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Grand 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.

$198k
Granted FY2024still arriving
48
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$52k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$415kHuman Services$105kRecreation & Sports$59kHealth$54kPhilanthropy$53kReligion$52kYouth Development$40kArts & Culture$32kOther$0
02FY2024 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k42 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
$1,030
Median grant
9
States reached
$263k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAUKEGAN TO COLLEGE$52,000
CARMEL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$30,000
DOTTED LINE DIVAS$10,371
GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE$10,000
THE CIVIC THEATER OF GREATER LAYFAYETTE$10,000
CRADLES TO CRAYONS$10,000
MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION$5,833
SIENA RETREAT CENTER$5,170
ZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION$5,166
ROOTED ANTIOCH$5,000
YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS$5,000
MADISON PARKS FOUNDATION$5,000
AWESOME YOUNG AUTHOR'S AWARD AND COMMUNITY$5,000
NORTH CHICAGO PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$3,000
RISE WISCONSIN INC$3,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $89k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%UNLIMITED PLAY: $7k → 5%VETERANS OUTREACH OF WISCONSIN: $1k → 10%SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $500 → 17%SHARING CENTER: $500 → 10%MATTHIAS ACADEMY: $1k → 10%WALKIN IN MY SHOES: $5k → 10%KENOSHA CHRISTMAS CHARITIES: $550 → 10%KEEPING FAMILIES COVERED: $4k → 8%TWICE AS NICE MOTHER AND CHILD: $4k → 8%HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JCC: $1k → 17%KEEPING FAMILIES COVERED: $3k → 8%LUTHERN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN: $1k → 17%KEEPING FAMILIES COVERED: $500 → 8%TWICE AS NICE MOTHER AND CHILD: $250 → 8%TWICE AS NICE MOTHER AND CHILD: $247 → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $10k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $10k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $10k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $1k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $750 → 14%PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY TREASURE CHEST FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%UCAN: $309 → 14%ROBERTI COMMUNITY HOUSE: $3k → 8%MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION: $6k → 8%MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION: $4k → 8%MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%EQUESTRIAN CONNECTION: $3k → 8%EQUESTRIAN CONNECTION: $1k → 8%EQUESTRIAN CONNECTION: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
NV
IA
IN
OH
CT
MO
KS
SC
DC
GA
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$629k · 50 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
140

Total granted

$629k
$241k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+29%

Still filing today

46%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyFood & 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

  • University of Chicago
    3× · 2020–2022 · $140k · revenue +52%
  • WT
    Waukegan To College NFP
    6× · 2018–2024 · $107k · revenue +162%
  • CT
    CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $37k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • LC
    LAKE COUNTY SPONSORS
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +4%
  • SP
    Saturday Place
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +15%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
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
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

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2
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
3
Kishwaukee United Way

To improve lives by sharing community resources

Philanthropy
4
Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago Inc

Goodwill industries of metropolitan chicago, inc. ("goodwill-chicago") is a nonstock, not-for-profit illinois corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock,…

Human Services
5
Variety - the Children's Charity of Wisconsin Inc

Enriching the lives of children with physical or developmental special needs and their families.

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6
Lad Lake Inc

The mission of lad lake, inc. is to guide the growth of at-risk youth so that they reach their potential and live responsibly.

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7
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
8
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
9
Goodwill Manufacturing Inc

Goodwill manufacturing, inc. ("goodwill manufacturing") is a nonstock, not-for-profit wisconsin corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock, not-for-profit…

Employment
10
Wisconsin Family Ties Inc

Wisconsin family ties changes lives by improving children's mental health. it accomplishes this mission through a set of interrelated activities that support and educate parents, and inform practitioners, policy makers and the public about…

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11
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.

