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Kiwanis Charities of Rockford Inc

To serve the children of the Rockford area through educational scholarship grants and grants to local 501(c)(3) organizations that assist children and their families through educational, leisure and social activities.

$154k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$181kRecreation & Sports$174kHuman Services$62kHealth$56kCommunity Improvement$49kFood & Nutrition$36kEmployment$30kHousing & Shelter$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $104,175, the rows itemized in this filing. The $154,465 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $50,290 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Rockford Park District$25,000
Easter Seals$25,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank$20,000
KFACT$12,500
Goldie Floberg Center$11,675
League of Women Voters$10,000
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 (FY21–25, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Safe Families for Children Alliance: $15k → 14%Goldie Floberg Center: $12k → 15%Goldie Floberg Center: $12k → 15%Safe Familes for Children: $9k → 15%Milestone Inc: $11k → 15%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.
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$458k · 9 repeat orgs$217k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +66% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
12

Total granted

$458k
$182k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+66%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • RP
    ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $148k · revenue +83%
  • SY
    STATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST
    3× · 2021–2024 · $91k · revenue +129%
  • RH
    ROCK HOUSE KIDS
    4× · 2020–2024 · $53k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • AR
    AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER AT BOOKERgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $39k · revenue +67%
  • R
    RAMP
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • RV
    ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +249%
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
Rockford Day Nursery

It is the mission of this corporation to provide quality care for children between the ages of six weeks and twelve years whose parents are employed or in training.

Human Services
2
Northwest Community Center

To enrich the quality of life within the diverse population of northwest rockford.

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3
Boys & Girls Club Foundation

To provide behavior guidance and promote the health, social, educational, vocational and character development of boy and girls in rockford, illinois and its surrounding communities by supporting the boys and girls club of rockford.

Youth Development
4
Rockford Promise

Vision statement: enhance economic vitality in the rockford region by providing access to post-secondary education for all rockford public school graduates. - mission statement: remove financial barriers by offering full-tuition…

Education
5
Stepping Stones of Rockford Inc

Residential rehabilitation for mentally and emotionally disabled adults.

Human Services
6
The Rockford Institute

To provide analysis and commentary on cultural, economic, political, and educational issues through a published monthly opinion magazine and to operate continuing adult educational conferences in american and european literature and…

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7
Rockford University

To educate men & women to lead responsible lives by means of a curriculum grounded in liberal arts learning and complemented and extended by professional and practical experience, through the total academic and co-curricular experience,…

Education
8
Rimland Services Nfp

Provide community-based residential housing to adults with autism and/or severe developmental disabilities. also provide developmental training and other supports to this same population.

Human Services
9
Transform Rockford
Community Improvement
10
Rockford Area Community Endowment

Rockford area community endowment is a local foundation committed to assisting rockford area residents, businesses, government and volunteer organizations to expand opportunities locally. race was founded in 1964.

Philanthropy
11
Rockford Community Investment Fund

To support housing and community development ventures

Community Improvement
12
Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity Inc

Provide affordable housing solutions for low-income families.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Goldie B Floberg Center; the most unlike its peers is Natural Land Institute. 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

20 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. 20 of the 23 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $91,012 · OtherSTATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRISTREGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC: $50,000 · OtherREGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INCRAMP: $20,000 · OtherRAMPVOICES OF INSPIRATION: $15,000 · OtherVOICES OF INSPIRATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD: $15,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORDLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ILLINOIS: $10,000 · OtherEASTER SEALS METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $25,000 · OtherEASTER SEALS METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INCROCK VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherROCK VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONBRIDGES TO PROSPERITY NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $6,000 · OtherROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $148,000 · EnvironmentROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FO…NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE: $6,000 · EnvironmentROCK HOUSE KIDS: $53,088 · Youth DevelopmentROCK HOUSE KIDSKFACT INC KEEPING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES TOGETHER: $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentKFACT INC KEEPI…LIFE DECISIONS INC: $14,401 · Youth DevelopmentLIFE DECISIONS …SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $24,000 · Human ServicesSAFE FAMI…GOLDIE B FLOBERG CENTER: $23,350 · Human ServicesGOLDIE B …MILESTONE INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesMILESTONE…AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER AT BOOKER: $39,280 · Community ImprovementAFRICAN-A…Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence: $16,135 · Community ImprovementNorthern …NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $30,000 · Food & NutritionSKI BRONCS INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsPATRIOTS' GATEWAY COMMUNITY CENTER: $6,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$262,012Environment$154,000Youth Development$89,989Human Services$57,850Community Improvement$55,415Food & Nutrition$30,000Recreation & Sports$26,000

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 budgetROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $148,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetSTATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $91,012 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetROCK HOUSE KIDS: $53,088 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetREGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAFRICAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER AT BOOKER: $39,280 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $24,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGOLDIE B FLOBERG CENTER: $23,350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROCK VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSKI BRONCS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetNorthern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence: $16,135 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLIFE DECISIONS INC: $14,401 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetMILESTONE INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGES TO PROSPERITY NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $10,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetPATRIOTS' GATEWAY COMMUNITY CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROCKFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL LAND INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Community Foundation …The Kjellstrom Family…Bergstrom Inc Charita…United Way of Rock Ri…Woodward Governor Cha…SwedishAmerican Healt…Blazer FoundationThe David & Colleen A…Jeffrey R Anderson Ch…Kristin L Anderson Ch…Tracy E Anderson Char…John & Linda Anderson…
Community Foundation of Northern ILIL43× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern IL · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · United Way of Rock River Valley · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · SwedishAmerican Health Foundation · Blazer Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable 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 Kiwanis Charities of Rockford Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kiwanis Charities of Rockford Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–50%
    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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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