 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetMARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME: $5,300 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.

  • Who funds TRI CITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds LAZARUS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds FOX VALLEY HANDS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds ELDERDAY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MUTUAL GROUND INC ↗
  • Who funds TRICITY FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds FOX VALLEY FOOD FOR HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY SHELTERED WORKSHOP ↗
  • Who funds HORSEPOWER THERAPEUTIC RIDING ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSHUA TREE COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FOX RIVER GENEVA POST 75 AMERICAN LEGION ↗
  • Who funds RADICAL LOVE ↗
  • Who funds RISING LIGHTS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds MARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Hansen-Furnas Foundat…Dunham FoundationFox Valley United WayBatavia United WayInc Mental Health All…Shodeen Family Founda…The Bersted FoundationNorthwestern Memorial…The Raymond C and Lin…McGowan Gin Rosica Fa…Dunham Fund
Community Foundation of the Fox River ValleyIL28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley · Hansen-Furnas Foundation Inc · Dunham Foundation · Fox Valley United Way · Batavia United Way · Inc Mental Health Alliance · Shodeen Family Foundation · The Bersted Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · The Raymond C and Linda M Stachowiak Foundation · McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc · Dunham 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 Geneva Community Chest funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Geneva Community Chest. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Geneva Community Chest?

    Find your warmest path to Geneva Community Chest 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 26 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 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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