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Sourlis Irrevocable Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$446k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Philanthropy$644kHuman Services$523kHealth$224kFood & Nutrition$118kEmployment$106kEducation$101kArts & Culture$78kInternational$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $256k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$100,000
OPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES$75,000
LEGACY FOUNDATION$45,000
THE BLIND SOCIAL CENTER$41,000
VETERANS LIFE CHANGING SERVICES$30,000
TRADEWINDS REHABILITATION CENTER INC$25,000
FRANSISCAN HEALTH FOUNDATION$20,000
CRISIS CENTER$20,000
BOOKS BRUSHES & BANDS FOR EDUCATION$20,000
PORTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$20,000
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF NORTHWEST INDIANA$15,000
THE 1441 FOUNDATION$10,000
SOUTH SHORE ARTS$10,000
CROWN POINT LIONS CLUB$5,000
LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS LIONS CLUB$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $470k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SOUTHLAKE YMCA: $200k → 15%COMMUNITY HELP NETWORK: $6k → 15%LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS LIONS CLUB: $5k → 15%OPERATION COMBAT BIKESAVER: $1k → 15%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $5k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $151k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $50k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $31k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $20k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
IL
MI
NY
OR
IN
CA
DC
GA

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.1M · 19 repeat orgs$547k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

19 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
31

Total granted

$1.1M
$522k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+12%

Still filing today

63%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
    CRISIS CENTER INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $253k · revenue +140%
  • OE
    OPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $106k · revenue +35%
  • LA
    LAKE AREA UNITED WAY INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $100k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • CY
    CROSSROADS YMCA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $200k · revenue +444%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF MERRILLVILLE
    one grant, 2020 · $101k
  • CF
    CROSSROADS FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $51k · revenue -16%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
2
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
3
Indiana Association of United Ways Inc

Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.

Philanthropy
4
The Indianapolis Foundation Inc

To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.

Community Improvement
5
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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6
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
7
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc

Trusted journalism, inspiring stories and lifelong learning.

Arts & Culture
8
Indiana Association of Realtors Inc

To serve its members and local associations by providing leadership programs and services to sustain a healthy real estate market in indiana. in providing these services, the association will raise the standards of the real estate…

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9
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
10
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
11
Cicp Foundation Inc

Cicp foundation, inc. (the foundation) operates exclusively for the benefit of and carries out the mission of central indiana corporate partnership, inc. (cicp) by engaging in and supporting activities in furtherance of purposes that are…

Community Improvement
12
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

To empower its peers with disabilities to lead and control their own lives.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legacy Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Veteran Impact Services Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%5%<5yr14%8%5–10yr18%21%10–20yr17%13%20–35yr14%26%35–55yr16%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%1%<5yr14%3%5–10yr18%15%10–20yr17%32%20–35yr14%35%35–55yr16%14%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/42
the rest of the field
16%
5,458/34,650

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
26/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY — $101,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYFOOD BANK OF MERRILLVILLE — $101,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF MERRILLVILLELAKE AREA UNITED WAY INC — $100,000 · OtherLAKE AREA UNITED WAY INCFRANSISCAN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $79,000 · OtherFRANSISCAN HEALTH FOUNDATIONTRADEWINDS REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $66,306 · OtherTRADEWINDS REHABILITATION CENTER INCBLIND SOCIAL CENTER — $52,000 · OtherBLIND SOCIAL CENTERCROSSROADS FUND INC — $51,000 · OtherCROSSROADS FUND INCMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LAKE COUNTY INC — $45,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LAKE COUNTY INCInternational Neighborhood Collaborative — $31,000 · Other+28 more — $188,193 · Other+28 morePORTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $442,000 · PhilanthropyPORTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUND…LEGACY FOUNDATION INC — $51,000 · PhilanthropyLEGACY FOUNDATION INCUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC — $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST INDIA…CRISIS CENTER INC — $252,713 · Human ServicesCRISIS CENTER INCCROSSROADS YMCA INC — $200,000 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS YMCA INC+5 more — $18,000 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC — $106,000 · EmploymentSOUTH SHORE ARTS INC — $31,000 · Arts & CultureBOOKS BRUSHES AND BANDS FOR EDUCATION INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC — $7,000 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $6,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $2,000 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $56,000 · International+2 more — $2,000 · InternationalVETERANS CHANGING SERVICES INC — $47,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$814,499Philanthropy$543,000Human Services$470,713Employment$106,000Arts & Culture$71,500International$58,000Housing & Shelter$47,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPORTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $442,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetCRISIS CENTER INC — $252,713 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetCROSSROADS YMCA INC — $200,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetOPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC — $106,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLAKE AREA UNITED WAY INC — $100,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $56,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEGACY FOUNDATION INC — $51,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS FUND INC — $51,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVETERANS CHANGING SERVICES INC — $47,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LAKE COUNTY INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Neighborhood Collaborative — $31,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetSOUTH SHORE ARTS INC — $31,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetBOOKS BRUSHES AND BANDS FOR EDUCATION INC — $25,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetHoosier Environmental Council Inc — $17,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetINDIANA DUNES ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC — $17,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC — $15,134 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHIRLEY HEINZE LAND TRUST INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE 1441 FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP) — $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HELP NETWORK INC — $6,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS LIONS CLUB INC — $5,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSojourner Truth House Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $4,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE INDIANA INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERAN IMPACT SERVICES INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Blues Revival — $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

John W Anderson Found…Nisource Charitable F…Legacy Foundation IncCrown Point Community…Porter County Communi…The Cleveland-Cliffs …Community Foundation …Lake Area United Way …Lilly Endowment IncThe John & Ann Barney…1st Source Bank Found…Fulk Family Foundatio…
John W Anderson FoundationIN34.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John W Anderson Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Legacy Foundation Inc · Crown Point Community Foundation Inc · Porter County Community Foundation Inc · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc · Lake Area United Way Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · The John & Ann Barney Family Foundation Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Fulk Family Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Sourlis Irrevocable Charitable Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 44%
  • Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute — 44% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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the interactive map of money crossing state lines