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Soderstrom Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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Soderstrom Family Charitable Trust

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.

$105k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$934kHealth$679kCivil Rights$150kArts & Culture$118kHousing & Shelter$110kPhilanthropy$74kReligion$25kYouth Development$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $49k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$951
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$50,000
PEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$28,500
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
MAYO CLINIC$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
BRADLEY UNVIVERSITY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 56% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION: $500k → 9%PEBLE BEACH COMPANY FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%29 ACRES: $35k → 8%MAYO CLINIC: $10k → 14%ST JUDE RUNS: $4k → 17%AFL-CIO: $150k → 7%ALL SAINTS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH: $2k → 7%RAVANIA FESTIVAL: $5k → 8%SICF: $10k → 13%PEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $29k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION: $252k → 19%MAYO CLINIC: $128k → 9%29 ACRES: $25k → 8%MAYO CLINIC: $10k → 14%ST JUDE: $4k → 17%RAVINIA FESTIVAL: $5k → 8%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%PEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $20k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION: $201k → 19%MAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%29 ACRES: $25k → 8%MAYO CLINIC: $10k → 14%ST JUDE: $4k → 17%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%PEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $20k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION: $124k → 19%MAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%29 ACRES: $25k → 8%ST JUDE: $4k → 17%UNITED WAY PILLAR SOCIETY: $2k → 7%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%PEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION: $100k → 19%SICF: $10k → 13%PEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS I FUND: $51k → 19%SICF: $10k → 13%PEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION: $51k → 19%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%PEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $2k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION: $50k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION: $50k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION: $50k → 19%ALL SAINTS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH: $3k → 14%ALL SAINTS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH: $2k → 14%GIRLS LIGHT OUR WAY: $10k → 14%HEART OF ILLINOIS PILLARS SOCIETY: $2k → 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

MN
IL
WY
IN
PA
CA
TN
LA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 16 repeat orgs$231k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +205% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
16

Total granted

$1.8M
$226k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+205%
+31%

Still filing today

50%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • University of Illinois Foundation
    8× · 2018–2025 · $878k · revenue +49%
  • PS
    PEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    7× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +166%
  • 2A
    29 ACRES INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $110k · revenue +250%

Funded once

  • A
    AFL-CIO
    one grant, 2022 · $150k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS I FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $51k
  • GL
    GIRLS LIGHT OUR WAY
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc

The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…

Health
2
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
3
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
4
Southwestern Illinois College Foundation

To maintain and enhance the quality of life by developing friends and funds for support of the educational, cultural, and service goals of southwestern illinois college. the foundation promotes excellence by securing gifts for special…

Education
5
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

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6
Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation

Delta dental of illinois foundation was formed to improve the overall health and well-being of the people in illinois through education and access to quality healthcare.

Philanthropy
7
Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley

To provide effective and rewarding ways for donors to fulfill their philanthropic objectives by administering charitable funds that distribute grants and scholarships to benefit the citizens of kane and kendall counties of illinois…

Philanthropy
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
9
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
10
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
11
Indiana University Health Jay Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
12
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Childrens Oncology Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Easter Seals 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

15 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. 15 of the 34 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Illinois Foundation: $878,000 · EducationUniversity of Illinois Foundation+1 more: $2,000 · EducationMAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION: $520,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC FOUNDATIONAFL-CIO: $150,000 · OtherAFL-CIOUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS I FUND: $51,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS I FUNDSICF: $30,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC: $30,000 · Other+18 more: $54,846 · Other+18 moreMAYO CLINIC: $127,701 · HealthMAYO CLINIC29 ACRES INC: $110,000 · Health29 ACRES INC+1 more: $1,000 · HealthPEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $110,462 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $150 · Arts & CultureSouthern Illinois Community Foundation: $40,000 · PhilanthropyPebble Beach Company Foundation: $2,500 · PhilanthropyJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $3,500 · Environment
Education$880,000Other$835,846Health$238,701Arts & Culture$116,612Philanthropy$42,500Environment$3,500

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 budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $878,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $127,701 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $110,462 over 7y, 1.7% of budget29 ACRES INC: $110,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSouthern Illinois Community Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPebble Beach Company Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF ILLINOIS UNITED WAY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEORIA ART GUILD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIRK EDWARDS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetROLLS-ROYCE FOUNDATION: $150 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEASTER SEALS 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.

  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds PEORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds 29 ACRES INC ↗
  • Who funds Southern Illinois Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Pebble Beach Company Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BRADLEY UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF ILLINOIS UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds PEORIA ART GUILD ↗
  • Who funds Childrens Oncology Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds KIRK EDWARDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROLLS-ROYCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Soderstrom Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Soderstrom Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    2report 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 34 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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