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The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$152k
Granted FY2024still arriving
83
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$114kHuman Services$106kHealth$78kEducation$72kYouth Development$43kInternational$42kFood & Nutrition$39kCivil Rights$37kOther$0
02FY2024 · 83 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
15
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANDERSON JAPANESE GARDENS$6,000
OPEN ARMS FREE CLINIC$5,000
HOLIDAY HOME CAMP (FRESH AIR ASSOC)$5,000
OPEN ARMS FREE CLINIC$5,000
TRUE THE VOTE INC$5,000
TURNING POINT USA$5,000
ROCKFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$5,000
RACVB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$5,000
ANDERSON JAPANESE GARDENS$4,000
YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION$4,000
ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY$4,000
FREEDOM ALLIANCE$3,600
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$3,000
SALVATION ARMY WINNEBAGO COUNTY$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$3,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $4k → 15%ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $4k → 15%ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $3k → 15%ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $3k → 15%ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $800 → 15%YWCA NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: $450 → 15%WOMANSPACE INC: $500 → 15%LAURENT HOUSE FOUNDATION: $500 → 15%MILESTONE INC: $1k → 15%MILESTONE INC: $1k → 15%MILESTONE INC: $1k → 15%MILESTONE INC: $800 → 15%FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $3k → 15%FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $3k → 15%YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $1k → 15%YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $500 → 15%YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $4k → 15%CHILDREN'S HOME AND AID SOCIETY: $3k → 15%CHILDREN'S HOME AND AID SOCIETY: $3k → 15%CHILDREN'S HOME AND AID SOCIETY: $3k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $2k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $2k → 15%ROCKFORD DAY NURSERY: $1k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $1k → 15%YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $1k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $1k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $1k → 15%ROCKFORD DAY NURSERY: $500 → 15%ROCKFORD DAY NURSERY: $500 → 15%ROCKFORD DAY NURSERY: $500 → 15%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

IL
WI
NY
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
KS
NC
DC
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$673k · 84 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

84 repeat relationships: 65 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

84
30

Total granted

$673k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+16%

Still filing today

68%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • AG
    ANDERSON GARDENS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $87k · revenue +124%
  • OPEN ARMS FREE CLINIC INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $41k · revenue +216%
  • FREEDOM ALLIANCE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $18k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2020 · $9k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY COLLIER COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY LEE COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
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
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

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2
Northern Illinois Blood Bank Inc D/B/a Rock River Valley Blood Center

Rock river valley blood center, in partnership with our community, is dedicated to providing safe, high value blood products and services to people in need.

Health
3
Rockford University

To educate men & women to lead responsible lives by means of a curriculum grounded in liberal arts learning and complemented and extended by professional and practical experience, through the total academic and co-curricular experience,…

Education
4
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
5
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
6
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
The Rockford Institute

To provide analysis and commentary on cultural, economic, political, and educational issues through a published monthly opinion magazine and to operate continuing adult educational conferences in american and european literature and…

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10
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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11
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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12
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cast Water Safety Foundation. 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

85 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. 85 of the 122 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
84/85
Grantees still filing
63/85
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROCKFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $23,250 · OtherROCKFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSRACVB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $22,250 · OtherRACVB CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONHOLIDAY HOME CAMP (FRESH AIR ASSOC): $20,140 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INC: $17,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY WINNEBAGO COUNTY: $16,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD: $15,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $14,000 · OtherFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $18,100 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $17,700 · Other+69 more: $246,330 · Other+69 moreANDERSON GARDENS: $86,646 · EnvironmentANDERSON GARDENSGENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $10,750 · EnvironmentGENEVA LAKE CONSE…NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE: $4,000 · EnvironmentKEEP NORTHERN ILLINOIS BEAUTIFUL: $4,000 · Environment+3 more: $5,250 · EnvironmentROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $14,800 · Human ServicesROCK RIVE…CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $7,800 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'…CARPENTER'S PLACE INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesCARPENTER…YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $6,250 · Human ServicesYMCA OF R…FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PE…FIRST LOVE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $4,000 · Human ServicesFIRST LOV…MILESTONE INC: $3,800 · Human ServicesMILESTONE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,500 · Human ServicesAmerican …WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,640 · Human ServicesROCKFORD DAY NURSERY: $2,500 · Human Services+4 more: $3,450 · Human Services+4 moreOPEN ARMS FREE CLINIC INC: $41,000 · HealthNORTHERN ILLINOIS HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $4,750 · HealthTHE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF ROCKFORD: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $1,900 · HealthROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES: $14,500 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EducationDENISON UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · EducationUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $5,000 · EducationBenedictine University: $5,000 · EducationINDEPENDENT COUNCIL ON WOMENS SPORTS: $2,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Education+2 more: $750 · EducationALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $11,000 · Civil RightsTRUE THE VOTE INC: $9,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $4,000 · Civil Rights+2 more: $1,000 · Civil RightsNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $11,000 · Food & NutritionLIFESCAPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $4,800 · Food & NutritionWALWORTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $3,250 · Food & NutritionMISS CARLY'S INC: $1,750 · Food & Nutrition
Other$410,270Environment$110,646Human Services$60,240Health$49,650Education$44,750Civil Rights$25,500Food & Nutrition$20,800

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 budgetANDERSON GARDENS: $86,646 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetOPEN ARMS FREE CLINIC INC: $41,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $18,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $17,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD: $15,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $14,800 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES: $14,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGeneva Lake Water Safety Committee Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM OF ROCKFORD INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $10,750 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUE THE VOTE INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $7,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $7,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCARPENTER'S PLACE INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S SAFE HARBOR INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetYMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $6,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBenedictine University: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PEACE CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLIFESCAPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $4,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $4,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS AROUND THE WORLD INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTeen Turf Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNATURAL LAND INSTITUTE: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKEEP NORTHERN ILLINOIS BEAUTIFUL: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFIRST LOVE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILESTONE INC: $3,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROCK HOUSE KIDS: $3,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWALWORTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $3,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LITERACY COUNCIL: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOO HAVEN INC: $2,750 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,640 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $2,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROCKFORD DAY NURSERY: $2,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetINDEPENDENT COUNCIL ON WOMENS SPORTS: $2,500 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds ANDERSON GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ARMS FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD ↗
  • Who funds ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Geneva Lake Water Safety Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM OF ROCKFORD INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TRUE THE VOTE INC ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL ↗
  • Who funds DENISON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds STATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds CARPENTER'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S SAFE HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Benedictine University ↗

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.

Tracy E Anderson Char…Kristin L Anderson Ch…John & Linda Anderson…Jeffrey R Anderson Ch…Community Foundation …The Kjellstrom Family…Guy Reno Family Found…Bergstrom Inc Charita…The Ben Harding Famil…Blazer FoundationAmended and Restated …Ralph J Baudhuin Foun…
Tracy E Anderson Charitable FoundationIL106.3× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern IL · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Guy Reno Family Foundation · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · The Ben Harding Family Foundation · Blazer Foundation · Amended and Restated Brubaker Charitable Trust · Ralph J Baudhuin 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 David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
19report 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
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.
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How do I get to The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable 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 122 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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