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Gery and Sunny Chico Family Foundation at a glance

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Gery and Sunny Chico Family 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.

$67k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$12k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$55kHuman Services$31kHealth$30kYouth Development$22kArts & Culture$19kReligion$19kPhilanthropy$12kEducation$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k36 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$40k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOTHILLS FOOD BANK$12,224
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SCOTTSDALE$9,000
VITALANT FOUNDATION$7,000
MIRABEL CHARITABLE GIVING INC$5,800
BACK OF THE YARDS NEIGHBORHOOD COUN$5,000
HUMBOLDT PARK HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
BRIGHTPOINT$4,000
OLD ST MARY'S CHURCH$2,000
ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,000
DESERT FOOTHILLS LIBRARY$1,320
WESLEY CHILD CARE CENTER$1,200
FARMWORKER LANDSCAPING ADVOCACY$1,000
WTTWWFMU$1,000
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY$1,000
TEACH WHO CHRIST ISCHICAGO ARCHDIOC$1,000
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 (FY21–24, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CENTER OF HOPE HAITI INC: $500 → 9%CENTER OF HOPE HAITI INC: $500 → 9%INSTITUTO DEL PROGRESSO LATINO: $2k → 14%BRIGHTPOINT: $4k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AID: $1k → 14%MC GAW YMCA: $500 → 14%BEYOND THE BABY BLUES: $500 → 14%BEYOND THE BABY BLUES: $500 → 14%MC GAW YMCA: $435 → 14%BEYOND THE BABY BLUES: $250 → 14%BEYOND THE BABY BLUES: $150 → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $6k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $6k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $250 → 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
WI
MI
NY
IA
PA
CT
CA
VA
AZ
TN
DC
AL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$163k · 28 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
33

Total granted

$163k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+12%

Still filing today

64%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureYouth 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

  • Foothills Food Bank
    4× · 2021–2024 · $54k · revenue +50%
  • CT
    CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $17k · revenue +141%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SCOTTSDALE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • NP
    NAVY PIER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +20%
  • KI
    Kiwanis International Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +44%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +30%
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
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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2
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
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
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
6
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
Junior Achievement of Chicago

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

International
9
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
10
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
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill; the most unlike its peers is Bautista Memorial Scholarship. 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

47 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. 47 of the 82 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/47
Grantees still filing
32/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Foothills Food Bank: $54,174 · OtherFoothills Food BankOLD ST MARY'S CHURCH: $13,000 · OtherOLD ST MARY'S CHURCHBACK OF THE YARDS NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL: $7,000 · OtherBACK OF THE YARDS NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILMIRABEL CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $5,800 · OtherMIRABEL CLUB: $5,738 · OtherNORWEGIAN AMERICAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Other+44 more: $32,346 · Other+44 moreCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $17,250 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRA…CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOM…INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS: $1,500 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR …BEYOND THE BABY BLUES: $1,400 · Human ServicesCENTER OF HOPE HAITI INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $935 · Human ServicesVitalant Foundation: $10,545 · HealthVitalant F…HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $7,600 · HealthHONORHEALT…University Health Foundation: $1,000 · Health+4 more: $802 · HealthNAVY PIER INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $900 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SCOTTSDALE INC: $15,042 · Youth Development+2 more: $750 · Youth DevelopmentDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · EducationDESERT FOOTHILLS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $1,320 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $1,100 · EducationBAUTISTA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: $700 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $500 · EducationUNIVERSITY CLUB FOUNDATION: $500 · Education+3 more: $600 · EducationARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,250 · PhilanthropyEVANSTONSKOKIE DISTRICT 65 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION 65): $2,065 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $460 · Philanthropy
Other$123,058Human Services$27,085Health$19,947Arts & Culture$15,900Youth Development$15,792Education$8,720Philanthropy$5,775

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 budgetFoothills Food Bank: $54,174 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $17,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SCOTTSDALE INC: $15,042 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY PIER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVitalant Foundation: $10,545 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $7,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBACK OF THE YARDS NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORWEGIAN AMERICAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWesley Child Care Center: $3,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKiwanis International Inc: $2,725 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetEVANSTONSKOKIE DISTRICT 65 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION 65): $2,065 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND THE BABY BLUES: $1,400 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDESERT FOOTHILLS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $1,320 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER OF HOPE HAITI INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity Health Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $935 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAUTISTA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: $700 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $666 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $525 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $525 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $525 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUERTO RICAN ARTS ALLIANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CLUB FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $460 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONCE UPON OUR TIME CAPSULE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINK Unlimited Scholars: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSONES DE MEXICO ENSEMBLE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAZOM INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO LAWNDALE AMACHI MENTORING PROGRAM: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOHL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONQUERING CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: $52 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.

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…Robert R McCormick Fo…John D and Catherine …AbbVie FoundationPolk Bros Foundation …The Allstate Foundati…The Robert Thomas Bob…Cme Group FoundationFifth Third Chicagola…Lloyd a Fry FoundationArie and Ida Crown Me…Circle of Service Fou…
The Chicago Community TrustIL21.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Robert R McCormick Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Allstate Foundation · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Cme Group Foundation · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service 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 Gery and Sunny Chico Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gery and Sunny Chico Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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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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.

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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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