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Kiphart Family Foundation

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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$2.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$13MArts & Culture$1.4MHuman Services$500kFood & Nutrition$115kReligion$114kEmployment$75kHealth$55kPhilanthropy$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $350k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.5M
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$400k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$2,539,860
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO$100,000
MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC$100,000
THE JOFFERY BALLET$50,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO$50,000
WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC$50,000
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO$49,877
THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
IMPACT FOR EQUITY$25,000
THE PEOPLE'S MUSIC SCHOOL$20,000
MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO$20,000
ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY19–22, $500k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CENTER ON HALSTED: $100k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $50k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $50k → 14%FAMILY FOCUS: $100k → 14%FAMILY FOCUS: $100k → 14%FAMILY FOCUS: $100k → 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

MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
CO
DC
GA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 24 repeat orgs$614k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
28

Total granted

$15M
$539k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+14%

Still filing today

79%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • University of Chicago
    6× · 2019–2024 · $11M · revenue +25%
  • MS
    MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $500k · revenue +19%
  • EI
    Erikson Institute
    4× · 2019–2022 · $310k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • Family Focusgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +158%
  • C
    COLUMBIA
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • Feeding Americagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +40%
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
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
2
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Ann & robert h. lurie children's hospital of chicago is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a…

Health
3
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
4
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations

Endeavor Health Clinical Operations follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."

Health
5
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
6
Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.

Arts & Culture
7
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
8
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
9
Loyola University of Chicago

We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.

Education
10
Institute of Medicine of Chicago

Mission - the institute of medicine of chicago is an independent non-profit organization of distinguished leaders in the health field who collaborate to improve the health of the public. drawing upon the expertise of a diverse membership…

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11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Focus; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 55 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
31/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Chicago: $11,100,078 · EducationUniversity of Chicago+2 more: $559,877 · EducationINGENUITY INCORPORATED CHICAGO: $750,000 · Arts & CultureINGENUITY INCOR…MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureMERIT SCHOOL OF…Lyric Opera of Chicago: $256,000 · Arts & CultureLyric Opera of …THE JOFFREY BALLET: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JOFFREY BAL…WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Symphony Orchestra: $80,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $145,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreCOLUMBIA: $100,000 · OtherWINDOW TO THE WORLD: $100,000 · OtherTHE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $80,000 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO: $50,000 · OtherBPI: $50,000 · OtherCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherCHIARTS: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherSTRIDES FOR PEACE INC: $25,000 · OtherIMPACT FOR EQUITY: $25,000 · Other+21 more: $194,200 · OtherCenter on Halsted: $200,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY FOCUS LEGACY: $200,000 · Human ServicesFamily Focus: $100,000 · Human ServicesFeeding America: $50,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $50,000 · Food & NutritionThe Cara Program: $75,000 · EmploymentInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,200 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $1,200 · International
Education$11,659,955Arts & Culture$2,031,000Other$729,200Human Services$500,000Food & Nutrition$100,000Employment$75,000International$32,400

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 budgetUniversity of Chicago: $11,100,078 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetINGENUITY INCORPORATED CHICAGO: $750,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $500,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetErikson Institute: $310,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $256,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetColumbia College Chicago: $249,877 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $200,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE JOFFREY BALLET: $200,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY FOCUS LEGACY: $200,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Focus: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $80,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Cara Program: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe People's Music School: $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFeeding America: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRIDES FOR PEACE INC: $25,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetIMPACT FOR EQUITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT STAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN REEF MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION WOLF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetI Grow Chicago NFP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $1,200 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…Jewish Federation of …John D and Catherine …Robert R McCormick Fo…Polk Bros Foundation …The Sidley Austin Fou…The Ayco Charitable F…The Siragusa Family F…Arie and Ida Crown Me…Circle of Service Fou…United Way of Metropo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
The Chicago Community TrustIL23.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Sidley Austin Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Siragusa Family Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kiphart Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kiphart Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Kiphart Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kiphart Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 55 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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