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Robert August Koranda Memorial Foundation C/O Kenneth R Koranda at a glance

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Robert August Koranda Memorial Foundation C/O Kenneth R Koranda

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$21kHuman Services$10kPhilanthropy$9kEnvironment$6kRecreation & Sports$3kCommunity Improvement$3kArts & Culture$2kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$32k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE$1,000
GLENWOOD ACADEMY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
NORWICH FAMILY YMCA$500
SOUTH SHORE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP$500
FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVE$500
NAPERVILLE RESPONDS TO VETERANS$300
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 (FY20–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NORWICH FAMILY YMCA: $500 → 12%LITTLE FRIENDS: $1k → 7%NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY: $3k → 14%LITTLE FRIENDS: $250 → 7%LITTLE FRIENDS: $200 → 7%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.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18k · 8 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
19

Total granted

$18k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+24%

Still filing today

50%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF KISHWAUKETOE
    2× · 2018–2019 · $2k · revenue +67%
  • GL
    GENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $2k · revenue +165%
  • LF
    LITTLE FRIENDS INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $1k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • SU
    STANFORD UNIVERSTY
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2018 · $9k
  • WS
    WEST SUBURBAN PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Lake Forest College

Provide post-secondary education leading to a baccalaureate degree. Program service expenditures are made in conjunction with the operation of a liberal arts college spread over 107 acres with approximately 63 educational and support…

Education
2
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
3
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

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6
Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago

Strengthen companies in the kinzie industrial corridor and facilitate economic and community development by providing services and incubator space.

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7
Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce

Naperville chamber of commerce ("nacc") began operations in 1913 and is incorporated under the general not-for-profit corporation act of the state of illinois. the naperville area chamber of commerce has one goal and that is to move…

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8
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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9
The University of Chicago Charter School Corporation

To Prepare Students for Success in Four-Year Colleges.

Education
10
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
11
Northern Illinois University Alumni Association

The association has a mission to build long term relationships with niu alumni and friends by communicating the message of excellence and creating opportunities for alumni and friends of the university to interact with the university…

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12
Local Economic and Employment Development Council Inc

North Branch Works is a membership-supported nonprofit neighborhood organization that for more than three decades has promoted balanced, job-creating economic development along the North Branch of the Chicago River.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Little Friends Inc; the most unlike its peers is Naperville Responds for Our Veterans. 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 31 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STANFORD UNIVERSTY: $10,000 · OtherSTANFORD UNIVERSTYTHE SALVATION ARMY: $8,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYWEST SUBURBAN PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INC: $5,000 · OtherWEST SUBURBAN PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INCIndividual grant recipient: $4,400 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOUTH SHORE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP: $3,500 · OtherSOUTH SHORE CLUB SCHOLARSHIPBUTTERFIELD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,500 · Other+12 more: $6,550 · Other+12 moreFRIENDS OF KISHWAUKETOE: $2,200 · EnvironmentGENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES: $500 · EnvironmentNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY: $2,500 · Human ServicesLITTLE FRIENDS INC: $1,450 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF NORWICH: $500 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $2,500 · InternationalNorthwestern University: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsCENTURY WALK CORPORATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNorth Central College: $1,000 · EducationGLENWOOD ACADEMY: $1,000 · Education
Other$41,450Environment$4,700Human Services$4,450International$2,500Recreation & Sports$2,500Arts & Culture$2,000Education$2,000

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNorthwestern University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF KISHWAUKETOE: $2,200 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE FRIENDS INC: $1,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAPERVILLE RESPONDS FOR OUR VETERANS: $1,300 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCENTURY WALK CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Central College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLENWOOD ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SUBURBAN COMMUNITY PANTRY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF NORWICH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE FIRES COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #127: $250 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 Dupage Community …The Chicago Community…Neil & Ginny Gerald F…Lavin Family Foundati…Renaissance Charitabl…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The Dupage Community FoundationIL15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dupage Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Neil & Ginny Gerald Family Foundation · Lavin Family Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Robert August Koranda Memorial Foundation C/O Kenneth R Koranda funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert August Koranda Memorial Foundation C/O Kenneth R Koranda. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Robert August Koranda Memorial Foundation C/O Kenneth R Koranda?

    Find your warmest path to Robert August Koranda Memorial Foundation C/O Kenneth R Koranda 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 31 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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