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North Avenue Day Nursery at a glance

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North Avenue Day Nursery

To provide childcare services at the community level to children from low-income families and to stabilize the lives and develop the skills of low-income individuals so that they may become productive community members

$360k
Granted FY2018
6
Grants FY2018
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Human Services$1.9MArts & Culture$1.1MHousing & Shelter$575kHealth$500kReligion$55kRecreation & Sports$40kEducation$25k
02FY2018 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
$75,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Merillac St Vincent Family$75,000
Emerald City Theatre Company$75,000
Onward Neighborhood House$75,000
Erie Neighborhood House$75,000
The Menomonee Club$40,000
Storehouse Ministries$20,000
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 (FY17–18, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Blind Service Association Inc: $500k → 14%Erie Neighborhood House: $750k → 14%Erie Neighborhood House: $75k → 14%Association House of Chicago: $250k → 14%Lutheran Day Nursery: $100k → 14%NW University Settlement: $100k → 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.
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 5 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
7

Total granted

$2.6M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
+36%

Still filing today

40%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • EN
    ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $825k · revenue +91%
  • EC
    EMERALD CITY THEATRE COMPANY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $575k
  • MS
    Merillac St Vincent Family
    2× · 2017–2018 · $575k

Funded once

  • UV
    UNITING VOICES
    one grant, 2017 · $500k · revenue +22%
  • BS
    BLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500k · revenue +113%
  • AH
    ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGOgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +84%
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
Concordia Place

Concordia place's continuum of programs support families throughout their children's development, from the neonatal period through college entry: home visiting for expecting parents and infants, early childhood education and care for…

Human Services
2
Henry Booth House

The organization is organized to provide social services for children and families from Birth thru five years of age. Our mission is to "improve the quality of life for families in culturally and economically diverse Chicago communities by…

Human Services
3
Neighborhood House Inc

Neighborhood house is a whole-family community center located in louisville's west end. our mission is to support families by creating a community of opportunity. together with our members, we connect to one another and to resources, break…

Human Services
4
Christopher House

Christopher house is a family of schools that helps children and families succeed in school, the workplace, and life. through our unique and innovative approach, we are effectively closing the opportunity gap through a continuum of…

Human Services
5
Erie Elementary Charter School

Erie elementary charter school was formed in 2005 to provide educational and community opportunities for youths, grades k-8. the school is a bi-literate school focusing on heritage and culture.

Education
6
Chicago Kids Company

THE ORGANIZATION enriches the lives of the young Chicago of children with their classic fairy tale productions. The ORGANIZATION colorful shows introduce children ages 2 to 10 to the magic of live theater, and inspire children to laugh,…

Philanthropy
7
Oak Leyden Developmental Services Inc

To help people with developmental disabilities meet life's challenges and reach their highest potential.

—
8
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
9
Students Run Chicago
Health
10
Lookingglass Theatre Company

Lookingglass theatre company is a national leader in the creation and presentation of innovative, cutting-edge theatrical work. lookingglass interweaves movement, circus arts and narrative in original and captivating ways. guided by an…

Arts & Culture
11
Chicago Urban Day Schoolinc

To provide early development and day care services to preschool children

Human Services
12
Tutoring Chicago

Tutoring chicago delivers the power of education through one-to-one tutoring.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Onward Neighborhood House; the most unlike its peers is Lutheran Day Nursery Association of Chicago. 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
9/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EMERALD CITY THEATRE COMPANY: $575,000 · OtherEMERALD CITY THEATRE COMPANYMerillac St Vincent Family: $575,000 · OtherMerillac St Vincent FamilyONWARD NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $575,000 · OtherONWARD NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE+2 more: $55,000 · OtherERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $825,000 · Human ServicesERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSEBLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION INC: $500,000 · Human ServicesBLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION INCASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO: $250,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGOLutheran Day Nursery Association of Chicago: $100,000 · Human ServicesLutheran Day Nursery Association of ChicagoNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATIONUNITING VOICES: $500,000 · Arts & CultureUNITING VOICE…THE MENOMONEE CLUB: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentSIT STAY READ INC: $25,000 · Education
Other$1,780,000Human Services$1,775,000Arts & Culture$500,000Youth Development$40,000Education$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $825,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetEMERALD CITY THEATRE COMPANY: $575,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetONWARD NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $575,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetUNITING VOICES: $500,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO: $250,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLutheran Day Nursery Association of Chicago: $100,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MENOMONEE CLUB: $40,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSIT STAY READ INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% 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.

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…Imc Chicago Charitabl…Donley Foundation-Ud …Fifth Third Chicagola…United Way of Metropo…Pwc Foundation IncAbbVie FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
The Chicago Community TrustIL17.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Donley Foundation-Ud Dtd 12-8-86 · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Pwc Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 North Avenue Day Nursery funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Avenue Day Nursery. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 North Avenue Day Nursery?

    Find your warmest path to North Avenue Day Nursery 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 13 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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