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Isadore & Sadie Dorin Foundation Inc at a glance

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Isadore & Sadie Dorin Foundation Inc

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.

$13k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$3k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$2.7MFood & Nutrition$31kHuman Services$11kYouth Development$8kHealth$5kHousing & Shelter$4kPhilanthropy$3kArts & Culture$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$754
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHICAGO FUND ON AGING$3,330
BEARS CARE$3,247
TEAM PRIME TIME$2,575
FRONTSTREAM GLOBAL FUND$1,152
PILOT LIGHT$1,031
INSPIRATION CORPORATION$754
THE ABUNDANCE SETTING$740
NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS$262
EAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE$108
CHI TOWN BLANKETS$100
TRITON COLLEGE FOUNDATION$100
SCOTT'S WISH$80
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LOAVES AND FISHES: $900 → 7%FRONTSTREAM GLOBAL FUND: $1k → 9%SCOTT'S WISH: $80 → 11%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $4k → 14%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $754 → 14%INSPIRATION CORP: $50 → 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

IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CA
KY
VA
DE
AZ
LA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 10 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
30

Total granted

$2.8M
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+10%

Still filing today

60%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • PL
    PILOT LIGHT
    5× · 2020–2024 · $27k · revenue +44%
  • TP
    TEAM PRIME TIME INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $8k · revenue +437%
  • IC
    Inspiration Corporation
    3× · 2020–2024 · $4k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • IR
    ILLINOIS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +17%
  • RH
    RESPIRATORY HEALTH
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • LF
    LOAVES & FISHES COMMUNITY SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $900 · revenue +124%
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
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc

The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…

Health
2
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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3
Aids Foundation of Chicago

The aids foundation of chicago mobilizes communities to create equity and justice for people living with and vulnerable to hiv and related chronic disease.

Health
4
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
5
International Food Information Council

To effectively communicate science based information on food safety, nutrition, and health for the public good.

Arts & Culture
6
American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Inc

To provide for education, scholarships and other charitable purposes related to the culinary profession

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7
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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8
Foodshot Global Inc

Accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.

Food & Nutrition
9
Food Connect Co

At food connect, we're dedicated to bridging the gaps in our food system, working to end hunger and fostering healthier communities through our innovative initiatives and programs. we build scalable technologies that support last-mile…

Food & Nutrition
10
The Chicago Bar Foundation

The chicago bar foundation brings the legal community together through advocacy, funding, and innovation to improve access to justice for people in need and to make the legal system more fair, equitable, and effective.

Education
11
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
12
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

Foundation for food and agriculture research connects funders, researchers and farmers through public-private partnerships to support audacious research addressing the biggest food and agriculture challenges.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Loaves & Fishes Community Services; the most unlike its peers is Abundance Setting Ltd. 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

29 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. 29 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $2,700,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS+29 more: $20,157 · OtherPILOT LIGHT: $26,505 · Health+4 more: $963 · HealthTEAM PRIME TIME INC: $7,647 · Youth Development+1 more: $104 · Youth DevelopmentInspiration Corporation: $4,476 · Human ServicesFRONTSTREAM GLOBAL FUND: $1,152 · Human ServicesLOAVES & FISHES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $900 · Human Services+1 more: $80 · Human ServicesBEARS CARE: $3,247 · PhilanthropyTHE SALEM FOUNDATION: $1,035 · PhilanthropyGIVE 270 INC: $150 · PhilanthropyGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,400 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS CHICAGO: $711 · Food & NutritionABUNDANCE SETTING LTD: $1,256 · Public Benefit
Other$2,720,157Health$27,468Youth Development$7,751Human Services$6,608Philanthropy$4,432Food & Nutrition$2,111Public Benefit$1,256

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 budgetPILOT LIGHT: $26,505 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTEAM PRIME TIME INC: $7,647 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetInspiration Corporation: $4,476 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBEARS CARE: $3,247 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetABUNDANCE SETTING LTD: $1,256 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetILLINOIS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION: $1,235 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRONTSTREAM GLOBAL FUND: $1,152 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALEM FOUNDATION: $1,035 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES: $1,010 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS CHICAGO: $711 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nineteenth Century Charitable Association: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Louis University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS INC: $262 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR THE DAY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE 270 INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $108 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZERO PROSTATE CANCER: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO FIRE FOUNDATION: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRITON COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCOTT'S WISH INC: $80 over 1y, 0.0% 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…AbbVie FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL12.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Isadore & Sadie Dorin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Isadore & Sadie Dorin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 47 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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