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Schiff Hardin Foundation at a glance

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Schiff Hardin Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$79k
Granted FY2022
6
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.

Crime & Legal$146kHealth$131kEducation$96kPhilanthropy$45kCivil Rights$43kCommunity Improvement$21kHousing & Shelter$20kHuman Services$19kOther$0
02FY2022 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JDRF International$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services$10,000
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$10,000
Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago$6,000
Jewish United Fund$3,424
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 (FY19–21, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Less Than The Least Ministries Inc: $100 → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $100 → 14%Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans: $4k → 7%Bender JCC of Greater Washington: $1k → 8%Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans: $2k → 7%Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans: $2k → 7%Children's Aid: $6k → 17%Children's Aid: $6k → 17%American Red Cross: $4k → 14%Renaissance Social Services Inc: $500 → 14%Misericordia Home: $100 → 14%Misericordia Home: $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
IA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$549k · 27 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 21 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
53

Total granted

$549k
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+36%

Still filing today

78%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22
HealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEducationCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    4× · 2019–2022 · $85k · revenue +26%
  • CV
    CHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2022 · $47k · revenue +83%
  • LU
    LINK Unlimited Scholars
    3× · 2019–2021 · $45k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $14k · revenue -54%
  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2020 · $14k · revenue -66%
  • PE
    PARS EQUALITY CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +11%
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
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
2
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

To attract, recruit, advance, and retain attorneys of color in the twin cities through education and collaboration with member organizations.

Community Improvement
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
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
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
Association of American Law Schools Inc

The association of american law schools' mission is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education.

Education
7
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
9
The Chicago Bar Foundation

The chicago bar foundation brings the legal community together through advocacy, funding, and innovation to improve access to justice for people in need and to make the legal system more fair, equitable, and effective.

Education
10
Association of Legal Administrators

Ala is the catalyst for growth by providing: diverse educational experiences, engaged peer communities, strategic solutions, dynamic resources, and trusted networks.

—
11
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
12
American Academy of Neurology

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

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lawyers Alliance for New York; the most unlike its peers is Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. 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

62 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. 62 of the 83 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/62
Grantees still filing
50/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $112,465 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION: $47,237 · OtherCHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATIONUniversity of Chicago Law School: $37,500 · OtherUniversity of Chicago Law SchoolTHE WASHINGTON LEGAL CLINIC FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $13,000 · OtherSTREET LAW INC: $20,000 · OtherSTREET LAW INCSYNAPSE HOUSE: $12,000 · OtherREBUILDING TOGETHER METRO CHICAGO: $12,000 · Other+38 more: $65,527 · Other+38 moreBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $85,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1DCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE: $7,500 · HealthCOLORECTAL CANCE…+8 more: $4,200 · HealthJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $25,000 · Crime & LegalJAMES B MOR…Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund: $21,500 · Crime & LegalDallas Bar …Public Interest Law Initiative: $12,000 · Crime & LegalPublic Inte…THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Crime & LegalTHE DISTRIC…MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $2,500 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $1,000 · Crime & LegalLINK Unlimited Scholars: $45,000 · EducationLINK Unlim…Illinois Institute of Technology: $9,000 · EducationIllinois I…THE AMANDA ROSE LAURA FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Education+2 more: $1,500 · EducationNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $14,158 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $13,981 · Civil RightsPARS EQUALITY CENTER: $10,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $8,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $100 · Civil RightsJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $33,424 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $3,548 · Philanthropy+2 more: $145 · PhilanthropyTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $12,000 · Human ServicesMIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,180 · Human ServicesBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $1,000 · Human Services+4 more: $900 · Human Services
Other$319,729Health$96,700Crime & Legal$65,500Education$58,000Civil Rights$46,239Philanthropy$37,117Human Services$25,580

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 budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION: $47,237 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLINK Unlimited Scholars: $45,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $33,424 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDallas Bar Association Community Service Fund: $21,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTREET LAW INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $14,158 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $13,981 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON LEGAL CLINIC FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPublic Interest Law Initiative: $12,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSYNAPSE HOUSE: $12,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER METRO CHICAGO: $12,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPARS EQUALITY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cradle Society: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $3,548 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMANDA ROSE LAURA FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT SUNSHINE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NEW YORK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOFFREY BALLET: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIDS LEGAL REFERRAL PANEL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $608 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRenaissance Social Services Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO SUMMER BUSINESS INSTITUTE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 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.

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.

Katten Muchin Rosenma…Perkins Coie Foundati…The Sidley Austin Fou…AbbVie FoundationThe Chicago Community…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Morrison & Foerst…United Way Miami IncArthur J Gallagher Fo…Littler Mendelson Fou…John D and Catherine …National Philanthropi…
Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation IncIL23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation Inc · Perkins Coie Foundation · The Sidley Austin Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Morrison & Foerster Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax Manager · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Schiff Hardin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schiff Hardin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Bender Jcc of Greater Washington: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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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How do I get to Schiff Hardin Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Schiff Hardin Foundation 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 83 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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