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Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc

Ncrc cdf, a us treasury-certified community development financial institution, provides access to capital for america's underserved communities that supports entrepreneurship and affordable homeownership.

$157M
Granted FY2023
2,666
Grants FY2023
29
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.

Human Services$48MPhilanthropy$30MPublic Safety & Disaster$26MArts & Culture$24MPublic Benefit$8.2MCommunity Improvement$7.5MFood & Nutrition$6.8MEducation$1.1MOther$0
02FY2023 · 2666 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2,666 grants below total $149,332,697, the rows itemized in this filing. The $156,669,431 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,336,734 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.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k22 grants · $182k
  • $10k–50k1406 grants · $31M
  • $50k–250k1147 grants · $85M
  • $250k+91 grants · $34M
$43,552
Median grant
29
States reached
$56M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KATO KAGAKU CO LTD DBA HYATT REGENCY CHICAGO$1,769,933
THOR PALMER HOUSE HOTEL LLC DBA THE PALMER HOUSE HILTON BY AND THROUGH HLT$1,429,360
CHICAGO LESSEE LLC$1,344,870
SCH&T CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS$1,060,915
MARRIOTT HOTEL SERVICES LLC$1,045,236
Q CENTER LLC$907,613
IHG MANAGMENT MARYLAND LLC$689,856
909 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE CORPORATION$653,273
DTRS COLUMBUS DRIVE LLC$598,398
BRESWISS LP$576,622
MARRIOTT HOTEL SERVICES LLC$531,328
RENAISSANCE HOTEL OPERATING CO$487,777
140 E WALTON BUILDING LLC$466,001
CP IPERS ROSEMONT HOTEL LLC$457,291
CHSP TRS LAKESHORE LLC$452,936
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 (FY23–23, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GORTON COMMUNITY CENTER: $70k → 8%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

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ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
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AR
TN
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
TX
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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 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.

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Chamber Opera of Chicago
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2
Chicago Wind Symphony
Arts & Culture
3
Constellation Performing Arts

Constellation is a performing arts presenter with an emphasis on forward- thinking practices, particularly in the areas of jazz, improvised, experimental, and contemporary classical music.

Arts & Culture
4
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre

To use multiple artistic forms (primarily dance and music) and the combined talents of our diverse company to convey intense personal narratives. We are proudly and visibly multicultural, exploring the intersection of heritage, culture,…

Arts & Culture
5
Pegasus Theatre Chicago

Pegasus Theatre Chicago is a professional theater approaching 45 years of supporting Chicagos diverse community by producing accessible, socially relevant theatre and promoting the development of new artists for the stage. Our mission is…

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6
Arts Illiana Inc

To promote the arts and provide an information system for and about the arts.

Arts & Culture
7
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago
Arts & Culture
8
South Chicago Dance Theatre

South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT) is a multicultural organization seamlessly fusing classical and contemporary dance styles as well as preserving historic dance work. With Choreographic Diplomacy at the heart of the organization, the…

Arts & Culture
9
Chicago Harp Quartet
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10
Open Space Arts

Open Space Arts is a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to producing bold LGBTQ-focused theater and presenting independent queer cinema. The organization supports emerging and established artists while engaging audiences through live…

Arts & Culture
11
Chicago Composers Orchestra

To perform and promote orchestral music by living composers.

Arts & Culture
12
Artemisia a Chicago Theatre

Performing Arts (Ballet, Symphony, Theatre) Artemisia develops and produces all-new feminist plays to empower women.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center; the most unlike its peers is Comite Cultural Mexicano. 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

274 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. 274 of the 2,000 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)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
270/274
Grantees still filing
171/274
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KATO KAGAKU CO LTD DBA HYATT REGENCY CHICAGO: $1,769,933 · OtherMARRIOTT HOTEL SERVICES LLC: $1,576,564 · Other+156 more: $42,654,751 · Other+156 moreAuditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc: $500,000 · Arts & CultureAuditorium Thea…+34 more: $7,125,000 · Arts & Culture+34 moreNATIONAL COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT COALITION INC: $1,450,000 · Community ImprovementSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $250,000 · AnimalsLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $250,000 · AnimalsChicago Zoological Society: $250,000 · AnimalsTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $350,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $250,000 · EducationCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $250,000 · Environment
Other$46,001,248Arts & Culture$7,625,000Community Improvement$1,450,000Animals$750,000Education$600,000Environment$250,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT COALITION INC: $1,450,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetAuditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $350,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JOFFREY BALLET: $250,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetChicago West Community Music Center: $250,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $250,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPARAMOUNT ARTS CENTRE: $250,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKOHL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC: $250,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetNAVY PIER INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChicago Architecture Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $250,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $250,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE ADLER PLANETARIUM: $250,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChicago Zoological Society: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVERMILION HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $245,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetCHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $220,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMUSIC AND DANCE THEATER CHICAGO INC: $200,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO: $195,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetOLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC: $190,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Richard H Driehaus Museum: $190,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetChicago Children's Museum: $180,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetEVANSTON HISTORY CENTER: $155,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetDUPAGE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $155,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLOOKINGGLASS THEATRE COMPANY: $140,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetVictory Gardens Theater: $140,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetMONTICELLO RAILWAY MUSEUM INC: $140,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetMUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $140,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $140,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNORTHLIGHT THEATRE INC: $135,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CHICAGO PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY: $135,000 over 1y, 5.7% 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 NATIONAL COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗

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.

Prince FoundationIL69× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Prince Foundation · League of Chicago Theatres Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Richard H Driehaus Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation · John R Halligan Charitable Fund · Illinois Humanities Council Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Walder Foundation · Bayless Family Foundation · Alphawood 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 Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Ncrc Community Development Fund 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 2000 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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