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Laughing Acres Family 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.

$242k
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Health$185kArts & Culture$171kEducation$167kPhilanthropy$105kHuman Services$101kPublic Benefit$59kReligion$49kHousing & Shelter$49kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k39 grants · $172k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $70k
$5,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS$16,500
MARKLUND$12,000
DIABETES YOUTH SERVICES$11,000
SAN MIGUEL FOUNDATION$10,000
TIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY$10,000
SARAH'S INN$10,000
RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL$9,000
A WOMAN'S WORK$8,000
COMMUNITY AND HOME SUPPORTS$8,000
AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INT'L EDUCATION$8,000
REDTWIST THEATRE$7,500
THE INN BETWEEN$7,500
REMY BUMPPO THEATRE COMPANY$7,500
CARE FOR REAL$7,000
PROVIDENCE ST MEL SCH$7,000
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 (FY20–24, $236k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMUNITY AND HOME SUPPORTS: $8k → 21%THE INN BETWEEN: $8k → 8%DIABETES YOUTH SERVICES: $11k → 18%MARKLUND: $12k → 7%THE INN BETWEEN: $8k → 8%DIABETES YOUTH SERVICES: $9k → 18%MARKLUND: $11k → 7%COMMUNITY AND HOME SUPPORTS: $6k → 21%THE INN BETWEEN: $5k → 8%DIABETES YOUTH SERVICES: $8k → 18%MARKLUND: $10k → 7%DIABETES YOUTH SERVICES: $5k → 18%MARKLUND: $10k → 7%COMMUNITY AND HOM SUPPORTS: $3k → 21%DIABETES YOUTH SERVICES: $4k → 18%MARKLUND: $6k → 7%YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELING: $10k → 8%YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELING: $1k → 8%YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELING: $1k → 8%YOUTH AND FAMILY COUNSELING: $500 → 8%CARE FOR REAL: $8k → 14%SARAH'S INN: $11k → 14%CARE FOR REAL: $8k → 14%SARAH'S INN: $10k → 14%CARE FOR REAL: $7k → 14%SARAH'S INN: $9k → 14%CARE FOR REAL: $7k → 14%SARAH'S INN: $9k → 14%CARE FOR REAL: $5k → 14%SARAHS INN: $8k → 14%OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: $6k → 14%OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: $2k → 14%OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: $1k → 14%CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $5k → 14%CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $4k → 14%CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $3k → 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

ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
UT
CO
VA
NC
SC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$974k · 50 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
30

Total granted

$974k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+2%

Still filing today

72%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • MC
    MARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME
    5× · 2020–2024 · $49k · revenue +36%
  • SI
    SARAH'S INN
    5× · 2020–2024 · $47k · revenue +17%
  • AC
    AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ACTR ACCELS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $40k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • AW
    A WOMAN'S WORK PROJECT
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
  • RB
    REMY BUMPRO THEATRE COMP
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • CC
    CHICAGO CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
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
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
2
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
3
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
4
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
5
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
6
The Family Institute

Our mission is to strengthen and heal families and individuals from all walks of life through clinical service, education and research.

—
7
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
8
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
9
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
10
Roosevelt University

Roosevelt university is an independent, non-profit, metropolitan university and national leader in educating socially conscious citizens for active and dedicated lives as leaders in their professions and their communities. the university's…

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11
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
12
Adler University

The university continues the pioneering work of alfred adler by graduating responsible practitioners for community engagement.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Willow House; the most unlike its peers is The San Miguel Foundation Inc. 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

