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Retirement Research Foundation Dba Rrf Foundation for Aging

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
256
Grants FY2024still arriving
27
States reached
$144k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$4.3MHealth$3.4MEducation$2.2MCrime & Legal$1.2MCivil Rights$835kPhilanthropy$763kHousing & Shelter$693kCommunity Improvement$428kOther$0
02FY2024 · 256 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k116 grants · $209k
  • $10k–50k60 grants · $1.7M
  • $50k–250k80 grants · $5.9M
$16,676
Median grant
27
States reached
$147M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER$143,626
NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER$143,626
GRANTMAKERS IN AGING$132,500
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION$125,000
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$125,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC$125,000
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$125,000
FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION$124,593
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$110,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO$100,000
PENSION RIGHTS CENTER$100,000
SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW$100,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON$100,000
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 (FY23–24, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $3k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $360 → 14%SERVING OLDER ADULTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $40k → 17%THE VILLAGE CHICAGO: $65k → 14%MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $43k → 14%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $133k → 7%AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $50k → 10%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $25k → 7%THE VILLAGE CHICAGO: $16k → 14%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $20k → 7%THE VILLAGE CHICAGO: $15k → 14%SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY CORP: $3k → 10%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $75k → 17%THE VILLAGE CHICAGO: $8k → 14%THE VILLAGE CHICAGO: $5k → 14%THE VILLAGE CHICAGO: $3k → 14%THE VILLAGE CHICAGO: $300 → 14%YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $20k → 14%HARMONY COMMUNITY CARES NFP: $30k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $750 → 14%JANE ADDAMS SENIOR CAUCUS: $25k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $20k → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $50k → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $50k → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $47k → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $47k → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $450 → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $250 → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%ILLINOIS PARTNERS FOR HUMAN SERVICE: $100k → 14%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ST JOSEPH'S HOME FOR THE ELDERLY: $50k → 14%ILLINOIS PARTNERS FOR HUMAN SERVICE: $125k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $65k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $65k → 14%THE VILLAGE CHICAGO: $50k → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $50k → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $50k → 14%AGING CARE CONNECTIONS: $42k → 14%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ST JOSEPH'S HOME FOR THE ELDERLY: $35k → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $31k → 14%HARMONY COMMUNITY CARES NFP: $30k → 14%JANE ADDAMS SENIOR CAUCUS: $25k → 14%THE VILLAGE CHICAGO: $23k → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $20k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $5k → 14%COORDINATED CARE ALLIANCE: $5k → 14%AGEOPTIONS INC: $1k → 14%GIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC: $1k → 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

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26M · 36 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 136 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
135

Total granted

$26M
$4.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+14%

Still filing today

78%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • HA
    HEALTH AND MEDICINE POLICY RESEARCH GROUP
    2× · 2023–2024 · $353k · revenue +20%
  • AI
    AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING)
    2× · 2023–2024 · $346k · revenue +10%
  • ID
    INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $270k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • S
    SAGE
    one grant, 2023 · $180k
  • NC
    NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC
    one grant, 2023 · $175k
  • MG
    MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2023 · $173k
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
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
2
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
3
Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area On Aging

We strive to make aging easier through the development of a network of services for older persons designed to optimize the quality of their lives.

Food & Nutrition
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
6
Alliance for Aging Research

The alliance for aging research is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the narrative to achieve healthy aging and equitable access to care.

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7
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

The chicagoland chamber of commerce combines the power of people, with our legacy of leadership and business advocacy, to drive a dynamic economy. we focus on delivering value for our members, making chicagoland a world-class place to live…

—
8
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
9
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
10
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
11
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
12
Leadingage Inc

The mission of leadingage is to be the trusted voice for aging. our 6,000+ members and partners include nonprofit organizations representing the entire field of aging services, 38 state associations, hundreds of businesses, consumer…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Health and Medicine Policy Research Group; the most unlike its peers is Internet Archive. 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

