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Sue Ling Gin Foundation 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.

$34M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$21MPhilanthropy$17MArts & Culture$11MEmployment$5.3MEducation$3.2MHealth$1.9MCrime & Legal$1.0MInternational$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $310k
  • $250k+11 grants · $34M
$160,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$58M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION$10,000,000
CHICAGO CRED INC$7,000,000
THE FIELD MUSEUM$5,200,000
CARA COLLECTIVE$5,000,000
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY$3,000,000
UNIV OF CHICAGO CRIME LAB$1,000,000
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$958,086
CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE$550,000
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$500,000
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$400,000
GREATER JAMAICA DEVELOPMENT CORP$305,000
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$160,000
AUTOMOTIVE MENTORING GROUP$150,000
NAVY PIER INC$25,000
MIDWEST GLOBAL ALLIANCE$25,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TEA THE ENTREPRENEAUR ACADEMY: $5k → 11%GREATER JAMAICA DEVELOPMENT CORP: $305k → 13%NORTH AMERICAN WORD GAME PLAYERS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SERVICES ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $45k → 13%PEACETREES VIETNAM: $20k → 9%THE FIELD MUSEUM: $5.2M → 14%ONE TREE PLANTED: $6k → 10%international flight services association foundation: $31k → 13%PEACETREES VIETNAM: $10k → 9%THE FIELD MUSEUM: $5.0M → 14%SAN DIEGO CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM: $10k → 11%INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SERVICES ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $26k → 13%THE FIELD MUSEUM: $125k → 14%THE FIELD MUSEUM: $30k → 14%the field museum: $30k → 14%BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION: $10.0M → 14%LYCEE FRANCAIS DE CHICAGO: $23k → 14%COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION: $3.0M → 14%WTTW - WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $200k → 14%CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE: $550k → 14%CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE: $50k → 14%CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE: $48k → 14%CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE: $25k → 14%AUTOMOTIVE MENTORING GROUP: $150k → 14%CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE: $24k → 14%AUTOMOTIVE MENTORING GROUP: $150k → 14%NAVY PIER INC: $25k → 14%NAVY PIER INC: $25k → 14%CARA COLLECTIVE: $5.0M → 14%RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $958k → 14%RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $500k → 14%RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $400k → 14%UNIV OF CHICAGO CRIME LAB: $1.0M → 14%THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART: $5k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $160k → 14%MIDWEST GLOBAL ALLIANCE: $25k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS CHICAGO: $5k → 14%MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $5k → 14%DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $3.0M → 14%CHICAGO CRED INC: $7.0M → 14%CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4.5M → 14%CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4.5M → 14%CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4.0M → 14%CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2.9M → 14%CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1.4M → 14%CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $90k → 14%FRIENDS OF ALZHEIMER'S CHICAGO: $5k → 14%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.

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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$42M · 9 repeat orgs$19M to everyone else

9 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
5

Total granted

$42M
$225k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+13%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18M 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 & CultureEducationEmploymentYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther

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

  • CA
    CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $700k · revenue +87%
  • PV
    PEACETREES VIETNAM
    2× · 2022–2025 · $30k · revenue +45%
  • LF
    Lycee Francais de Chicago Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $28k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • WT
    WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $200k · revenue +26%
  • SD
    San Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • TT
    TEA THE ENTREPRENEUR ACADEMY
    one grant, 2024 · $6k

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
Loyola University of Chicago

We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.

Education
2
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Achieving international impact through world-class research and education in fundamental computer science and information technology.

Education
3
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
4
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.

Education
5
Saint Xavier University

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…

Education
6
The University of Chicago Charter School Corporation

To Prepare Students for Success in Four-Year Colleges.

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
National Opinion Research Center

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…

Social Science
9
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

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10
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

The chicagoland chamber of commerce combines the power of people, with our legacy of leadership and business advocacy, to drive a dynamic economy. we focus on delivering value for our members, making chicagoland a world-class place to live…

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11
Chicago Maritime Museum

Operation of a nautical history museum.

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12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Music Institute of Chicago and the most unlike its peers is Chicago Cred 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 38 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%4%<5yr15%8%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr13%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%12%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr16%9%20–35yr13%51%35–55yr13%28%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/26
the rest of the field
17%
9,374/56,705

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

25 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. 25 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
8/25
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $17,285,506 · OtherCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONTHE COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION — $13,035,050 · OtherTHE COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION+7 more — $78,000 · OtherChicago Cred Inc — $7,000,000 · EmploymentChicago Cred IncThe Cara Program — $5,000,000 · EmploymentThe Cara Program+1 more — $300,000 · EmploymentFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $10,385,000 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF NAT…+5 more — $270,000 · Arts & CultureDEPAUL UNIVERSITY — $3,000,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago — $1,160,000 · Education+2 more — $37,750 · EducationRush University Medical Center — $1,858,086 · Health+1 more — $25,000 · HealthCHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE INC — $700,124 · Community ImprovementGREATER JAMAICA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $305,000 · Community ImprovementInternational Flight Services — $101,000 · PhilanthropyONE TREE PLANTED INC — $5,500 · Philanthropy
Other$30,398,556Employment$12,300,000Arts & Culture$10,655,000Education$4,197,750Health$1,883,086Community Improvement$1,005,124Philanthropy$106,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION — $13,035,050 over 2y, 46% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $10,385,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetThe Cara Program — $5,000,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY — $3,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRush University Medical Center — $1,858,086 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $1,160,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE INC — $700,124 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetAUTOMOTIVE MENTORING GROUP INC — $300,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Flight Services — $101,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetNAVY PIER INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEACETREES VIETNAM — $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLycee Francais de Chicago Inc — $27,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN WORD GAME PLAYERS ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSan Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTEA THE ENTREPRENEUR ACADEMY — $6,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART FKA MEXICAN FINE ARTS CENTER MUSEUM — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO — $3,000 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.

The Chicago Community…Elizabeth Morse Chari…The Robert Thomas Bob…Robert R McCormick Fo…United Way of Metropo…AbbVie FoundationJohn D and Catherine …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
The Chicago Community TrustIL19.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Xxxxx1008 · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · AbbVie Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 Sue Ling Gin Foundation 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 · 10%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    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 28 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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