Human Services
12
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cradles to Crayons Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Roberti Community House. 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

103 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. 103 of the 216 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)
100/103
Grantees still filing
74/103
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CARMEL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $65,050 · OtherCARMEL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLST JOSEPH CATHOLIC ACADEMY: $53,250 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC ACADEMYWAUKEGAN PARK DISTRICT: $21,298 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $15,500 · Other+140 more: $280,996 · Other+140 moreUniversity of Chicago: $140,000 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoWaukegan To College NFP: $107,000 · EducationWaukegan To College NFP+9 more: $19,036 · Education+9 moreCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $36,750 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO…Mothers Trust Foundation: $12,921 · Human ServicesMothers Tr…KEEPING FAMILIES COVERED: $10,997 · Human ServicesKEEPING FA…UNLIMITED PLAY INC: $6,643 · Human ServicesUNLIMITED …Equestrian Connection NFP: $4,500 · Human ServicesWALKIN IN MY SHOES INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesThe Roberti Community House: $3,000 · Human ServicesPediatric Oncology Treasure Chest: $3,000 · Human Services+9 more: $6,468 · Human Services+9 moreSaturday Place: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC: $7,226 · Youth DevelopmentHEART OF THE CITY: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentMADISON READING PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentREADING POWER INC: $2,071 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,350 · Youth DevelopmentZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $15,166 · PhilanthropySHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGIVING TO THE NATIONS INC: $7,050 · PhilanthropyTHE LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH CHICAGO PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $1,750 · PhilanthropyLAKE COUNTY SPONSORS: $20,400 · ReligionIndy Hygiene Hub Inc: $10,371 · Religion+2 more: $1,500 · ReligionCOMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $14,228 · HealthTHIS TIME TOMORROW INC: $3,500 · HealthRISE WISCONSIN INC: $3,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 · HealthBRIDGE THE GAP INC: $1,000 · HealthANDY NIEBLER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Health+4 more: $2,485 · Health
Other$436,094Education$266,036Human Services$88,779Youth Development$43,647Philanthropy$41,966Religion$32,271Health$27,213

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: $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWaukegan To College NFP: $107,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $36,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE COUNTY SPONSORS: $20,400 over 1y, 12% of budgetSaturday Place: $20,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $15,166 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $14,228 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMothers Trust Foundation: $12,921 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKEEPING FAMILIES COVERED: $10,997 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetIndy Hygiene Hub Inc: $10,371 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetYOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS: $10,154 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCIVIC THEATRE OF GREATER LAFAYETTE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $8,126 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAPERVILLE RESPONDS FOR OUR VETERANS: $8,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC: $7,226 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGIVING TO THE NATIONS INC: $7,050 over 5y, 10% of budgetUNLIMITED PLAY INC: $6,643 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLAKE COUNTY HONOR FLIGHT: $6,511 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSIENA RETREAT CENTER INC: $5,170 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMADISON PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHEART OF THE CITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEquestrian Connection NFP: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWALKIN IN MY SHOES INC: $4,500 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetTHE LAMBS FARM INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Better Life For Kids: $3,564 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetTHIS TIME TOMORROW INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWORDS ON WHEELS: $3,250 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF KENOSHA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Roberti Community House: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CHICAGO PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVera French Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMADISON READING PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPediatric Oncology Treasure Chest: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRISE WISCONSIN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOneHope27 Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMT MERU COFFEE PROJECT INC: $2,924 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetHelping Hands Healing Hooves Inc: $2,780 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetEMPOWERED TUTORING INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN INC: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREADING POWER INC: $2,071 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIVE N KIND: $2,030 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetECO-JUSTICE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

Green Bay Packers Fou…AbbVie FoundationThe Lake County Commu…Trustmark FoundationJohn and Kathleen Sch…Baxter International …Kunes Family Foundati…Julian Grace Foundati…First Bank Chicago Fo…Northwestern Memorial…Give N KindGreater Milwaukee Fou…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI32.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Lake County Community Foundation · Trustmark Foundation · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Baxter International Foundation · Kunes Family Foundation · Julian Grace Foundation · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Give N Kind · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
1get 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
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 216 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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