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The Coleman Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
185
Grants FY2024
159
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
130 to 165
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$182M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The Coleman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationFood & NutritionEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving154$9.0M31%
FY2023159$7.8M26%
FY2022165$9.6M21%
FY2021148$8.4M23%
FY2020131$15M22%
FY2019130$8.5Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$28MCommunity Improvement$8.5MHuman Services$5.7MPhilanthropy$4.2MEducation$2.8MEmployment$1.7MArts & Culture$1.5MFood & Nutrition$1.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chicago Community Foundation$2,943,0006n/a
Clearbrook$2,082,55861%
University of Chicago Medical Center$1,751,00050%
Northwestern University$1,380,80030%
Equal Hope$1,145,000624%
Envision Unlimited$1,015,00061%
Rush University Medical Center$1,010,10040%
Sinai Health System$930,00050%
Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc$927,275612%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$834,750628%
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All grantees of The Coleman Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chicago Community Foundation$2,943,0006n/a
Clearbrook$2,082,55861%
University of Chicago Medical Center$1,751,00050%
Northwestern University$1,380,80030%
Equal Hope$1,145,000624%
Envision Unlimited$1,015,00061%
Rush University Medical Center$1,010,10040%
Sinai Health System$930,00050%
Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc$927,275612%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$834,750628%
Aspiritech Nfp$804,15057%
Saint Anthony Hospital$797,00060%
Paws Chicago$777,50062%
Keystone Alliance$745,50048%
PACTT Learning Center$745,000610%
Women's Business Development Center$720,00066%
Sarah's Inn$634,625511%
The Arts of Life Inc$620,000621%
United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago$615,80561%
Chicago Urban League$612,50061%
Devcorp North Dba Rogers Park Business Alliance$611,500618%
Michael Reese Health Trust$600,00030%
La Rabida Children's Hospital$600,00050%
Almost Home Kids$587,02563%
Jennifer S Fallick Cancer Support Center$582,950611%
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago$575,00051%
L'Arche Chicago Inc$570,000621%
Allies for Community Business Inc$527,50052%
Wellness House$525,60063%
Far South Community Development Corp$525,20067%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$502,5003n/a
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$500,00011%
Illinois Arts Alliance$500,000367%
Aspire of Illinois$481,85353%
Greater Englewood Community Dev Corp$475,000528%
Future Founders Foundation$457,100620%
St Coletta's of Illinois$440,40052%
West Side Forward$423,600513%
Gateway to Learning$414,04469%
Greater Southwest Development Corp$408,75054%
Ada S McKinley Community Services Inc$405,00060%
Sertoma Centre Inc$375,57551%
Chicago Horticultural Society$365,00060%
Ctf Illinois$354,28760%
Urban Juncture Foundation$350,00046%
Little City Foundation$343,87560%
Designs for Dignity$332,57553%
El Valor Corporation$330,00050%
Ray Graham Association for People With Disabilities$317,50050%
Small Business Majority Foundation Inc$300,00052%
The Growing Season Inc$300,0001n/a
Avenues to Independence$295,00062%
Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center$283,60051%
Plant Chicago NFP$273,000323%
Shore Community Services Inc$268,22552%
Julie and Michael Tracy Family Foundation$262,685622%
Imerman Angels$260,32566%
Gilda's Club Chicago$258,75065%
Have Dreams$256,000610%
Little Village Community Foundation$250,00039%
South Side Healthy Community Organization$250,00011%
Northwest Side Community Development Cor$250,00029%
Devices 4 the Disabled$245,350513%
Cancer Wellness Center$245,00064%
South Chicago Parents & Friends Inc$240,00033%
Twist Out Cancer$239,750612%
Familyfarmed Dba Good Food Catalyst$239,500213%
Orchard Village$238,75061%
Search Inc$230,82560%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$225,00020%
Alivio Medical Center Inc$225,00021%
Trinity Services Inc$215,00060%
True North Treks NFP$213,800624%
North Central College$212,00040%
Lake County Crisis Center$201,00041%
Asociacion Latina de Asistencia y Prevencion del Cancer de Mama$200,900622%
Puerto Rican Cultural Center$200,00031%
Garden Center Services$192,50051%
Childrens Oncology Services Inc$185,00054%
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago$185,00021%
Lemons of Love Inc$177,50066%
Wellness West Inc$177,50011%
Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc$175,00017%
Easter Seals of Joliet Region Inc$172,50021%
The Arc of Illinois$172,50028%
Sertoma Star Services Inc$170,00021%
Quad Communities Development Corporation Nfp$168,675513%
A Safe Haven Foundation$158,77551%
Culinary Care$150,250610%
Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp$150,00020%
Helping Hand Center$147,50040%
Park Lawn School and Activity Center in C$142,50041%
Park Lawn Association Inc$142,50029%
Blood Cancer United Inc$142,50040%
Camp Kesem National$142,50051%
One Tail at a Time Nfp$140,00032%
Cal's All-Star Angel Foundation Inc$139,27552%
IMD Guest House Foundation$135,82553%
Esperanza Community Services$135,80061%
Carole Robertson Center for Learning$135,00040%
Depaul University$132,50040%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$130,00020%
University of Chicago$130,00010%
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group$130,00023%
Soaring Eagle Academy$125,20051%
Gads Hill Center$125,00031%
Hope Cancer Wellness Centers$124,573519%
Loyola University Medical Center$122,50030%
Barbara Olson Center of Hope$121,40052%
Loretto Hospital$120,00010%
Elim Christian Services$115,00050%
Donka Incorporated$110,775614%
Providence St Mel School$110,00031%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$110,00010%
Advocate Sherman Hospital$110,00010%
The Center for Enriched Living Inc$110,00061%
