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The Bradshaw Boed Foundation at a glance

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The Bradshaw Boed 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.

$550k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Civil Rights$600kReligion$471kPhilanthropy$350kHuman Services$170kEnvironment$115kEducation$100kArts & Culture$85kHealth$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $525k
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEOPLES RESOURCE CENTER$200,000
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY$100,000
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$100,000
THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHICAGO$75,000
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$50,000
ST PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH WHEATON$25,000
02The need
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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 (FY21–21, $20k) 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%FAMILY SHELTER SERVICES: $20k → 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
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 Theatre Group Inc

The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. by dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the…

Arts & Culture
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
Chamber Opera of Chicago
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4
Children's Museum of Oak Park

To spark curiosity and creativity in all young children through positive, play-based learning experiences.

Arts & Culture
5
Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc
Arts & Culture
6
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
7
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University ("The Auditorium"), an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, is committed to presenting the finest in international, cultural, community and educational programming to Chicago and to the…

Arts & Culture
8
Lincoln Park Zoological Society

Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…

Animals
9
Stages

Stages makes plays and tells stories that invite everyone to live more deeply and love more boldly.

Arts & Culture
10
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

To create vivid, entertaining theatrical experiences that invigorate and engage people of all ages and identities by illuminating the complexity, ambiguity, and wonder of our world. shared humanity and unforgettable stories - now this is…

Arts & Culture
11
Chicago Parks Foundation

The Chicago Parks Foundation is a separate 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that also serves as the strategic partner for the coordination of fundraising and charitable resources for the Chicago Park District.

Recreation & Sports
12
Lawndale Art & Performance Center

Lawndale is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center that engages Houston communities with exhibitions and programs that explore the aesthetic, critical, and social issues of our time.See Schedule O for continuation.For over 40 years,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Casa of Dupage County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Steppenwolf Theatre Company. 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

12 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. 12 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $750,000 · OtherPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTERTHIRD BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHICAGO: $345,000 · OtherTHIRD BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHICAGOLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherLAWRENCE UNIVERSITYST PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherST PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCHNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherMARIANJOY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $50,000 · Other+5 more: $86,000 · Other+5 moreTHE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $275,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DUPAGE COMM…+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $15,000 · EnvironmentLyric Opera of Chicago: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $25,000 · Arts & CultureVictory Gardens Theater: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCOSLEY FOUNDATION INC: $13,171 · Arts & CultureCASA OF DUPAGE COUNTY INC: $30,000 · Civil RightsFamily Shelter Service Inc: $20,000 · Human Services
Other$1,481,000Philanthropy$280,000Environment$115,000Arts & Culture$93,171Civil Rights$30,000Human Services$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $750,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTHE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $275,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF DUPAGE COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVictory Gardens Theater: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFamily Shelter Service Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOSLEY FOUNDATION INC: $13,171 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWHEATON DRAMA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCHICAGO LIGHTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Richard James McCann …The Dupage Community …National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Chicago Community…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Richard James McCann FoundationIL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Richard James McCann Foundation · The Dupage Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 The Bradshaw Boed Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bradshaw Boed Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 21 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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