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Nogwog Fund Nfp

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.

$137k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2024
57
Organizations funded FY2023
63%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$32,271
Organizations funded a year
48 to 57
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$3.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Nogwog Fund Nfp funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EnvironmentHuman ServicesReligionEducationArts & CultureFood & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving52$137k25%
FY202357$136k63%
FY202255$140k29%
FY202157$161k63%
FY202048$131kn/a
81% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$182kFood & Nutrition$101kHealth$89kHuman Services$56kHousing & Shelter$38kEnvironment$32kPhilanthropy$26kCivil Rights$16kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
MD
NM
SC
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AL
GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Have Dreams$29,77041%
St Michael's Episcopal Church$25,4001n/a
Footprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry$16,09042%
The Warren Center Inc$11,11650%
The Salvation Army$10,5005n/a
Fish Food Pantry$9,00030%
Crisis Center Inc$8,21950%
350org$8,00010%
Meals at Home$6,59840%
Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc$6,00030%
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All grantees of Nogwog Fund Nfp by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Have Dreams$29,77041%
St Michael's Episcopal Church$25,4001n/a
Footprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry$16,09042%
The Warren Center Inc$11,11650%
The Salvation Army$10,5005n/a
Fish Food Pantry$9,00030%
Crisis Center Inc$8,21950%
350org$8,00010%
Meals at Home$6,59840%
Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc$6,00030%
Refugeeone$5,50050%
Lakeside Singers Inc$5,00031%
PACTT Learning Center$5,00010%
Friends of the Groom Inc$5,00041%
Anderson University$5,00020%
Sojourners Inc$4,19050%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$4,00010%
The Carter Center Inc$3,75050%
Miller Beach Arts & Creative District CDC$3,60021%
Barrington Township Food Pantry$3,5001n/a
Meals on Wheels Chicago$3,14420%
Barrington Youth & Family Services$3,00010%
Lettuce Dream$3,00021%
Reading Power Inc$3,00030%
Elmhurst University$3,00020%
Center for Carbon Removal$2,03020%
Evergreen Collaborative$2,03020%
Humane Society of North West Indiana$1,50020%
Cuba Cares$1,5001n/a
Stillman Nature Center$1,50030%
Diocese of Chicago$1,5002n/a
Fellowship for Performing Arts Inc$1,25020%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$1,05010%
Samaritan Counseling Center$1,0001n/a
Christian League for the Handicapped Dba Inspiration Ministries$1,00020%
Episcopal Charities$1,0001n/a
United Nations Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Love Inc of Lake County$1,00010%
Holy Trinity High School$1,0001n/a
Catholic Relief Services$1,0001n/a
Music Blocks$1,0001n/a
Fcnl Education Fund$75020%
Center for Action and Contemplation$66030%
Emergency Christian Ministries Inc$60021%
United States Fund for Unicef$52310%
St Leonard's Ministries$51510%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$51210%
The Hope Buss Inc$50010%
Chicago Horticultural Society$49820%
Church World Service Inc$25610%
National Park Foundation$15010%
Luther Seminary$1001n/a
Miller Garden Club$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 96 recipients with no EIN on record ($489k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nogwog Fund Nfp supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHave Dreams: $29,770 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFootprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry: $16,090 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetThe Warren Center Inc: $11,116 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFish Food Pantry: $9,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCrisis Center Inc: $8,219 over 5y, 0.1% of budget350org: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeals at Home: $6,598 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetShirley Heinze Land Trust Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRefugeeone: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLakeside Singers Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPACTT Learning Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Groom Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetAnderson University: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSojourners Inc: $4,190 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMiller Beach Arts & Creative District CDC: $3,600 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMeals on Wheels Chicago: $3,144 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBarrington Youth & Family Services: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLettuce Dream: $3,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetReading Power Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetElmhurst University: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Carbon Removal: $2,030 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreen Collaborative: $2,030 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of North West Indiana: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetStillman Nature Center: $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFellowship for Performing Arts Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian League for the Handicapped Dba Inspiration Ministries: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLove Inc of Lake County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFcnl Education Fund: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Action and Contemplation: $660 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEmergency Christian Ministries Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $523 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Leonard's Ministries: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Groundtruth Project Inc: $512 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hope Buss Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $498 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChurch World Service Inc: $256 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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 TrustIL23.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · John W Anderson Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Yellow-Crowned Foundation · Porter County Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing

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.

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Find your warmest path to Nogwog Fund Nfp 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.

About Nogwog Fund Nfp

How much does Nogwog Fund Nfp give?
Nogwog Fund Nfp reported 52 grants totaling $137,238 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 57 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Nogwog Fund Nfp fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (26%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Health (13%).
Who are Nogwog Fund Nfp's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Have Dreams ($30k), St Michael's Episcopal Church ($25k), Footprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry ($16k).
Does Nogwog Fund Nfp fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Nogwog Fund Nfp accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nogwog Fund Nfp?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, John W Anderson Foundation.
Where is Nogwog Fund Nfp based?
Nogwog Fund Nfp is based in IL.

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 150 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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