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Ingredion Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$633k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
22
Organizations funded FY2024
59%
First-time grantees FY2024
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66% of Ingredion Charitable Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Groundswell Charitable Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 19 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

0
’20
0
’21
26
’22
17
’23
18
’24
19
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 32
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$788k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 59% of the organizations Ingredion Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalFood & NutritionYouth 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving20$213k45%
FY202422$231k59%
FY202322$360k55%
FY202232$211k100%
FY20211$465k100%
FY20201$603kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.3MFood & Nutrition$725kInternational$546kHealth$315kEducation$190kEnvironment$84kYouth Development$70kEmployment$40kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
NC
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of Ingredion Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Heart Association Inc$150,20030%
Feeding America$67,89030%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$53,51130%
Blood Cancer United Inc$40,00030%
Accounting for Sustainability Foundation US Inc$40,000113%
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship$40,00020%
Argo Higher Education Foundation$40,000322%
The Chicago Academy of Sciences$35,00030%
Ideal Education Foundation$30,000463%
Girls 4 Science$30,00025%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$24,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$23,51820%
The Global FoodBanking Network$20,00010%
Rise and Shine Bakery$20,00022%
Rise Against Hunger Inc$19,39430%
Lewis University$15,00030%
The Chicago Scholars Foundation$14,00010%
Association of C5 Youth Programs Inc$13,50012%
Equal Justice Initiative$13,34120%
Leadership Greater Chicago$10,00020%
Ladder Up (F/K/A City-Wide Tax Assistance Program)$10,00030%
Skills for Chicago$10,00010%
Partners for Care Inc$10,00011%
Manny and Pat Pulido Sanchez Foundation$10,00015%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,00010%
Careerspring Foundation$10,00010%
Chicago Urban League$10,00010%
Girls Inc of Chicago$10,00010%
One Tree Planted Inc$9,0741n/a
Trevor Project Inc$7,53920%
Chicago State Foundation$7,50010%
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc$6,50010%
Naturally Proud Network$6,000161%
Claremore Museum of History Inc$5,45024%
Friends of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences$5,0001n/a
Chicago Fire Department Foundation$5,00011%
Jerseystem Inc$5,00019%
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank$3,44310%
Four Oaks Family and Children's Services$3,00010%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$2,50010%
Coe College$2,00010%
Catawba College$1,00010%
Greensboro Urban Ministry$50010%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$28810%
Children With Hair Loss Inc$20010%
Animal Rescue Fund Inc$20010%
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center Inc$10010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$10010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$8110%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5010%
American Cancer Society Inc$5010%
Pennsylvania State University$501n/a
General Alumni Association Dba Unc General Alumni Association$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ingredion Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $150,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $67,890 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $53,511 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAccounting for Sustainability Foundation US Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetNetwork for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetArgo Higher Education Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetThe Chicago Academy of Sciences: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIdeal Education Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 63% of budgetGirls 4 Science: $30,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $24,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $23,518 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Global FoodBanking Network: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRise and Shine Bakery: $20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetRise Against Hunger Inc: $19,394 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLewis University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Scholars Foundation: $14,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAssociation of C5 Youth Programs Inc: $13,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $13,341 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Greater Chicago: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLadder Up (F/K/A City-Wide Tax Assistance Program): $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSkills for Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPartners for Care Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetManny and Pat Pulido Sanchez Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCareerspring Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Urban League: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Inc of Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $7,539 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago State Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNaturally Proud Network: $6,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetClaremore Museum of History Inc: $5,450 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetChicago Fire Department Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJerseystem Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetJacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank: $3,443 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFour Oaks Family and Children's Services: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoe College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatawba College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreensboro Urban Ministry: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $288 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren With Hair Loss Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Rescue Fund Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMary Rigg Neighborhood Center Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $81 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 50.

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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.

Robert R McCormick FoundationIL21.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago 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.

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About Ingredion Charitable Foundation

How much does Ingredion Charitable Foundation give?
Ingredion Charitable Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $633,191 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Ingredion Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Food & Nutrition (21%), International (16%).
Who are Ingredion Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: American Heart Association Inc ($150k), Feeding America ($68k), United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc ($54k).
Does Ingredion Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ingredion Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ingredion Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert R McCormick Foundation, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
Where is Ingredion Charitable Foundation based?
Ingredion Charitable Foundation is based in IL.

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 72 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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