· Private foundation
Shore Capital Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE LAM FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| AMERICA SCORES CHICAGO | $3,000 |
| PILOT LIGHT | $1,500 |
| THE NOVI COMMUNITY | $1,500 |
| JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCAITAION | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| OPEN HEART MAGIC | $1,500 |
| THE UNIFORM FUNDING FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| PAWS CHICAGO | $1,000 |
| HIGHWIND IMPACT FUND INC | $625 |
| PEDAL THE CAUSE | $100 |
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 (FY25–25, $3k) 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
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.
A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.
Children's advocates for change was organized to improve the lives of children in illinois by bringing about significant changes public policies and programs for children through research, policy analysis and advocacy, public education and…
Thrive chicago's mission is to prepare chicago's youth for a vibrant future by aligning efforts and outcomes from cradle to career.
Intentional Sports is a nonprofit organization that stands committed to inspiring Chicago's youth through the power of sports. Our mission is to provide accessible opportunities in sports, wellness, and education through programming that…
To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy
Chicago city soccer club is committed to providing opportunities for young people in the city of chicago, illinois to learn and play soccer in a healthy and positive environment, and to guiding chicago youth soccer players in the…
Improve the lives of children in illinois by bringing about significant changes in public policies and programs for children through research, policy analysis and advocacy, public education and community outreach.
At Junior Chefs of America, we help fight hunger and food insecurities through 5 culinary programs geared for ages 4-18 years old. Through these programs we teach in four areas that foster healthy eating environments for all students. Our…
Chicago childrens museum is a place where families and caregivers with infants and children are encouraged to create, explore, and discover together through play. the museum features three vibrant floors of exhibits and activities that…
The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…
Star farm chicago is an urban farm in the back of the yards neighborhood that seeks to increase accessibility and of locally grown organic produce through affordable farm stands, csas, year-round farmers markets participation, food…
Plant Chicago's mission is to cultivate local circular economies. We envision a paradigm shift in production, consumption, and waste driven at the local level, generating equity and economic opportunity for all residents.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 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.
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 BIGGER TABLE ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYINC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds America SCORES Chicago ↗
- Who funds NOVI COMMUNITY ↗
- Who funds UNIFORM FUNDING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PILOT LIGHT ↗
- Who funds JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds OPEN HEART MAGIC ↗
- Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds HIGHWIND IMPACT FUND INC ↗
- Who funds PEDAL THE CAUSE ↗
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: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Shore Capital Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shore Capital Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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