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Rosslevee Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Rosslevee Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$67k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$256kPhilanthropy$86kEnvironment$78kHealth$59kReligion$33kEducation$33kHuman Services$32kYouth Development$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$393k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDENS$12,000
ARIZONA MUSIC FESTIVAL FOUNDATION$10,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND$9,500
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$7,650
RAVINIA FESTIVAL$5,000
DIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
MISERICORDIA HOME$4,000
AM SHALOM$3,700
HIGHLAND PARK ART CENTER$3,000
TRILOGY INC$1,000
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$1,000
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING$750
COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES$500
02The need
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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, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%A SAFE PLACE: $1k → 14%CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL: $5k → 14%CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL: $2k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $4k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $4k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $3k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $3k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $3k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $3k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $3k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $3k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $3k → 14%CLEARBROOK: $1k → 14%FAMILY FOCUS LEGACY: $500 → 14%SHALVA: $600 → 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

ID
IL
NY
PA
CA
AZ
AR
DC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$564k · 27 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
17

Total granted

$564k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
-1%

Still filing today

67%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $91k · revenue +53%
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $84k · revenue +13%
  • CH
    CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
    4× · 2017–2025 · $52k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • MO
    MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • CB
    CONGREGATION BNAI JEHOSHUA BETH ELOHIM
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
2
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
3
The Chicago High School for the Arts

The chicago high school for the arts (chiarts) develops the next generation of diverse, artistically promising scholar-artists through intensive pre-professional training in the arts, combined with a comprehensive college preparatory…

Education
4
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
5
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
6
Loyola University of Chicago

We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.

Education
7
Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.

Arts & Culture
8
The Chicago Scholars Foundation

Chicago scholars is transforming the leadership landscape of our city by resolving the fundamental barriers to success for academically driven, first generation college students from under-resourced communities.

Education
9
Chicago Sun-Times Media Inc

Chicago sun-times serves the public interest by strengthening the well-being of our local communities and our democracy through independent local journalism.

—
10
Concordia University Chicago

Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…

Education
11
Students Run Chicago
Health
12
Chicago Humanities Festival

To promote public appreciation, understanding and support of the humanities through festivals and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hyde Park Art Center; the most unlike its peers is Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc. 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

34 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. 34 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
20/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARIZONA MUSIC FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $31,000 · OtherARIZONA MUSIC FESTIVAL FOUNDATIONAM SHALOM: $30,100 · OtherAM SHALOMCHICAGO BOTANICAL GARDENS: $26,000 · OtherCHICAGO BOTANICAL GARDENSHIGHLAND PARK ART CENTER: $26,000 · OtherHIGHLAND PARK ART CENTERDIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,800 · OtherDIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATIONSCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $15,000 · OtherSCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ART…ARIZONIA MUSIC FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherFACETS: $7,500 · Other+18 more: $28,700 · Other+18 moreRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $91,164 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATIONMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $43,450 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTHYDE PARK ART CENTER: $12,000 · Arts & CultureHYDE PARK ART CENTER+5 more: $16,300 · Arts & Culture+5 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $84,300 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FU…+2 more: $2,250 · PhilanthropyCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $51,500 · EnvironmentCHICAGO H…+1 more: $350 · EnvironmentMISERICORDIA HOME: $29,000 · Human ServicesCHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL INC: $7,000 · Human Services+4 more: $3,100 · Human ServicesNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $28,500 · HealthBaptist Health Foundation Inc: $3,500 · HealthSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $2,000 · HealthCHICAGO JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $18,500 · EducationCOLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES: $7,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $1,000 · EducationBRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education
Other$193,100Arts & Culture$162,914Philanthropy$86,550Environment$51,850Human Services$39,100Health$34,000Education$27,500

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 budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $91,164 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $84,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $51,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $43,450 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $29,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $28,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,800 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetCHICAGO JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $18,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHYDE PARK ART CENTER: $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES: $7,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCPS LIVES NFP: $5,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBaptist Health Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRILOGY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COUNCIL FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPASS WITH FLYING COLORS INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCLEARBROOK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA SAFE PLACE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget112 EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSHALVA INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY FOCUS LEGACY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRUSHWOOD CENTER AT RYERSON WOODS: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC: $300 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 RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA HOME ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds DIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO JEWISH DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HYDE PARK ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds CPS LIVES NFP ↗
  • Who funds Lyric Opera of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO CHILDREN'S THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds Baptist Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRILOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COUNCIL FOR YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PASS WITH FLYING COLORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Highland Park Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER ↗
  • Who funds SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds BRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEARBROOK ↗
  • Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILD 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.

Jewish Federation of …Arie and Ida Crown Me…Kovler Family Foundat…Polk Bros Foundation …The Chicago Community…John D and Catherine …Sacks Family Foundati…Circle of Service Fou…Jerrold Ruskin Founda…AbbVie FoundationHighland Park Communi…Leon and Sharon Kaufm…
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL27.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Kovler Family Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Sacks Family Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Jerrold Ruskin Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Highland Park Community Foundation · Leon and Sharon Kaufman 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 Rosslevee Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rosslevee Charitable Foundation. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 52 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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