54 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. 54 of the 93 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/54
Grantees still filing
38/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: $59,200 · OtherVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARSRED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $45,000 · OtherRED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOLPROVIDENCE ST MEL SCH: $41,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE ST MEL SCHIndividual grant recipient: $30,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $20,500 · OtherChicago Jazz Philharmonic: $20,000 · OtherAVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE: $26,630 · OtherAVENUES TO INDEPENDENCELESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER: $22,860 · OtherLESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTEREVANSTON REBUILDING WAREHOUSE: $19,000 · Other+44 more: $132,750 · Other+44 moreMARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME: $48,500 · Human ServicesMARKLUND CHILDRENS HOMESARAH'S INN: $46,500 · Human ServicesSARAH'S INNDIABETES YOUTH SERVICES: $36,000 · Human ServicesDIABETES YOUTH SERVICESCARE FOR REAL: $35,000 · Human ServicesCARE FOR REALA WOMAN'S WORK INC: $29,000 · Human ServicesA WOMAN'S WORK INCTHE INN BETWEEN: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE INN BETWEENCOMMUNITY & HOME SUPPORTS INC: $16,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY & HOME SUPPORTS IN…YOUTH AND FAMILY COUNSELING: $12,500 · Human ServicesCHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $12,000 · Human Services+1 more: $8,700 · Human ServicesTIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY: $59,000 · Arts & CultureTIMELINE THEATR…Remy Bumppo Theatre Company: $30,000 · Arts & CultureRemy Bumppo The…THE AMERICAN WRITERS MUSEUM: $19,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN WR…MPAACT: $13,500 · Arts & CultureMPAACTREDTWIST THEATRE: $11,500 · Arts & CultureREDTWIST THEATR…+3 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $36,000 · EducationDEPAUL UNIV…GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $35,000 · EducationGREENHOUSE …Marian University: $12,500 · EducationMarian Univ…BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO NFP: $9,500 · EducationBLOCK CLUB …DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · EducationTRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ASSOCIATION: $4,000 · Education+7 more: $4,000 · EducationAMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ACTR ACCELS INC: $40,000 · InternationalJULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $11,000 · HealthOak Park River Forest Infant Welfare S: $10,000 · HealthGOOD NEIGHBOR FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF BEAUFORT: $7,000 · HealthL'ARCHE CHICAGO INC: $5,000 · HealthChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTHE SAN MIGUEL FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 · Philanthropy
Other$417,440Human Services$264,700Arts & Culture$138,000Education$110,000International$40,000Health$36,000Philanthropy$34,000

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 budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: $59,200 over 5y, 79% of budgetTIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY: $59,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME: $48,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH'S INN: $46,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ACTR ACCELS INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDIABETES YOUTH SERVICES: $36,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $36,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCARE FOR REAL: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SAN MIGUEL FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetRemy Bumppo Theatre Company: $30,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetA WOMAN'S WORK INC: $29,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetAVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE: $26,630 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER: $22,860 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INN BETWEEN: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetChicago Jazz Philharmonic: $20,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetEVANSTON REBUILDING WAREHOUSE: $19,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN WRITERS MUSEUM: $19,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY & HOME SUPPORTS INC: $16,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMPAACT: $13,500 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetMarian University: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH AND FAMILY COUNSELING: $12,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetREDTWIST THEATRE: $11,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetJULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOak Park River Forest Infant Welfare S: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLOCK CLUB CHICAGO NFP: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY KNOCKS INCORPORATED: $8,700 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $8,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBOR FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF BEAUFORT: $7,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetL'ARCHE CHICAGO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWILLOW HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKhecari: $4,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Friendship Center: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ASSOCIATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SPANISH MOSS TRAIL: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY AUTISM FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetELE'S PLACE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA LITERACY COALITION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHONEY POT PERFORMANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBuilders and Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS ↗
  • Who funds TIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds MARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME ↗
  • Who funds SARAH'S INN ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ACTR ACCELS INC ↗
  • Who funds DIABETES YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CARE FOR REAL ↗
  • Who funds GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN MIGUEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Remy Bumppo Theatre Company ↗
  • Who funds A WOMAN'S WORK INC ↗
  • Who funds AVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE ↗
  • Who funds LESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE INN BETWEEN ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Jazz Philharmonic ↗
  • Who funds EVANSTON REBUILDING WAREHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN WRITERS MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY & HOME SUPPORTS INC ↗
  • Who funds MPAACT ↗
  • Who funds Marian University ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH AND FAMILY COUNSELING ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK ↗
  • Who funds REDTWIST THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds JULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare S ↗
  • Who funds BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO NFP ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Role Model Movement Inc (NFP) ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds GOOD NEIGHBOR FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF BEAUFORT ↗

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…John D and Catherine …George M Eisenberg Fo…Lloyd a Fry FoundationPolk Bros Foundation …Gaylord and Dorothy D…The Service Club of C…The Coleman Foundatio…The Turano FoundationHelen V Brach Foundat…Dr Scholl FoundationUsg Foundation Inc
The Chicago Community TrustIL29.1× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Service Club of Chicago · The Coleman Foundation Inc · The Turano Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Usg Foundation 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 Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    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

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    How do I get to Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc 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 93 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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