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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 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, FY2021 to 2024.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$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

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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its 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
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
MI
PA
CA
CO
NM
NC
AL
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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

    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
    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
    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…

    —
    5
    International Visitors Center of Chicago

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

    International
    6
    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
    7
    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
    8
    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
    9
    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
    10
    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
    11
    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
    12
    International Leadership Institute

    The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

    Religion
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Visitors Council of Metropolitan Detroit Inc; 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 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.

    Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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

    Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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
    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.

    Global Ties USWorld Learning IncMeridian Internationa…Amazonsmile Foundation
    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

    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 International Visitors Center of Chicago funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from International Visitors Center of Chicago. Bigger dots raise more.

    2023
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's 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, 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 8 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.

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