· Private foundation
Sheila Reynolds Berner 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k2 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $135k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $180k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNION AT CHICAGO | $179,900 |
| CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $43,300 |
| FENIX FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC | $24,073 |
| JACKSON HOLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| CHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMY | $17,500 |
| FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY | $15,000 |
| ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO | $15,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME | $4,300 |
| TOP BOX FOODS | $127 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
45 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 42 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FFFenix Family Health Center4× · 2017–2022 · $84k · revenue +157%
- JIJUSTICE IN MOTION INC3× · 2017–2021 · $46k · revenue +457%
- HAHoward Area Community Center3× · 2017–2021 · $6k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- CTCATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNIONone grant, 2017 · $31k
- SHSACRED HEART CHURCHPARISHone grant, 2017 · $25k
- CFCOMMONWEALTH FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -53%
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.
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.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
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…
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…
To make the catholic intellectual tradition a vital part of the culture of universities. to enrich academic communities at the university of chicago, across the nation, and the world with the insights of catholic thought. to dialogue with…
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…
The association of catholic colleges and universities, founded in 1899, serves as the collective voice of u.s catholic higher education. through programs and services, the association strengthens and promptes the catholic identity and…
The mission of madonna university, a catholic and franciscan institution of higher learning, is to instill in its students christain humanistic values, intellectual inquiry, a respect for university and a committment to serving others…
The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…
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…
How this is measured
99 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. 99 of the 182 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Fenix Family Health Center ↗
- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds JUSTICE IN MOTION INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER PUBLISHING CO ↗
- Who funds COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Jackson Hole Community School ↗
- Who funds FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds Fairfield University ↗
- Who funds DANNY DID FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
- Who funds The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) ↗
- Who funds Howard Area Community Center ↗
- Who funds Viator House of Hospitality ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds CRISTO REY NETWORK ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Helen V Brach Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund · Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Service Club of Chicago · Dr Scholl Foundation · Frank Family Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Baxter International Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sheila Reynolds Berner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sheila Reynolds Berner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Squash Haven Inc: 4% of income from government
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
- Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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