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Loraine Kaufman Foundation at a glance

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Loraine Kaufman 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.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$199kArts & Culture$81kEducation$54kAnimals$21kFood & Nutrition$16kReligion$12kInternational$10kRecreation & Sports$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$395k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AIDS FOUNDATION OF CHICAGO$20,000
HOWARD BROWN HEALTH$10,000
ANTI-CRUELTY SOCIETY$5,700
FRANCIS W PARKER SCHOOL$3,500
PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE$2,500
THRESHOLDS$2,500
CHI ARTS FOUNDATION$2,500
THE ARK$2,000
FEEDING AMERICA$2,000
TEMPLE SHALOM$2,000
PILOTS TO THE RESCUE$1,000
MAZON$1,000
GOALS INC$1,000
HIGH JUMP$1,000
GDC$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $1k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTEAD: $750 → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $300 → 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
MI
NY
CT
CA
MO
DC
AL
GA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$397k · 50 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
27

Total granted

$397k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+16%

Still filing today

72%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsInternationalHealthFood & 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

  • AF
    AIDS Foundation of Chicago
    6× · 2017–2024 · $112k · revenue +50%
  • FW
    Francis W Parker School
    6× · 2017–2024 · $44k · revenue +31%
  • HB
    Howard Brown Health Center
    5× · 2020–2024 · $41k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CP
    CHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +15%
  • UF
    US FUND FOR UNICEF
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • JC
    JEWISH CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES CHICAGO
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
2
Chicago Historical Society

The Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events, the Museum connects people to Chicago's history…

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Lyric Opera of Chicago

We believe in the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great art and opera. Lyric Opera of Chicago exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation, and to advance the…

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc
Arts & Culture
9
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
10
Chicago Humanities Festival

To promote public appreciation, understanding and support of the humanities through festivals and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
11
University of Chicago

The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.

Education
12
Chicago Theatre Group Inc

The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. by dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Contemporary Art; the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 54 of the 83 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/54
Grantees still filing
41/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Howard Brown Health Center: $41,000 · OtherHoward Brown Health CenterUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE: $30,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINETHE ARK: $9,300 · OtherTHE ARKLYNN SAGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherTHE THRESHOLDS: $6,000 · OtherGOALS INC: $5,500 · Other+46 more: $57,090 · Other+46 moreAIDS Foundation of Chicago: $112,000 · HealthAIDS Foundation of Chicago+2 more: $1,500 · HealthFrancis W Parker School: $44,000 · EducationFrancis W Parker Sc…THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $16,050 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE O…ChiArts Foundation: $8,500 · EducationChiArts FoundationHIGH JUMP: $4,700 · EducationHIGH JUMP+4 more: $2,750 · EducationVisceral Dance Chicago NFP: $17,250 · Arts & CultureVisceral Dan…Marwen Foundation Inc: $14,000 · Arts & CultureMarwen Found…Chicago Dance Health Fund: $5,500 · Arts & CultureChicago Danc…MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $3,500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CO…EDGAR MILLER LEGACY: $2,000 · Arts & CultureGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $1,650 · Arts & CultureChicago Symphony Orchestra: $1,600 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,200 · Arts & CultureThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $10,700 · AnimalsMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $4,000 · AnimalsLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $2,000 · AnimalsPAWS CHICAGO: $2,000 · AnimalsPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsFeeding America: $7,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS: $2,700 · Food & NutritionCHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsLINCOLN PARK CONSERVANCY: $3,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$155,890Health$113,500Education$76,000Arts & Culture$47,700Animals$20,700Food & Nutrition$9,700Recreation & Sports$8,500

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 budgetAIDS Foundation of Chicago: $112,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $44,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHoward Brown Health Center: $41,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVisceral Dance Chicago NFP: $17,250 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $16,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarwen Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $10,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChiArts Foundation: $8,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLYNN SAGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Dance Health Fund: $5,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH JUMP: $4,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK CONSERVANCY: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $2,700 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $2,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEDGAR MILLER LEGACY: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN EMPLOYED: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $1,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Artists Coalition: $1,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLEGAL AID CHICAGO: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHIKAMING OPEN LANDS: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Council for Health Justice: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $675 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHICAGO: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSkyArt NFP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRANFORD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetART ENCOUNTER: $500 over 2y, 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 AIDS Foundation of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds Francis W Parker School ↗
  • Who funds Howard Brown Health Center ↗
  • Who funds Visceral Dance Chicago NFP ↗
  • Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds Marwen Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Anti-Cruelty Society ↗
  • Who funds ChiArts Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds LYNN SAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE THRESHOLDS ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Dance Health Fund ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HIGH JUMP ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds Center on Halsted ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds EDGAR MILLER LEGACY ↗
  • Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds NOURISHING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN EMPLOYED ↗
  • Who funds GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗

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…Polk Bros Foundation …John D and Catherine …Arie and Ida Crown Me…Circle of Service Fou…United Way of Metropo…Lloyd a Fry FoundationField Foundation of I…Metzner Family Founda…Elizabeth Morse Chari…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Reva and David Logan …
The Chicago Community TrustIL30.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Metzner Family Foundation · Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Xxxxx1008 · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Reva and David Logan 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 Loraine Kaufman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Loraine Kaufman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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.

    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 83 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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