173 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. 173 of the 313 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
173/173
Grantees still filing
89/173
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRANTS PAID FOR GENERAL FUNDING: $22,025,969 · OtherGRANTS PAID FOR GENERAL FUNDING+126 more: $9,405,583 · Other+126 moreAGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING): $346,333 · Human ServicesILLINOIS PARTNERS FOR HUMAN SERVICE: $225,250 · Human ServicesLINCOLN PARK VILLAGE INC: $183,590 · Human ServicesGRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC: $177,500 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $130,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY: $85,000 · Human ServicesTHE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesHARMONY COMMUNITY CARES NFP: $60,000 · Human Services+13 more: $350,199 · Human ServicesHEALTH AND MEDICINE POLICY RESEARCH GROUP: $352,550 · HealthMEDICARE RIGHTS CENTER INC: $225,000 · HealthCaring Across Generations Inc: $150,000 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION: $124,593 · HealthRush University Medical Center: $110,000 · HealthIllinois Public Health Institute: $90,000 · HealthALIVIO MEDICAL CENTER INC: $85,000 · HealthWISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHY AGING INC: $74,952 · HealthAIDS Foundation of Chicago: $74,345 · HealthGeorgia Institute on Aging Inc: $67,804 · Health+9 more: $254,250 · HealthNATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER INC: $388,252 · Crime & LegalSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $205,750 · Crime & LegalLEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $125,000 · Crime & LegalILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE: $45,000 · Crime & Legal+2 more: $15,000 · Crime & LegalOlder Adults Technology Services: $125,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $90,025 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $90,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $81,200 · EducationDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $70,798 · EducationCYBER-SENIORS: $54,646 · EducationROGERS PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $33,000 · Education+6 more: $45,790 · EducationInjustice Watch NFP: $225,000 · Civil RightsPension Rights Center: $225,000 · Civil RightsNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $50,000 · Civil RightsAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $225,000 · PhilanthropyFOREFRONT: $89,182 · PhilanthropySHRM FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyGENERATIONS UNITED INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CHICAGO INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $29,100 · Philanthropy
Other$31,431,552Human Services$1,632,872Health$1,608,494Crime & Legal$779,002Education$765,459Civil Rights$500,000Philanthropy$498,282

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetNATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER INC: $388,252 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHEALTH AND MEDICINE POLICY RESEARCH GROUP: $352,550 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetAGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING): $346,333 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetINNOVATION DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC: $270,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetILLINOIS PARTNERS FOR HUMAN SERVICE: $225,250 over 2y, 28% of budgetInjustice Watch NFP: $225,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $225,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDICARE RIGHTS CENTER INC: $225,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetPension Rights Center: $225,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCENTER FOR MEDICARE ADVOCACY INC: $225,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetNATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION: $211,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $205,750 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Disability & Elder Law Inc: $185,150 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetLINCOLN PARK VILLAGE INC: $183,590 over 2y, 11% of budgetGRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC: $177,500 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetCaring Across Generations Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE RENAISSANCE COLLABORATIVE INC: $140,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $130,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Council for Health Justice: $130,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetOlder Adults Technology Services: $125,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $125,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJUSTICE IN AGING: $125,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION: $124,593 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MAYORS CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $110,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $109,700 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $101,789 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKenwood Oakland Community Organization: $100,300 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $90,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Public Health Institute: $90,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $90,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREFRONT: $89,182 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY: $85,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALIVIO MEDICAL CENTER INC: $85,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $81,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRM FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHY AGING INC: $74,952 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetAIDS Foundation of Chicago: $74,345 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $70,798 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Institute on Aging Inc: $67,804 over 1y, 16% 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.

Circle of Service Fou…United Way of Metropo…Polk Bros Foundation …Michael Reese Health …The Chicago Community…Lloyd a Fry FoundationHealthy Communities F…Arie and Ida Crown Me…The Harry and Jeanett…Chicago Foundation fo…John D and Catherine …Robert R McCormick Fo…
Circle of Service FoundationIL49.2× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Michael Reese Health Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Healthy Communities Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Chicago Foundation for Women · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Robert R McCormick 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 Retirement Research Foundation Dba Rrf Foundation for Aging funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Retirement Research Foundation Dba Rrf Foundation for Aging. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • National Consumer Law Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Retirement Research Foundation Dba Rrf Foundation for Aging 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 313 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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