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New Harbor Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$37k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Health$14kEducation$14kYouth Development$13kCommunity Improvement$10kReligion$8kAnimals$7kEmployment$7kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$216k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Breakthrough$2,500
Kids First Chicago$2,500
Year Up United$2,500
Erie Family Health Center$2,500
The Navigators$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Chicago Chess Foundation$2,500
Chicago's Sunshine Enterprises Inc$2,500
Compudopt$2,500
Chicago Parks Foundation$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
Exodus World Service$1,500
National Louis University$1,500
Mitchell Embrace NFP$1,500
Aspire$1,500
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 (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Mitchell Embrace NFP: $2k → 14%Aspire: $2k → 14%Share Our Spare: $2k → 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

IL
NY
IN
OH
UT
CO
DC
TX
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$58k · 11 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
15

Total granted

$58k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
0%

Still filing today

64%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsEmploymentOther
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

  • KF
    KIDS FIRST CHICAGO FOR EDUCATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +27%
  • BU
    BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +21%
  • CI
    COMP-U-DOPT INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • TB
    The Bottom Line Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • EF
    Erie Family Health Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -9%
  • SG
    SUNSHINE GOSPEL MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
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
Thrive Chicago Nfp

Thrive chicago's mission is to prepare chicago's youth for a vibrant future by aligning efforts and outcomes from cradle to career.

Human Services
2
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
3
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
4
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
5
Chicago United

To achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, expanding the talent pipline for executive-level management, and growing minority businesses.

Philanthropy
6
Xchange Chicago Inc

To realize a more equitable and inclusive economy by advancing innovative workforce solutions that equip local residents with the skills and resources to access high-growth employment opportunities in tech and other rapidly growing fields…

Employment
7
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
8
Pitch in

Established in 2011 by retired Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood, and his wife Sarah, Pitch In (fka Wood Family Foundation) seeks to improve the lives of children in four high-need neighborhoods in Chicago: North Lawndale, Humboldt Park,…

Philanthropy
9
Children's Advocates for Change

Children's advocates for change was organized to improve the lives of children in illinois by bringing about significant changes public policies and programs for children through research, policy analysis and advocacy, public education and…

Human Services
10
Chicago Free School

Chicago Free School provides pre-kindergarten through 8th grade instruction and support activities. The faculty consists of qualified indiviuals with the appropriate education and experiende to provide students with the education that…

Education
11
The Chicago Innovation Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for

Providing academic support to children experiencing homelessness in Chicago and providing resources and services to families experiencing homelessness in Chicago.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids First Chicago for Education; the most unlike its peers is Cure SPG4 Foundation. 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

26 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. 26 of the 36 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
11/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $7,500 · OtherBREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INCTHE NAVIGATORS: $5,500 · OtherTHE NAVIGATORSYear Up United: $5,000 · OtherYear Up UnitedIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientThe Bottom Line Inc: $2,900 · OtherThe Bottom Line IncSUNSHINE GOSPEL MINISTRIES: $2,500 · OtherGrace and Peace Church: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $2,000 · OtherWEST DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY: $3,000 · OtherWEST DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRYCHICAGO'S SUNSHINE ENTERPRISES INC: $2,500 · Other+6 more: $7,650 · Other+6 moreKIDS FIRST CHICAGO FOR EDUCATION: $7,500 · EducationKIDS FIRST CHICAGO FOR ED…COMP-U-DOPT INC: $7,500 · EducationCOMP-U-DOPT INCYEAR UP INC: $2,500 · EducationYEAR UP INCNational Louis University: $1,500 · EducationNational Louis UniversityCHICAGO CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,500 · EducationCHICAGO CHARTER SCHOOL FO…FIRST BOOK: $1,500 · EducationFIRST BOOKErie Family Health Center Inc: $5,000 · HealthErie Family…Erie Family Health Foundation Inc: $2,500 · HealthErie Family…Cure SPG4 Foundation: $1,500 · HealthCure SPG4 F…International Rett Syndrome Foundation: $1,000 · HealthInternation…+1 more: $315 · HealthONE TAIL AT A TIME NFP: $7,000 · AnimalsFOREVER FORTUNATE FELINES: $300 · AnimalsThe Cara Program: $4,500 · EmploymentShare our Spare: $1,500 · Human ServicesMITCHELL EMBRACE NFP: $1,500 · Human ServicesASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $1,500 · Human ServicesCHICAGO CHESS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsCHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$47,050Education$22,000Health$10,315Animals$7,300Employment$4,500Human Services$4,500Recreation & Sports$4,000

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 budgetKIDS FIRST CHICAGO FOR EDUCATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMP-U-DOPT INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetONE TAIL AT A TIME NFP: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetErie Family Health Center Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cara Program: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWEST DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY: $3,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetErie Family Health Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUNSHINE GOSPEL MINISTRIES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO CHESS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Louis University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShare our Spare: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXODUS WORLD SERVICE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMITCHELL EMBRACE NFP: $1,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetASPIRE OF ILLINOIS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCure SPG4 Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST BOOK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $315 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREVER FORTUNATE FELINES: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $150 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.

Polk Bros Foundation …Circle of Service Fou…The Chicago Community…Andersen-Formolo Fami…Arie and Ida Crown Me…Jewish Federation of …Imc Chicago Charitabl…Lloyd a Fry FoundationRobert R McCormick Fo…United Way of Metropo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…AbbVie Foundation
Polk Bros Foundation IncIL17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · AbbVie 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 New Harbor Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from New Harbor Charitable 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report 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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How do I get to New Harbor Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to New Harbor Charitable Foundation 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 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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