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Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights

To advance the human rights and respond to the human needs of endangered populations - Particularly the poor, isolated, and displaced - By providing comprehensive and respectful services and promoting permanent solutions leading to a more just global society.

$7.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$884k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Human Services$16MEmployment$14MCrime & Legal$6.0MYouth Development$2.3MCivil Rights$2.0MEducation$429kHousing & Shelter$265kFood & Nutrition$238kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $3,669,168, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,996,651 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,327,483 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 · FY2024

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $348k
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.3M
$478,097
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
North Lawndale Employment Network$884,155
Heartland Human Care Services$835,028
Uhlich Children's Employment Network$649,997
Center for New Horizons$478,097
Institute for Non-Violence Chicago$473,530
Resurrection Project$190,000
Immigration Project$158,361
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, $14.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $8k → 15%Metropolitan Family Services: $10k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $10k → 14%UCAN: $586k → 14%THE INNER VOICE: $15k → 14%Sarah's Inn: $10k → 14%The Ressurection Project: $15k → 14%Heartland Human Care Services: $1.8M → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES: $1.7M → 14%Heartland Human Care Services: $1.6M → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES: $1.5M → 14%Heartland Human Care Services: $1.3M → 14%Heartland Human Care Services: $835k → 14%Heartland Human Care Services: $611k → 14%Heartland Human Care Services: $25k → 14%UCAN: $1.6M → 14%UCAN: $810k → 14%Uhlich Children's Employment Network: $650k → 14%UCAN: $494k → 14%UCAN: $406k → 14%UCAN: $257k → 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

WA
MN
IL
MA
PA
CA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$41M · 22 repeat orgs$924k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
34

Total granted

$41M
$734k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
+32%

Still filing today

91%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k 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
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterHealthEducationEmploymentOther
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

  • HH
    HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $9.5M · revenue +20%
  • NL
    NORTH LAWNDALE EMPLOYMENT NETWORK
    7× · 2018–2024 · $9.1M · revenue +71% · 33% of their budget
  • IF
    Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
    7× · 2018–2024 · $5.6M · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • University of Chicago
    one grant, 2022 · $153k · revenue +22%
  • GL
    GRISKO LLC
    one grant, 2021 · $106k
  • KC
    KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
    one grant, 2018 · $36k
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
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
2
Center for Housing and Health

Chh honors every person's right to a home and health care, by bridging the housing and health care systems, to improve the lives of chicagoans experiencing homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
3
Inner City Law Center

In 2024, Inner City Law Center, ICLC, served over 3,400 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20.5 million in financial benefits.

Crime & Legal
4
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
5
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc

Secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all

Crime & Legal
6
Law Center for Better Housing

To promote the rights of renters to safe, accessible, and affordable housing on a non-discriminatory basis through education, outreach, supportive services, advocacy, and legal representation.

Crime & Legal
7
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
8
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
9
Legal Aid Chicago

At legal aid chicago, we work together to provide high quality civil legal aid to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups.through advocacy, education, collaboration, and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental…

Crime & Legal
10
Collective Chicago

To disrupt cycles of poverty with dignified transitional housing that hoslistically connects young men to opportunities that create and sustain personal, professional and relational growth.

Housing & Shelter
11
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
12
Arise Chicago

Arise chicago builds partnerships between faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Resurrection Project; the most unlike its peers is Bobby E Wright Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center 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

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 59 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/47
Grantees still filing
37/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $9,490,622 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INCUCAN: $4,846,463 · Human ServicesUCAN+6 more: $128,000 · Human ServicesCENTERS FOR NEW HORIZONS INC: $8,086,599 · OtherCENTERS FOR NEW HORIZONS I…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $480,896 · Other+29 more: $1,093,031 · Other+29 moreNORTH LAWNDALE EMPLOYMENT NETWORK: $9,100,923 · EmploymentNORTH LAWNDALE EMPLOYMEN…+1 more: $7,000 · EmploymentInstitute for Nonviolence Chicago: $5,627,621 · Crime & LegalInstitute for Nonvio…LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER: $1,611,675 · Crime & LegalLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN L…IMMIGRATION PROJECT INC: $357,261 · Crime & Legal+4 more: $66,176 · Crime & LegalThe Resurrection Project: $190,000 · Housing & ShelterDestination Home SV co Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY HOUSING FUND: $72,000 · Housing & ShelterCoalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County: $67,000 · Housing & ShelterCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $28,000 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterUniversity of Chicago: $153,342 · EducationECONOMIC AWARENESS COUNCIL: $109,668 · EducationLADDER UP (F/K/A CITY-WIDE TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM): $29,217 · EducationURBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE INC: $237,542 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$14,465,085Other$9,660,526Employment$9,107,923Crime & Legal$7,662,733Housing & Shelter$452,000Education$292,227Food & Nutrition$237,542

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 budgetHEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $9,490,622 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetNORTH LAWNDALE EMPLOYMENT NETWORK: $9,100,923 over 7y, 33% of budgetCENTERS FOR NEW HORIZONS INC: $8,086,599 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetInstitute for Nonviolence Chicago: $5,627,621 over 7y, 16% of budgetUCAN: $4,846,463 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER: $1,611,675 over 4y, 16% of budgetIMMIGRATION PROJECT INC: $357,261 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetURBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE INC: $237,542 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetThe Resurrection Project: $190,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $153,342 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Jobs Council: $132,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetECONOMIC AWARENESS COUNCIL: $109,668 over 2y, 15% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $102,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLIVE FREE CHICAGO: $98,100 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetTarrant County Homeless Coalition: $75,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetDestination Home SV co Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL HOUSTON CIVIC IMPROVEMENT INC: $72,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetFAMILY HOUSING FUND: $72,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: $70,895 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County: $67,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWoodstock Institute: $48,750 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetBUILDING CHANGES: $36,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetLADDER UP (F/K/A CITY-WIDE TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM): $29,217 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $28,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMEN & WOMEN IN PRISON MINISTRIES: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Inner Voice Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYWCA OF THE QUAD CITIES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $11,176 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGarfield Park Community Council: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRESILIENCE FORCE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EAGLE'S NEST OF ST CLAIR COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHabilitative Systems Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOBBY E WRIGHT COMPREHENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL ACTION CHICAGO LLC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSARAH'S INN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCARPENTER'S PLACE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJOBTRAIN INC: $7,000 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…Polk Bros Foundation …United Way of Metropo…Arie and Ida Crown Me…John D and Catherine …Robert R McCormick Fo…Circle of Service Fou…Woods Fund of ChicagoFifth Third Chicagola…PolicylinkThe Joyce FoundationTides Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL31.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Woods Fund of Chicago · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Policylink · The Joyce Foundation · Tides 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 Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
21report 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 59 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home