Illinois · Public charity
North Shore Exchange Nfp
North shore exchange is a nonprofit organization that primarily supports chicagoland charities serving children and families living in poverty through a unique combination of luxury consignment, designer shopping, and volunteerism.
- $600k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations North Shore Exchange Nfp funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $600k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $550k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $510k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $540k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $585k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $192k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $380k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $450k | 58% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Service of Glencoe | $365,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Care for Real | $275,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Nourishing Hope | $250,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Margarets Village | $242,250 | 5 | 5% |
| Wings Program Inc | $205,400 | 7 | 0% |
| La Casa Norte | $205,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Fenix Family Health Center | $172,250 | 5 | 6% |
| North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | $165,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Old Irving Park Community Clinic | $160,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Children's Research Triangle | $154,000 | 6 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget North Shore Exchange Nfp supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · AbbVie Foundation · The Egerter Family Foundation · Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation · WP & HB White Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About North Shore Exchange Nfp
- How much does North Shore Exchange Nfp give?
- North Shore Exchange Nfp reported 14 grants totaling $600,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does North Shore Exchange Nfp fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (27%), Human Services (26%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
- Who are North Shore Exchange Nfp's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Family Service of Glencoe ($365k), Care for Real ($275k), Nourishing Hope ($250k).
- Does North Shore Exchange Nfp fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as North Shore Exchange Nfp?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Circle of Service Foundation.
- Where is North Shore Exchange Nfp based?
- North Shore Exchange Nfp is based in IL.
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