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Ralph Franzen Charitable Foundation Xxxxx9002 at a glance

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Ralph Franzen Charitable Foundation Xxxxx9002

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$859k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$3.2MFood & Nutrition$825kHuman Services$815kYouth Development$670kInternational$530kCivil Rights$300kCommunity Improvement$50kHousing & Shelter$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $809k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVICES$150,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ARCHDIOCESE$125,000
OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES$123,879
TEEN CHALLENGE ILLINOIS$100,000
Pacific Garden Mission$100,000
SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE$100,000
Individual grant recipient$60,000
JOSEPH CENTER$50,000
MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES INC$25,000
CARE FOR REAL$25,000
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 (FY17–25, $3.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $250k → 7%MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25k → 14%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $250k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $250k → 7%CARE FOR REAL: $25k → 14%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $200k → 7%Outreach Community Ministries: $200k → 7%Outreach Community Ministries: $200k → 7%Outreach Community Ministries: $200k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $124k → 7%Outreach Community Ministries: $100k → 7%COVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVICES: $250k → 7%Windsor Park Manor: $200k → 7%Windsor Park Manor: $200k → 7%Windsor Park Manor: $200k → 7%WINDSOR PARK MANOR: $200k → 7%COVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVICES: $150k → 7%COVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVICES: $103k → 7%Windsor Park Manor: $100k → 7%COVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVICES: $72k → 7%COVENANT HOME ILLINOIS: $10k → 14%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $100k → 14%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $100k → 14%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $75k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.4M · 14 repeat orgs$405k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +63% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
8

Total granted

$6.4M
$305k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+63%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesReligionYouth DevelopmentEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • OC
    OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +49%
  • CL
    COVENANT LIVING AT WINDSOR PARK
    5× · 2017–2021 · $900k · revenue +80%
  • CL
    COVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVICES
    4× · 2022–2025 · $575k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • PM
    PEKIN MEN'S CENTER OF ADULT AND
    one grant, 2022 · $90k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $60k
  • RF
    REFUGE FOR WOMEN
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
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
Covenant Living of Keene

As a ministry of the evangelical covenant church, covenant living of keene celebrates god's gift of life in christian community. we follow the great commandment to love and serve god and one another as taught by jesus christ. (see schedule…

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2
Covenant Living of the Great Lakes

As a ministry of the evangelical covenant church, covenant living communities and services celebrates god's gift of life in christian community. we follow the great commandment to love and serve god and one another as taught by jesus…

Housing & Shelter
3
Three Crowns Park

As a ministry of the evangelical covenant church, three crowns park celebrates god's gift of life in christian community. we follow the great commandment to love and serve god and one another as taught by jesus christ. (see schedule o)

Human Services
4
Covenant Living of Colorado Inc

As a ministry of the evangelical covenant church, covenant living communities and services celebrates god's gift of life in christian community. we follow the great commandment to love and serve god and one another as taught by jesus…

Human Services
5
Covenant Living of Golden Valley

As a ministry of the evangelical covenant church, covenant living communities and services celebrates god's gift of life in christian community. we follow the great commandment to love and serve god and one another as taught by jesus…

Human Services
6
Covenant Living At the Holmstad Inc

As a ministry of the evangelical covenant church, covenant living communities and services celebrates god's gift of life in christian community. we follow the great commandment to love and serve god and one another as taught by jesus…

Human Services
7
Covenant Living of Cromwell Inc

As a ministry of the evangelical covenant church, covenant living communities and services celebrates god's gift of life in christian community. we follow the great commandment to love and serve god and one another as taught by jesus…

Human Services
8
Christian Care Surprise Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve.

Housing & Shelter
9
Christian Care Retirement Apartments Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve

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10
Covenant Living West

As a ministry of the evangelical covenant church, covenant living communities and services celebrates god's gift of life in christian community. we follow the great commandment to love and serve god and one another as taught by jesus…

Human Services
11
Covenant Living of Florida Inc

As a ministry of the evangelical covenant church, covenant living communities and services celebrates god's gift of life in christian community. we follow the great commandment to love and serve god and one another as taught by jesus…

Human Services
12
Christian Care Mesa Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Covenant Living Communities and Services; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

15 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. 15 of the 25 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $1,773,879 · Human ServicesOUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIESCOVENANT LIVING AT WINDSOR PARK: $900,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT LIVING AT WINDSOR PARKCOVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVICES: $574,752 · Human ServicesCOVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVICESSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $275,000 · Human ServicesSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE+3 more: $60,000 · Human ServicesPACIFIC GARDEN MISSION: $800,000 · OtherPACIFIC GARDEN MISSIONTeen Challenge Illinois: $360,000 · OtherTeen Challenge IllinoisAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE: $300,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEECATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ARCHDIOCESE: $225,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ARCHDIOCESEIndividual grant recipient: $185,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE: $155,000 · OtherADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGELUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS: $130,000 · OtherBy The Hand Club For Kids: $130,000 · OtherPEKIN MEN'S CENTER OF ADULT AND: $90,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $90,000 · Other+4 more: $165,000 · Other+4 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $530,000 · ReligionTHE JOSEPH CENTER: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsNew Life Centers of Chicagoland: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentCREO DUPAGE LTD: $15,000 · Education
Human Services$3,583,631Other$2,630,000Religion$530,000Recreation & Sports$50,000Youth Development$25,000Education$15,000

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 budgetOUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $1,773,879 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetCOVENANT LIVING AT WINDSOR PARK: $900,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCOVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVICES: $574,752 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $530,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTeen Challenge Illinois: $360,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $275,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS: $130,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBy The Hand Club For Kids: $130,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MCHENRY COU: $45,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARE FOR REAL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNew Life Centers of Chicagoland: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCREO DUPAGE LTD: $15,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT LIVING AT WINDSOR PARK ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT LIVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Teen Challenge Illinois ↗
  • Who funds SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds By The Hand Club For Kids ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSEPH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MCHENRY COU ↗
  • Who funds MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CARE FOR REAL ↗
  • Who funds New Life Centers of Chicagoland ↗
  • Who funds CREO DUPAGE LTD ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOME ↗

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.

Greater Chicago Food …The Chicago Community…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Chicago Food DepositoryIL15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Chicago Food Depository · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Ralph Franzen Charitable Foundation Xxxxx9002 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ralph Franzen Charitable Foundation Xxxxx9002. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s 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 · 0–5%
    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.

    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 25 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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