Skip to content
Rebecca Kutchins Fund at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Private foundation

Rebecca Kutchins Fund

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$163k
Granted FY2026still arriving
11
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$58k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$371kHealth$170kArts & Culture$45kRecreation & Sports$27kPhilanthropy$11kHuman Services$7kCrime & Legal$4kInternational$3kOther$0
02FY2026 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k4 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
$10,742
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LA RABIDA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$58,205
COOKE CENTER$16,000
THE PEOPLE'S MUSIC SCHOOL$15,200
ONE ACRE FOUNDATION$15,000
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY$15,000
CAMP KIDS ARE KIDS CHICAGO$10,742
FOUNDATION FOR CULINARY ATRS$10,000
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MONTESSORI$7,722
Individual grant recipient$5,263
ONE GOAL$5,000
HOPE ALWAYS FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY17–17, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $100 → 21%THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $100 → 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
NY
NE
MO
VA
AZ
NC
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$745k · 14 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2026, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
19

Total granted

$745k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+40%

Still filing today

71%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalArts & CultureRecreation & 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

  • LR
    La Rabida Children's Hospital
    10× · 2017–2026 · $226k · revenue +44%
  • AG
    ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MONTESSORI SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2026 · $161k · revenue +16%
  • TP
    The People's Music School
    6× · 2021–2026 · $60k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHAINE CHICAGO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • E
    EPIC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • CE
    COLEMAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Ann & robert h. lurie children's hospital of chicago is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a…

Health
2
Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
Human Services
3
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
4
Pediatric Faculty Foundation Inc

We value excellence and innovation in clinical and basic research, coordinated and comprehensive patient care, ongoing physician education, and evidence-based child advocacy. our goal is to provide leadership in endeavors that promote the…

Health
5
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
8
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
9
Children's Hospital of Chicago Medical Center

We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for the northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a leader in: -pediatric health care delivery…

Health
10
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
11
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
12
University of Chicago

The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Children's Advocacy Center; the most unlike its peers is Pedal the Cause. 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

20 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. 20 of the 35 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $161,450 · EducationALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MONTESSORI SCHOOLDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $45,345 · EducationDEPAUL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION FOR CULINARY ARTS: $39,262 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR CULINARY ARTSEPIC Academy: $27,200 · EducationEPIC Academy+2 more: $5,500 · EducationLa Rabida Children's Hospital: $225,900 · HealthLa Rabida Children's Hospital+2 more: $940 · HealthDEPAUL: $35,000 · OtherDEPAULCOOKE CENTER: $31,500 · OtherCOOKE CENTEREPIC ACADEMY: $25,000 · OtherEPIC ACADEMYONE ACRE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherONE ACRE FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $13,462 · OtherIndividual grant recip…CHAINE CHICAGO FOUNDATION: $10,350 · OtherCHAINE CHICAGO FOUNDAT…+14 more: $26,697 · Other+14 moreThe People's Music School: $60,400 · Arts & CultureCAMP KIDS ARE KIDS CHICAGO: $37,742 · Recreation & SportsONEGOAL: $37,073 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL SAFE HAVEN ALLIANCE: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $200 · Human Services
Education$278,757Health$226,840Other$157,009Arts & Culture$60,400Recreation & Sports$37,742Youth Development$37,073Human Services$5,200

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLa Rabida Children's Hospital: $225,900 over 10y, 0.1% of budgetALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $161,450 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetThe People's Music School: $60,400 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $45,345 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CULINARY ARTS: $39,262 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetCAMP KIDS ARE KIDS CHICAGO: $37,742 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetONEGOAL: $37,073 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEPIC Academy: $27,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAssociated Colleges of Illinois Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAVE ABANDONED BABIES FOUNDATION: $4,363 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetONE ACRE FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $840 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT PINK NFP: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds La Rabida Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MONTESSORI SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The People's Music School ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR CULINARY ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CAMP KIDS ARE KIDS CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds ONEGOAL ↗
  • Who funds EPIC Academy ↗
  • Who funds Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SAFE HAVEN ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds SAVE ABANDONED BABIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ONE ACRE FUND ↗
  • Who funds Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILD'S VOICE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PEDAL THE CAUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT PINK NFP ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗

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.

AbbVie FoundationJewish Federation of …Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
AbbVie FoundationIL13.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Rebecca Kutchins Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rebecca Kutchins Fund. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rebecca Kutchins Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Rebecca Kutchins Fund 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 35 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Rebecca Kutchins’ filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home