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International Visitors Center of Chicago

WorldChicago serves as a center for citizen diplomacy between Chicagoans and visitors from around the world.

$125k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212024.

International$290kEducation$96kYouth Development$57k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$19,249
Median grant
7
States reached
$769k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
San Diego Diplomacy Council$19,695
World Affairs Council$19,493
International House of Metrolina$19,321
Global Ties Detroit$19,249
Citizen Diplomacy International of Philadelphia$17,834
Global Ties Alabama$17,474
Global Ties ABQ$12,396
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 69% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Citizen Diplomacy International of Philadelphia: $18k → 22%San Diego Diplomacy Council: $20k → 11%Global Ties ABQ: $21k → 14%Global Ties Detroit: $22k → 21%Global Ties Alabama: $18k → 11%International House of Metrolina: $19k → 10%WorldDenver: $20k → 12%World Affairs Council: $20k → 9%Citizen Diplomacy International of Philadelphia: $17k → 22%San Diego Diplomacy Council: $18k → 11%Global Ties ABQ: $13k → 14%Global Ties Detroit: $20k → 21%Global Ties Alabama: $17k → 11%International House of Metrolina: $18k → 10%WorldDenver: $13k → 12%World Affairs Council: $19k → 9%San Diego Diplomacy Council: $13k → 11%Global Ties ABQ: $12k → 14%Global Ties Detroit: $19k → 21%Global Ties Alabama: $13k → 11%Citizen Diplomacy International of Philadelphia: $13k → 10%WorldDenver: $7k → 12%World Affairs Council: $14k → 9%San Diego Diplomacy Council: $7k → 11%Global Ties ABQ: $6k → 14%Global Ties Detroit: $7k → 21%Global Ties Alabama: $6k → 11%International House of Metrolina: $13k → 10%World Affairs Council: $7k → 9%Citizen Diplomacy International of Philadelphia: $7k → 10%International House of Metrolina: $6k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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MI
PA
CA
CO
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$443k · 8 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

8 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
0

Total granted

$443k
$0

Still filing today

100%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
InternationalEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • IV
    INTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $68k · revenue +30%
  • WA
    WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +29%
  • SD
    San Diego-Imperial Council Boy Scouts of America
    4× · 2021–2024 · $57k · revenue +23%

Funded once

    Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

    04Your field

    The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

    1
    San Diego Diplomacy Council

    Programmed and coordinated visits to san diego by international visitors and escorts, working in association with appropriate united states government agencies and the global ties u.s. network.

    Community Improvement
    2
    International Citizen Diplomacy of Los Angeles

    The ICDLA is a not for profit organization, which implements the international Visitor Leadership Program of professional and cultural exchanges. Our mission is to create international understanding and cooperation between the LA region…

    Community Improvement
    3
    The International Center

    The International Center is a District of Columbia 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1977, has as its principal purpose the promotion of greater international understanding and the lessening of international frictions and…

    International
    4
    Business Council for International Understanding Inc

    The Business Council for International Understanding, Inc. (BCIU) was organized to promote dialogue and action between the business and government communities for the purpose of expanding international commerce.

    International
    5
    World Affairs Council - Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

    The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…

    6
    International Visitors Center of Chicago

    WorldChicago serves as a center for citizen diplomacy between Chicagoans and visitors from around the world.

    International
    7
    World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

    The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.

    International
    8
    International Visitors Utah Council

    To promote respect and understanding between the people of utah and other nations. uccd serves as a nonprofit-sector partner with the u.s. department of state's professional and cultural exchange programs, most notably the international…

    International
    9
    Executive Council on Diplomacy

    To provide opportunities for foreign diplomats and Americans to share ideas and foster understanding of their respective countries' instutions, policies and cultures.

    International
    10
    World Affairs Council of Arizona Inc

    Global ties az is dedicated to building strong international relationships that foster more informed and prosperous communities across arizona and the world through international exchange and global educational programs.

    International
    11
    Global Exchange

    Its goal is to increase global awareness and move the U.S. public to action while building international and domestic partnerships around the world

    International
    12
    International Women Associates Inc

    By engaging in cross-cultural exchange, community service, dialogue and friendship, IWA creates connections among people of diverse international backgrounds and works toward a more just and peaceful world.

    Housing & Shelter

    For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Visitors Council of Metropolitan Detroit Inc and the most unlike its peers is Global Ties Alabama. 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

    8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

    Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

    Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

    0
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    2
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    8/8
    Grantees still filing
    5/8
    Grew since you first funded

    Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

    INTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT INC — $67,805 · OtherINTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITA…San Diego-Imperial Council Boy Scouts of America — $57,311 · OtherSan Diego-Imperial Council Boy Scouts of Amer…INTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA — $54,209 · OtherINTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHI…WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL — $60,410 · InternationalWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILInternational House of Metrolina Inc — $56,061 · InternationalInternational House of Metrolina IncThe Albuquerque Council for International Visitors — $52,014 · InternationalThe Albuquerque Council for International V…Global Ties Alabama — $55,010 · EducationGlobal Ties AlabamaDENVER WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL DBA WORLDDE — $40,611 · EducationDENVER WORLD AFFAIRS COU…
    Other$179,325International$168,485Education$95,621

    Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetINTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT INC — $67,805 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL — $60,410 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSan Diego-Imperial Council Boy Scouts of America — $57,311 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetInternational House of Metrolina Inc — $56,061 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGlobal Ties Alabama — $55,010 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA — $54,209 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetThe Albuquerque Council for International Visitors — $52,014 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetDENVER WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL DBA WORLDDE — $40,611 over 3y, 1.7% of budget
    Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

    A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

    The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

    Global Ties USDC20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Global Ties US · World Learning Inc · Meridian International Center · Amazonsmile Foundation

    Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

    Government reliance of your grantees

    Every dot is one organization International Visitors Center of Chicago funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

    2023
    202122232425
    no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
      typical government reliance, FY2025

      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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

      On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 8 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

      Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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