Gigi's Playhouse Inc$105,00021%
Chicago Cares Inc$100,00012%
Ucm Network Development Foundation$100,00022%
Chinese Mutual Aid Association$100,00011%
Family Focus$100,00021%
Equip for Equality$100,00011%
Southland Development Authority Nfp$100,00022%
National Disability Institute Inc$100,00011%
New Covenant Community Development Corporation$100,00027%
Greater Chatham Initiative$100,00024%
Chicago Abortion Fund$100,00011%
Crisis Center for South Suburbia$100,00021%
Illinois Hispanic Cc Foundation$100,000244%
Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities Inc$100,00016%
Refugeeone$100,00011%
Leukemia Research Foundation$85,00051%
Stars Family Services$85,00056%
Empowering Garden Inc$85,000516%
Opportunity Knocks Incorporated$85,00054%
Cornerstone Services Inc$85,00050%
A Silver Lining Foundation$85,00034%
Compassionate Communities for Children$85,00024%
Our Place of New Trier Township$84,75054%
The Cara Program$83,92550%
Good Shepherd Manor Inc$82,82550%
Western Dupage Sra Foundation$82,12556%
Association for Individual Development$81,92550%
Center for Independent Futures$81,60052%
Jewish Child and Family Services$80,00020%
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation$80,00051%
Riverside Foundation$79,37550%
Defy Ventures Inc$70,00013%
Forefront$67,95340%
The Latino Alzheimers and Memory Disorders Alliance$67,41943%
Animal Outlook Inc$65,00014%
Connections for the Homeless Inc$65,00020%
Greener by Default$65,00023%
Cactus Cancer Society$65,00039%
Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago Inc$60,00030%
Pilot Light$55,00034%
The University of Tampa Incorporated$55,00020%
Mercy for Animals Inc$55,00020%
Sisters Network Chicago Chapter$52,266423%
Oak Leyden Developmental Services Inc$51,11550%
Crossroads Fund Inc$51,00021%
Urban Growers Collective Inc$50,00011%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50,00010%
Working Credit NFP$50,00011%
Start Early$50,00010%
Illinois Action for Children$50,00020%
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc$50,00011%
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children$50,00011%
Center for Food Equity in Medicine$50,000322%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$50,00010%
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism$50,00010%
Advocates for Community Wellness$50,00027%
Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation$49,37552%
Fox Valley Hands of Hope Inc$49,22453%
Chicago Artists Coalition$47,50028%
The Good Food Institute Inc$45,00020%
Northwestern University Settlement Association$40,00010%
Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois$40,000241%
The Lambs Farm Inc$37,50030%
Erie Family Health Center Inc$35,00020%
Dog Song Sanctuary$35,0001n/a
Kids Kicking Cancer Inc$35,00021%
Fernwood Inc$34,00023%
YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore$30,00010%
Economic Awareness Council$28,42525%
The Douglas Center$28,05851%
Family Rescue Inc$25,00010%
Mujeres Latinas En Accion$25,00011%
Openlands$25,00010%
The Chicago Bar Foundation$25,00011%
Intersection of Change Inc$25,00012%
Apna Ghar Inc$25,00011%
North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council Inc$25,00012%
Food for Climate League$25,00012%
Alliancechicago$25,00010%
Rush Copley Medical Center$25,0002n/a
Figueroa Wu Family Foundation$25,00011%
Full Spectrum Features NFP$25,00011%
Misericordia Foundation$25,00020%
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization$25,00011%
Totallink to Community Inc$25,00013%
The Family Service Center of Wilmette Glenview Northbrook and Kenilworth$25,00012%
Plano Child Development Center$25,0001n/a
Gigi S Playhouse Inc$25,0001n/a
Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization$25,00017%
Regional Access & Mobilization Project Inc$25,00011%
The Institute on Public Policy for People With Disabilities$25,00016%
The Josselyn Center Nfp$25,00010%
Blood & Marrow Transplant Information Network$20,00012%
University of Illinois Foundation$20,00010%
Lake County Childrens Advocacy Center$20,000114%
Dwight Hall at Yale$20,00011%
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship$20,000250%
Methodist Medical Center of Illinois$20,00010%
Foundation for Women's Cancer$20,00011%
Entrepreneurship Funders Network$20,0001n/a
One Lawndale Childrens Discovery Center$18,00011%
Vassar College$17,50040%
Chicago's Green City Market Program$17,00021%
Gyrls In The HOOD Foundation$15,00015%
Ancor Foundation Inc$15,000110%
Kids First Chicago for Education$15,00010%
Huntley Community School District 158$15,0001n/a
Red Door Animal Shelter$15,00013%
Education Equity Fund NFP$15,000128%
Tibet Fund Inc$15,00010%
Resilience Partners NFP$15,00010%
Family Christian Health Center Inc$13,00010%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$12,50010%
Will's Place$12,00013%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$10,00010%
Animal Equality$10,00010%
Chicago Bird Collision Monitors$10,0001n/a
The Center for Humans and Nature$10,00040%
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival$10,00011%
The Gentle Barn Foundation$10,00010%
Northpointe Resources Inc$10,00010%
Revive Center for Housing and Healing$8,75030%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$8,00010%
Crate Free Illinois Dba Crate Free USA$8,00016%
Iowa Rivers Revival$7,500110%
Reader Institute for Community Journalism Inc$7,00010%
Japanese American Citizens League Sonoma County Chapter$7,00017%
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum Dba National Veterans Art Museum$5,00010%
Columbia College Chicago$5,00010%
Wellesley College$5,00020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,00010%
Chicago Blend Group Inc$5,00012%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$5,00010%
Chicago Women's Health Center$5,00010%
New York University$4,50010%
Stir-Friday Night$4,000114%
Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center NFP$3,75020%
Physical Theater Festival Incorporated$3,50022%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago$3,00010%
Japanese American National Museum$3,00010%
