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Jocarno Fund at a glance

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Jocarno Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$178k
Granted FY2024still arriving
69
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$187kEducation$106kHealth$103kEnvironment$94kInternational$61kHuman Services$57kRecreation & Sports$42kYouth Development$37kOther$0
02FY2024 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k68 grants · $153k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$2,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$564k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAF AMERICA$24,840
GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE$8,000
WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY$6,000
CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA$6,000
WILDLANDS NETWORK$5,000
FIRST TEE OF LAKE ERIE$5,000
MIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING$5,000
LIBERTY'S PROMISE$5,000
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$4,500
RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION$4,500
DANNY BUTLER MEMORIAL FUND$4,000
GLOBAL WITNESS FOUNDATION$4,000
WRITER'S THEATRE$3,500
ABILITY CENTER OF TOLEDO$3,000
HOLY FAMILY PARISH$3,000
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 (FY21–24, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 → 16%ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $2k → 16%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $10k → 9%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 → 16%ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $2k → 16%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $3k → 9%ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $1k → 16%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $13k → 9%HUCKLLEBERRY HOUSE: $1k → 15%ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $500 → 16%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $5k → 9%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $5k → 9%MOMS HOUSE INC: $1k → 18%NORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER: $500 → 14%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $2k → 14%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $2k → 14%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $2k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $2k → 14%CAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS: $1k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $2k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $1k → 14%FAMILY SERVICES OF GLENCOE: $250 → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $1k → 14%FAMILY SERVICES OF GLENCOE: $250 → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $2k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $2k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $2k → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $1k → 14%HARBOUR INC: $500 → 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
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
SC
DC
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$727k · 91 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

91 repeat relationships: 62 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

91
39

Total granted

$727k
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+34%

Still filing today

71%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • LP
    LIBERTY'S PROMISE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $36k · revenue +7%
  • GP
    GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $31k · revenue +93%
  • FM
    FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $26k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TG
    THE GREATER TOLEDO COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
  • RM
    RAW MATERIAL MUSIC AND MEDIA
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • WI
    WOMEN IN NEED GROWING STRONGER
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
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
Lincoln Park Zoological Society

Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…

Animals
2
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.

Social Science
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
5
Chicago Zoological Society

To inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature.

Animals
6
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
7
Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
8
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
9
Children's Museum of Oak Park

To spark curiosity and creativity in all young children through positive, play-based learning experiences.

Arts & Culture
10
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

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11
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.

Education
12
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired; the most unlike its peers is Sp Jermain Historical Golf Foundation. 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

96 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. 96 of the 138 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/96
Grantees still filing
68/96
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN'S JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $29,500 · OtherST JOHN'S JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLPHOTOVOICE: $27,000 · OtherPHOTOVOICECAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $21,000 · OtherMIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING: $19,000 · OtherPROMEDICA FOUNDATION: $16,000 · OtherGLOBAL WITNESS FOUNDATION: $16,000 · Other+84 more: $344,650 · Other+84 moreFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $26,000 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF …Wild Earth Society Incorporated: $20,000 · Arts & CultureWild Earth Socie…RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $15,500 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVAL…Chicago Symphony Orchestra: $14,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Symphony…Writers Theatre Inc: $12,000 · Arts & CultureWriters Theatre …MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $9,500 · Arts & CultureMERIT SCHOOL OF …THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $6,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER: $5,500 · Arts & CultureSNOW CITY ARTS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $7,500 · Arts & Culture+6 moreGARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE: $31,000 · EnvironmentGARFIELD …SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $12,500 · EnvironmentSANIBEL-C…FRIENDS OF THE GREEN BAY TRAIL: $8,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS O…CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $8,000 · EnvironmentCHICAGO H…CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY: $5,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FO…ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $4,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONME…THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $3,000 · EnvironmentLIBERTY'S PROMISE: $36,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $6,500 · Human ServicesInspiration Corporation: $6,000 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $5,000 · Human Services+7 more: $5,500 · Human ServicesTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE: $17,500 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $9,500 · EducationLEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL: $9,000 · EducationGiant Steps Illinois Inc: $3,500 · EducationWORKING IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $2,000 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $26,840 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER TOLEDO: $4,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $17,500 · InternationalHIAS INC: $10,000 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $1,500 · InternationalHOLY FAMILY MISSION INC: $1,500 · International
Other$473,150Arts & Culture$120,000Environment$72,000Human Services$64,000Education$43,500Philanthropy$31,840International$30,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLIBERTY'S PROMISE: $36,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE: $31,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $26,840 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWild Earth Society Incorporated: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROMEDICA FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL WITNESS FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF LAKE ERIE: $14,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE DANNY BUTLER MEMORIAL FUND INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLANDMARKS PRESERVATION COUNCIL OF ILLINOIS: $8,800 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GREEN BAY TRAIL: $8,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTING KIDS TO MEALS INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAIA CHICAGO FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHORNER PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL: $6,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetInspiration Corporation: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEEONE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PARKS: $6,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAlbany Park Theater Project: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTOLEDO NORTHWESTERN OHIO FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPENLANDS: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Canine Rescue Foundation: $5,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO MOBILE MAKERS: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSNOW CITY ARTS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetANGELICA VILLAGE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.8% 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.

  • Who funds LIBERTY'S PROMISE ↗
  • Who funds GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds Wild Earth Society Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PROMEDICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL WITNESS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FIRST TEE OF LAKE ERIE ↗
  • Who funds THE DANNY BUTLER MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
  • Who funds SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Writers Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds HIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COUNCIL OF ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GREEN BAY TRAIL ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTING KIDS TO MEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds AIA CHICAGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds HORNER PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Inspiration Corporation ↗
  • Who funds THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART ↗

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…Toledo Community Foun…John D and Catherine …The Mark S Feldstein …The O-I Charities Fou…Motorola Solutions Fo…Polk Bros Foundation …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Hylant Family Foundat…Promedica Health Syst…John Henry Eldred Jr …Dr Scholl Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL35.6× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Toledo Community Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Mark S Feldstein and Sandra a Feldstein · The O-I Charities Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Hylant Family Foundation Inc · Promedica Health System Inc · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Dr Scholl 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 Jocarno Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jocarno Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
33report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 138 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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