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Perkins Harnett Foundation at a glance

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Perkins Harnett Foundation

Its FY2023 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 FY2023
40
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$105kHuman Services$36kHealth$21kYouth Development$13kReligion$12kFood & Nutrition$6kArts & Culture$4kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0
02FY2023 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k35 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $62k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG SHOULDERS FUND$16,000
BENET ACADEMY$15,000
ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$11,150
PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH$10,000
ERIE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL$10,000
METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES$7,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
LINK UNLIMITED SCHOLARS$5,000
YOUTH FOR CHRIST$5,000
REFUGEE ONE$5,000
GIRLS IN THE GAME$3,500
TOMMY CORRAL MEMORIAL FDTN$3,500
FLORIDA LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE$3,000
NOTRE DAME CATHOLIC CHURCH$3,000
ST JAMES FOOD PANTRY$3,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $34k) 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%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50 → 11%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $500 → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $500 → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $3k → 14%ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $11k → 14%ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $4k → 14%ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $3k → 14%ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $3k → 14%CHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $100 → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $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
WI
MI
MA
IN
OH
CA
MO
FL
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$143k · 22 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
22

Total granted

$143k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+46%

Still filing today

50%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • EE
    ERIE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2023 · $45k · revenue +41%
  • BS
    Big Shoulders Fund
    4× · 2017–2023 · $31k · revenue +67%
  • EN
    ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
    4× · 2017–2023 · $21k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • PM
    PERKINS MALO HUNTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +22%
  • UO
    University of Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +202%
  • TA
    THORTON ALUMNI LEGACY FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
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
2
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness (CCH) builds community power and advances racial equity through organizing, advocacy, legal assistance, and education to prevent and end homelessness because housing is a human right.

Housing & Shelter
3
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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4
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
5
Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants

Serving recently arrived migrants and asylum seekers in the Chicagoland area and is committed to upholding the dignity and human rights of immigrants.

Human Services
6
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
7
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.

Education
8
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago

Infant welfare society of chicago (iws) (d/b/a iws family health) provides quality medical, dental and behavioral health services for the health, physical and mental development of children and their families in the chicagoland community.

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9
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
10
The University of Chicago Charter School Corporation

To Prepare Students for Success in Four-Year Colleges.

Education
11
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.

Social Science
12
Executive Service Corps of Chicago

Executive Service Corps is the premier nonprofit consultancy that engages highly skilled professionals who use their experience and expertise to provide nonprofits with the consulting services they need to be successful. Our vision is to…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired; the most unlike its peers is Perkins Malo Hunter 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

31 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. 31 of the 69 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ERIE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL: $45,250 · EducationERIE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOLBig Shoulders Fund: $31,000 · EducationBig Shoulders FundLINK Unlimited Scholars: $5,000 · EducationLINK Unlimited Scholars+6 more: $5,954 · Education+6 moreBENET ACADEMY: $16,000 · OtherBENET ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYOUTH FOR CHRIST: $5,000 · OtherYOUTH FOR CHRISTTOMMY CORRAL MEMORIAL FDTN: $3,500 · OtherGIRLS IN THE GAME NFP: $3,500 · OtherNOTRE DAME CATHOLIC CHURCH: $3,200 · OtherST JAMES FOOD PANTRY: $3,000 · OtherFLORIDA LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE: $3,000 · OtherST MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $2,570 · OtherMISSION OF OUR LADY OF MERCY: $2,550 · OtherAID FOR WOMEN INC: $2,500 · Other+35 more: $19,562 · Other+35 moreERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $21,150 · Human ServicesERIE NEIGHBORHOOD …Metropolitan Family Services: $8,000 · Human ServicesMetropolitan Famil…RESPOND NOW: $2,500 · Human ServicesRESPOND NOWMISERICORDIA HOME: $2,500 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA HOMETHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHICAGO LIGHTH…+2 more: $150 · Human ServicesPILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH: $10,000 · HealthThe Esselstyn Family Foundation Inc: $2,500 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $450 · HealthREFUGEEONE: $5,000 · ReligionTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $2,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $50 · PhilanthropyMATTHEW HOUSE INC: $2,500 · Housing & Shelter
Education$87,204Other$70,382Human Services$36,300Health$12,950Religion$5,000Philanthropy$2,550Housing & Shelter$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetERIE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL: $45,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $21,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEEONE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINK Unlimited Scholars: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS IN THE GAME NFP: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Esselstyn Family Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRESPOND NOW: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMATTHEW HOUSE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAID FOR WOMEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERKINS MALO HUNTER FOUNDATION: $2,364 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $2,016 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCornerstone Academy co Richard Van der Molen: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $1,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN BOOKS LTD: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS: $540 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRACE NETWORK: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $285 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLENWOOD ACADEMY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLawyers' Assistance Program: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $50 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.

The Chicago Community…United Way of Metropo…Robert R McCormick Fo…AbbVie FoundationJohn D and Catherine …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Allstate Foundati…Cme Group FoundationImc Chicago Charitabl…The Dupage Community …Arie and Ida Crown Me…Greater Chicago Food …
The Chicago Community TrustIL27.9× 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 · Robert R McCormick Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · Cme Group Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · The Dupage Community Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Greater Chicago Food Depository

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 Perkins Harnett Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Perkins Harnett Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Perkins Harnett Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Perkins Harnett 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 69 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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