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Seigle Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$951k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$55k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.0MArts & Culture$954kHousing & Shelter$661kHealth$248kHuman Services$232kFood & Nutrition$160kCivil Rights$90kCrime & Legal$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $691k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $255k
$26,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Crisis Center$55,000
Hamilton Wings$50,000
Easterseals DuPage and Fox Valley$50,000
Enriching Pship for Early Learning$50,000
Marklund Childrens Home$50,000
Centro De Informacion$46,680
Alignment Collaborative For Edu$44,000
Kids Above All Illinois$36,000
Individual grant recipient$35,000
Side Street Studio Arts NFP$30,000
Elgin Master Chorale Inc$30,000
Pads of Elgin$30,000
CASA Kane County$30,000
D300 Food Pantry$30,000
Food For Greater Elgin$30,000
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 (FY24–25, $123k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Clearbrook: $18k → 14%Clearbrook: $5k → 14%Marklund Childrens Home: $50k → 8%Marklund Childrens Home: $50k → 8%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 29 repeat orgs$276k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
5

Total granted

$2.9M
$135k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
0%

Still filing today

76%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $141k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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

  • CC
    COMMUNITY CRISIS CENTER INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $110k · revenue +15%
  • ES
    EASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $100k · revenue +4%
  • HW
    HAMILTON WINGS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $100k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • EA
    ELGIN AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2024 · $45k · revenue 0%
  • GB
    Gail Borden Library
    one grant, 2024 · $40k
  • EM
    Elgin Math andvScience Academy
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
Family Service Association of Greater Elgin Area

Family Service Association of Greater Elgin Area is dedicated to empowering individuals and families, promoting self sufficiency and building stronger communities through quality, accessible client centered services.

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2
Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce

The Elgin Area Chamber connects communities through engagement, advocacy, collaboration, and leadership.

Community Improvement
3
Elgin Cares
Human Services
4
Alvin Eades Center Inc

Residential services in Jacksonville, Illinois for developmentally disabled adults.

Human Services
5
Elgin Charter School Initiative

Together, we will equip our students to be successful in a changing world and we will empower them to think critically with a global perspective while living out our habits of scholarship: respect, resposibility, courage and creativity.

Education
6
Elmview Inc

Equip people with disabilities to identify and reach their maximum potential throughout their lives by providing Vocational and Community programs.

Human Services
7
Elliot Park Neighborhood Inc

Building community vitality by connecting and empowering neighbors.

—
8
Elk Hill Farm Inc

Elk hill farm, inc. enables children and families to transform overwhelming challenges into successful futures.

—
9
Early Learning Indiana Inc

Early learning indiana (eli) is on a mission to ensure every child is empowered with essential skills to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. (see schedule o for continuation)

Human Services
10
Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc

CDEL has a dual mission, which has remained constant since the organization was founded in 1984: 1. To provide free legal services to low-income seniors and persons with disabilities who reside in Chicago and suburban Cook County,…

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11
The Early Learning Center

The elc is a child enrichment program designed to create the love of learning with a partnership between parents and teachers. through discovery, growth, nurturing and creativity the children develop to their highest potential.

Human Services
12
Central Illinois Foodbank Inc

The Foodbank's mission is to provide food, and develop awareness of and creative solutions for food insecurity. Annually, the Foodbank distributes approximately 9.5 million pounds of food to 130 food pantries, soup kitchens, children's…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra; the most unlike its peers is U-46 Educational Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 39 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Seigle Foundation: $1,262,352 · OtherSeigle FoundationCENTER FOR INFORMATION OF ELGIN (CENTRO DE INFORMACION): $90,110 · OtherAlignment Collaborative For Edu: $81,000 · OtherKids Above All Illinois: $72,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $65,000 · Other+11 more: $374,000 · Other+11 moreHAMILTON WINGS: $100,000 · Arts & CultureHAMILTON WIN…SIDE STREET STUDIO ARTS: $55,000 · Arts & CultureSIDE STREET …ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureELGIN SYMPHO…ELGIN MASTER CHORALE INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureELGIN MASTER…CHILDRENS THEATRE OF ELGIN & FOX VALLEY THEATRE COMPANY: $45,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDRENS TH…CHAMBER MUSIC ON THE FOX INC: $31,015 · Arts & CultureCHAMBER MUSI…ELGIN PUBLIC MUSEUM: $20,000 · Arts & CultureELGIN PUBLIC…COMMUNITY CRISIS CENTER INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY…MARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME: $100,000 · Human ServicesMARKLUND …ASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT: $25,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATI…CLEARBROOK: $23,100 · Human ServicesCLEARBROO…Enriching Partnerships for Early Learning: $65,000 · EducationELGIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $55,000 · EducationTHE LITERACY CONNECTION: $32,500 · EducationU-46 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $26,000 · EducationFOOD FOR GREATER ELGIN INC: $55,000 · Food & NutritionFOX VALLEY FOOD FOR HEALTH INC: $45,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $30,000 · Food & NutritionD300 Food Pantry: $30,000 · Food & NutritionEASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGION: $100,000 · HealthPADS OF ELGIN INC: $55,000 · Housing & ShelterFellowship Housing Corporation: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterCASA KANE COUNTY: $60,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,944,462Arts & Culture$351,015Human Services$258,100Education$178,500Food & Nutrition$160,000Health$100,000Housing & Shelter$80,000Civil Rights$60,000

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 budgetCOMMUNITY CRISIS CENTER INC: $110,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetEASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHAMILTON WINGS: $100,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetMARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR INFORMATION OF ELGIN (CENTRO DE INFORMACION): $90,110 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetKids Above All Illinois: $72,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEnriching Partnerships for Early Learning: $65,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetCASA KANE COUNTY: $60,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSIDE STREET STUDIO ARTS: $55,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetELGIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $55,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetPADS OF ELGIN INC: $55,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFOOD FOR GREATER ELGIN INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetELGIN MASTER CHORALE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetFOX VALLEY FOOD FOR HEALTH INC: $45,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetELGIN AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $45,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetCHILDRENS THEATRE OF ELGIN & FOX VALLEY THEATRE COMPANY: $45,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetSUMMIT SCHOOL INC: $34,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LITERACY CONNECTION: $32,500 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC ON THE FOX INC: $31,015 over 2y, 14% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetD300 Food Pantry: $30,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetU-46 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFellowship Housing Corporation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEARBROOK: $23,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELGIN PUBLIC MUSEUM: $20,000 over 1y, 13% 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.

Grand Victoria Founda…Efs FoundationCommunity Foundation …Hoffer FoundationArthur J Gallagher Fo…Florence B & Cornelia…United Way of Metropo…Harvey and Ethel Daeu…The Bersted FoundationThe Chicago Community…United Way of Elgin I…Andrew and Alice Fisc…
Grand Victoria FoundationIL40.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Victoria Foundation · Efs Foundation · Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley · Hoffer Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Florence B & Cornelia a Palmer Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Harvey and Ethel Daeumer Foundation · The Bersted Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Elgin Inc · Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable 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 Seigle Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Seigle Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    14report 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 Seigle Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Seigle 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 39 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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