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Kreiling Family Foundation at a glance

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Kreiling Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$98k
Granted FY2023
22
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$106kHealth$96kAnimals$29kArts & Culture$28kFood & Nutrition$22kHuman Services$12kReligion$10kCommunity Improvement$9kOther$0
02FY2023 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k20 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $57k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$588k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Little Heroes League$32,836
Max McGraw Wildlife Fdtn$23,725
Dupage Foundation$7,763
PILOT LIGHT$7,763
Individual grant recipient$5,010
Pasadena Playhouse$5,000
The ALS Association$2,400
Nami$2,018
UNLV Foundation$2,000
PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM$2,000
Inst Del Progreso Latino$2,000
CHEST FOUNDATION$1,553
Hello Baby NFP$618
Glen Ellyn Library FDTN$518
Purple Plunge Inc$515
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 (FY20–23, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHES THE FIRST: $524 → 17%Adopt A Native Elder: $2k → 8%Hark Inc- ALS: $205 → 5%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $2k → 15%Blessings in a Backpack: $100 → 15%Neighborhood Food Pantries: $103 → 7%Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Cent: $207 → 7%Misericordia Fdn Chgo: $259 → 14%Mujeres Latinas en Accion: $500 → 14%Mujeres Latinas en Accion: $206 → 14%Cradle Foundation: $529 → 14%Let It Be US: $200 → 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

ME
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
NV
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
KY
VA
NC
DC
TX
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$223k · 16 repeat orgs$139k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
60

Total granted

$223k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+28%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterInternationalArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • LH
    Little Heroes League
    3× · 2018–2023 · $45k · revenue +223%
  • PL
    PILOT LIGHT
    3× · 2021–2023 · $16k · revenue +97%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $16k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $9k
  • MF
    Misericordia Foundation Chicago
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY LAS VEGASgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +331%
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
Nourishing Hope

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

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2
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
3
University of Illinois Foundation

The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with…

Education
4
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
5
La Casa de las Madres

La Casa de las Madres' mission is to respond to calls for help from DV victims, of all ages, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We give survivors the tools to transform their lives. We seek to prevent future violence by educating the…

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6
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence

The Network is a group of 40+ member organizations dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted by gender-based violence through education, public policy and advocacy, and connecting community members with direct service providers.…

Human Services
7
Plant Chicago Nfp

Plant Chicago's mission is to cultivate local circular economies. We envision a paradigm shift in production, consumption, and waste driven at the local level, generating equity and economic opportunity for all residents.

Food & Nutrition
8
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
9
House of the Good Shepherd

House of Good Shepherd serves with love and compassion women and children affected by domestic violence by offering a safe place with opportunities for emotional, educational and spiritual growth, giving hope and continued support for a…

Human Services
10
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
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
Pasado's Safe Haven

Fighting to end animal cruelty and create a more compassionate world.(continued in schedule o)fiscal year 2024-2025 highlights include:investigated/resourced 71 animal cruelty cases, provided care andrehabilitations for 398 animals at our…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gratitude Generation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Purple Plunge. 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

49 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. 49 of the 88 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/49
Grantees still filing
39/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Kreiling Charitable Fund: $88,000 · OtherKreiling Charitable FundMax McGraw Wildlife Fdtn: $23,725 · OtherMax McGraw Wildlife FdtnIndividual grant recipient: $9,400 · Other+53 more: $98,640 · Other+53 moreLittle Heroes League: $44,607 · PhilanthropyLittle Heroes Leag…THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $18,255 · PhilanthropyTHE DUPAGE COMMUNI…+1 more: $103 · PhilanthropyPILOT LIGHT: $16,323 · HealthPILOT LIGHTALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $16,250 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEA…PREECLAMPSIA FOUNDATION INC: $15,100 · HealthPREECLAMPSIA FOUN…NAMI National: $4,145 · HealthNAMI NationalRonald McDonald House Global: $2,500 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $2,500 · Health+3 more: $715 · HealthTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $12,500 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $7,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $600 · Arts & CultureHABITAT FOR HUMANITY LAS VEGAS: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterHome of the Sparrow Inc: $2,200 · Housing & ShelterSenior Home Sharing: $500 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $50 · Housing & ShelterBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $2,225 · Human ServicesAdopt-A-Native Elder: $2,000 · Human ServicesMUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $706 · Human ServicesThe Cradle Foundation: $529 · Human ServicesSHE'S THE FIRST INC: $524 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $259 · Human Services+4 more: $715 · Human ServicesMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $2,830 · AnimalsPAWS CHICAGO: $2,200 · AnimalsWEST SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $338 · Animals
Other$219,765Philanthropy$62,965Health$57,533Arts & Culture$20,100Housing & Shelter$7,750Human Services$6,958Animals$5,368

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 budgetLittle Heroes League: $44,607 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetTHE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $18,255 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPILOT LIGHT: $16,323 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $16,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPREECLAMPSIA FOUNDATION INC: $15,100 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY LAS VEGAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Chest Foundation: $4,863 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNAMI National: $4,145 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetI Grow Chicago NFP: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFood Empowerment Project: $3,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $2,850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF RIVER VALLEY: $2,850 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $2,830 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $2,225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHome of the Sparrow Inc: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOLARIS PROJECT: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA LAKE COUNTY INC: $2,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSurge for Water Inc: $2,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt-A-Native Elder: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wildlands Conservancy: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $706 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELLO BABY NFP: $618 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cradle Foundation: $529 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHE'S THE FIRST INC: $524 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPurple Plunge: $515 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSenior Home Sharing: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwestern University: $464 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $338 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $259 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLEN ELLYN CHILDRENS RESOURCE CENTER: $207 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARK-ALS INC: $205 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLET IT BE US: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Food Pantries: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGratitude Generation Inc: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHearts for ALS NY Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA CASA NORTE: $50 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…Northwestern Memorial…AbbVie FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Allstate Foundati…George M Eisenberg Fo…Baxter International …Charities Aid Foundat…The Dupage Community …The Blackbaud Giving …Motorola Solutions Fo…The Yelp Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL20.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Baxter International Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Dupage Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Motorola Solutions Foundation · The Yelp 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 Kreiling Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kreiling Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Preeclampsia Foundation Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 88 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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