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Streska Family Foundation at a glance

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Streska Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Community Improvement$36kReligion$15kHuman Services$12kHealth$8kPublic Benefit$6kArts & Culture$6kRecreation & Sports$4kYouth Development$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$288k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WELL OF MERCY$5,000
QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS$1,500
PACHECO FAMILY FOUNDATION$1,000
WTTW$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 14%WELL OF MERCY: $5k → 14%WELL OF MERCY: $5k → 14%WELL OF MERCY: $3k → 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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$99k · 12 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$99k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
0%

Still filing today

33%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • NR
    NORTH RIVER COMMISSION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $36k · revenue +226%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    3× · 2020–2024 · $2k · revenue +17%
  • WT
    WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $1k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • NA
    NORTHWEST ARTS CONNECTION
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
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
Chicago Independent Radio Project

Operation of studio space and facilities for community radio station. The station is intended to benefit thousands of listeners and various music and arts appreciation groups throughout the chicago area.

Arts & Culture
2
Chicago Media Project

To impact society through the powerful tools of media and film. we are a resource for uniting individuals interested in media and developing a core group of informed citizens.

Public Benefit
3
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
4
Chicago Workers' Collaborative Nfp

Chicago Workers' Collaborative's mission is to promote full employment and equality for the lowest wage-earners, primarily temporary staffing workers, in the Chicago region through leadership and skills training, critical assistance and…

Education
5
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
6
Chicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago

Cinema/Chicago, the non-profit 501(c)(3) presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, enriches the community through year-round programming devoted to international and independent cinema. We strengthen communication…

Arts & Culture
7
Garfield Park Community Council

Garfield Park Community Council is dedicated to the revitalization of Garfield Park community on Chicago's West Side, a neighborhood of rich history, committed residents, and tremendous opportunities.

Community Improvement
8
Chicago Sun-Times Media Inc

Chicago sun-times serves the public interest by strengthening the well-being of our local communities and our democracy through independent local journalism.

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9
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago Inc

To Provide counseling, crisis intervention, case management, psychosocial rehabilitative and vocational services to mentally ill and substance abuse clients in outpatient and community based settings.

Health
10
Block Club Chicago Nfp

Block club chicago is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to delivering reliable, nonpartisan and essential coverage of chicago's diverse neighborhoods.

Education
11
Injustice Watch Nfp

Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the court system.

Civil Rights
12
Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants

Serving recently arrived migrants and asylum seekers in the Chicagoland area and is committed to upholding the dignity and human rights of immigrants.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Public Media Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center. 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

11 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. 11 of the 24 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS: $11,500 · OtherQUEEN OF ALL SAINTSIndividual grant recipient: $7,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALZHEIMER ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · OtherALZHEIMER ASSOCIATIONMAYFAIR CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · OtherMAYFAIR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONMISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY: $5,000 · OtherMISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCYMAYFAIR PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL: $4,000 · OtherMAYFAIR PARK ADVISORY COUNCILMERCY HOME FOR BOYS & GIRLS: $4,000 · OtherMERCY HOME FOR BOYS & GIRLSNORTHWEST ARTS CONNECTION: $3,000 · OtherBINSTEIN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Other+3 more: $2,500 · OtherNORTH RIVER COMMISSION: $36,000 · Community ImprovementNORTH RIVER COMMISSIONWELL OF MERCY INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesWELL OF MERCY…YOUTH SERVICES OF GLENVIEWNORTHBROOK: $500 · Human ServicesGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $2,250 · Food & NutritionWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Cabaret Professionals: $500 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $500 · Arts & CultureAlbany Park Theater Project: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentCIRCLE OF FRIENDS: $300 · HealthSamaritan Interfaith Counseling Center: $250 · HealthBUILDING PEACEFUL BRIDGES: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$58,000Community Improvement$36,000Human Services$13,500Food & Nutrition$2,250Arts & Culture$2,000Youth Development$1,000Health$550Philanthropy$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTH RIVER COMMISSION: $36,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetWELL OF MERCY INC: $13,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlbany Park Theater Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUILDING PEACEFUL BRIDGES: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH SERVICES OF GLENVIEWNORTHBROOK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Cabaret Professionals: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCLE OF FRIENDS: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSamaritan Interfaith Counseling Center: $250 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 NORTH RIVER COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds WELL OF MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Albany Park Theater Project ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING PEACEFUL BRIDGES ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH SERVICES OF GLENVIEWNORTHBROOK ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Cabaret Professionals ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds CIRCLE OF FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center ↗

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.

The Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL13.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Streska Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Streska Family Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 24 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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