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$3,00020%
The Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions$2,50010%
Better Food Foundation Inc$2,50010%
The Record Community News Group$2,00011%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$1,50010%
Near Southside Employment Coalition$1,0001n/a
Ampt Advancing Nonprofits$1,00010%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$1,00010%
Gratitude Generation Inc$1,00010%
Council on Foundations Inc$1,00010%
Living Well Cancer Resource Center$7001n/a
Willamette Vital Health$25010%
Willamette Humane Society$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Coleman Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetClearbrook: $2,082,558 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago Medical Center: $1,751,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $1,380,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Hope: $1,145,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetEnvision Unlimited: $1,015,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $1,010,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSinai Health System: $930,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Independence through Conductive Education Inc: $927,275 over 6y, 12% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $834,750 over 6y, 28% of budgetAspiritech Nfp: $804,150 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetSaint Anthony Hospital: $797,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPaws Chicago: $777,500 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetKeystone Alliance: $745,500 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetPACTT Learning Center: $745,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetWomen's Business Development Center: $720,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetSarah's Inn: $634,625 over 5y, 11% of budgetThe Arts of Life Inc: $620,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetUnited Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago: $615,805 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetChicago Urban League: $612,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetDevcorp North Dba Rogers Park Business Alliance: $611,500 over 6y, 18% of budgetMichael Reese Health Trust: $600,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLa Rabida Children's Hospital: $600,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAlmost Home Kids: $587,025 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetJennifer S Fallick Cancer Support Center: $582,950 over 6y, 11% of budgetYWCA Metropolitan Chicago: $575,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetL'Arche Chicago Inc: $570,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetAllies for Community Business Inc: $527,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetWellness House: $525,600 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetFar South Community Development Corp: $525,200 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIllinois Arts Alliance: $500,000 over 3y, 67% of budgetAspire of Illinois: $481,853 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetGreater Englewood Community Dev Corp: $475,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetFuture Founders Foundation: $457,100 over 6y, 20% of budgetSt Coletta's of Illinois: $440,400 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetWest Side Forward: $423,600 over 5y, 13% of budgetGateway to Learning: $414,044 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetGreater Southwest Development Corp: $408,750 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetAda S McKinley Community Services Inc: $405,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSertoma Centre Inc: $375,575 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $365,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCtf Illinois: $354,287 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUrban Juncture Foundation: $350,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetLittle City Foundation: $343,875 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetDesigns for Dignity: $332,575 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetEl Valor Corporation: $330,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRay Graham Association for People With Disabilities: $317,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSmall Business Majority Foundation Inc: $300,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

United Way of Metropolitan Chicago IncIL89.5× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Forefront · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Chicago Foundation for Women · Lloyd a Fry 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.

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How do I get to The Coleman Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Coleman Foundation Inc 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.

About The Coleman Foundation Inc

How much does The Coleman Foundation Inc give?
The Coleman Foundation Inc reported 185 grants totaling $9,106,508 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 130 and 165 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Coleman Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (48%), Community Improvement (15%), Human Services (10%).
Who are The Coleman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Chicago Community Foundation ($2.9M), Clearbrook ($2.1M), University of Chicago Medical Center ($1.8M).
Does The Coleman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Coleman Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Coleman Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Circle of Service Foundation, Polk Bros Foundation Inc.
Where is The Coleman Foundation Inc based?
The Coleman Foundation Inc is based in IL.

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 320 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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