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Supera Family 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.

$410k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$201k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.3MHealth$1.1MHousing & Shelter$583kReligion$105kArts & Culture$93kInternational$36kCrime & Legal$35kEducation$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $263k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ARK$200,929
TEMPLE SHOLOM$62,365
SARAH'S CIRCLE$25,000
IGNITE$25,000
NORTHSIDE HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES$25,000
LAKEVIEW DOG PARK INC NFP$25,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND$20,000
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION$10,000
WORLD VISION$7,500
BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION$5,000
LYNN SAGE CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$2,500
THE GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION$792
LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO$250
ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ST ROSE CHAPEL$200
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 (FY23–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $5k → 14%IGNITE: $25k → 14%LAKEVIEW DOG PARK INC NFP: $25k → 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

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 16 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
38

Total granted

$2.9M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+20%

Still filing today

44%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    7× · 2018–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +34%
  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC
    2× · 2018–2022 · $35k · revenue +10%
  • CS
    Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    2× · 2018–2025 · $11k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • RU
    Rush University Medical Centergraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue +30%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -50%
  • NP
    NAVY PIER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +20%
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
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
2
Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
5
Lyric Opera of Chicago

We believe in the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great art and opera. Lyric Opera of Chicago exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation, and to advance the…

Arts & Culture
6
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
7
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
8
Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc
Arts & Culture
9
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
10
Music Institute of Chicago

The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.

Arts & Culture
11
Concordia University Chicago

Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…

Education
12
Kipp Chicago Schools

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…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hyde Park Art Center; the most unlike its peers is Lakeview Dog Park Inc Nfp. 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

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 61 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)
34/34
Grantees still filing
22/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $2,152,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGOUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyRush University Medical Center: $1,000,000 · HealthRush University Medical Ce…+3 more: $9,700 · HealthTHE ARK: $508,164 · OtherTHE ARKTEMPLE SHOLOM OF CHICAGO: $104,360 · OtherTEMPLE SHOLOM OF CHIC…+40 more: $204,948 · Other+40 moreNAVY PIER INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Symphony Orchestra: $11,000 · Arts & CultureGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $7,964 · Arts & CultureA Red Orchid Theatre: $6,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureSARAH'S CIRCLE: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterNORTH SIDE HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $9,500 · Housing & ShelterIGNITE: $25,000 · Human ServicesLAKEVIEW DOG PARK INC NFP: $25,000 · Human ServicesSWIPE OUT HUNGER: $5,000 · Human ServicesEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $35,000 · Crime & Legal
Philanthropy$2,252,000Health$1,009,700Other$817,472Arts & Culture$76,964Housing & Shelter$59,500Human Services$55,000Crime & Legal$35,000

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 budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $2,152,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY PIER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIGNITE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAKEVIEW DOG PARK INC NFP: $25,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetSARAH'S CIRCLE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH SIDE HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $7,964 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO: $7,283 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetA Red Orchid Theatre: $6,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWIPE OUT HUNGER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago Medical Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUMINARTS CULTURAL FOUNDATION THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB OF CHICAGO: $1,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF ELNET: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHYDE PARK ART CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $635 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINGENUITY INCORPORATED CHICAGO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ST ROSE OF LIMA CHAPEL: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION 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.

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.

John D and Catherine …Polk Bros Foundation …Arie and Ida Crown Me…Circle of Service Fou…The Chicago Community…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Caerus Foundation IncJohn & Jacolyn Bucksb…Lloyd a Fry FoundationJewish Federation of …AbbVie FoundationNcrc Community Develo…
John D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationIL22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Caerus Foundation Inc · John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Found · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · AbbVie Foundation · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc

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 Supera Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Supera Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Supera Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Supera Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 61 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home