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The Doug and Betsey Schwab and Family Foundation Inc

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.

$339k
Granted FY2025still arriving
70
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$72k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0168% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$285kCivil Rights$162kHuman Services$149kYouth Development$121kPhilanthropy$102kFood & Nutrition$96kArts & Culture$96kHealth$63kCrime & Legal$32kOther$612k
02FY2025 · 70 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k57 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $122k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$441k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM$72,000
WOMENS HEALTH CENTER OF MARYLAND$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC$32,641
COUNTY UNITED WAY INC$12,750
BEYOND LEGAL AID$10,000
WAMBA CHARITIES INC$10,000
INVISIBLE INSTITUTE$10,000
RESURRECTION PROJECT$10,000
ECOSYSTEMS OF CARE$10,000
FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC$10,000
ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHT$10,000
NEW LIFE CENTERS OF CHICAGOLAND NFP$10,000
ONWARD NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$10,000
JEWISH MUSEUM$7,500
EVERGREEN HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATION INC$7,000
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:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $149k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CHICAGOLAND AND: $1k → 7%SOCIALWORKS: $1k → 14%CARE FOR FRIENDS: $1k → 14%FRIENDS AWARE INCORPORATED: $25k → 18%BEYOND LEGAL AID: $10k → 14%NIGHT MINISTRY: $1k → 14%FACING FORWARD TO END HOMELESSNESS: $1k → 14%FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 18%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $500 → 14%FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 18%FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 18%FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 18%NIGHT MINISTRY: $500 → 14%FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 18%FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 18%FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 18%FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 18%FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10k → 18%HYDE PARK REFUGEE PROJECT: $1k → 14%HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $6k → 14%HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $4k → 14%EVERYMOM: $1k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $1k → 14%HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $500 → 14%FIGUEROA WU FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB: $250 → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%THRIVE CHICAGO NFP: $500 → 14%SOUTHWEST CHICAGO HOMELESS SERVICES: $1k → 14%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $1k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OR
OH
PA
CA
WV
VA
MD
DC
AL
GA
TX

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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.3M · 35 repeat orgs$361k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +53% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

35 repeat relationships — 17 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 52 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
33

Total granted

$1.3M
$212k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+10%

Still filing today

89%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $149k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

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

  • FC
    FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +64%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF JANES PLACE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +51%
  • EO
    Ecosystems of Care
    4× · 2022–2025 · $82k · revenue +142%

Funded once

  • WH
    WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER OF WEST VIRGINIA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $110k · revenue -33%
  • FA
    FRIENDS AWARE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +22%
  • AC
    ALLEGANY COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +6%

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
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
2
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
3
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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4
Legal Aid Chicago

At legal aid chicago, we work together to provide high quality civil legal aid to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups.through advocacy, education, collaboration, and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental…

Crime & Legal
5
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
6
The Chicago Bar Foundation

The chicago bar foundation brings the legal community together through advocacy, funding, and innovation to improve access to justice for people in need and to make the legal system more fair, equitable, and effective.

Education
7
Chicago United

To achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, expanding the talent pipline for executive-level management, and growing minority businesses.

Philanthropy
8
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc

Secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all

Crime & Legal
9
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence

The Network is a group of 40+ member organizations dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted by gender-based violence through education, public policy and advocacy, and connecting community members with direct service providers.…

Human Services
10
Latino Union of Chicago

Latino Union works to defend the rights and dignity of contingent workers, including the right to immigrate, work, live free of oppression and violence, and provide for oneself and one's family.

Human Services
11
Chicago Media Project

To impact society through the powerful tools of media and film. we are a resource for uniting individuals interested in media and developing a core group of informed citizens.

Public Benefit
12
Chicago Jobs Council

Chicago Jobs Council (CJC) pursues its mission through advocacy, applied research, public education and capacity-building initiatives focused on influencing the development or reform of public policies and programs. From 18 original…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Freedom School and the most unlike its peers is Inreach. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPregnancy Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsIndependent K-12 SchoolsHealth Access Advocacy and …Community FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Environmental Conservation …Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Policy Research and AdvocacyFood Banks and PantriesAffordable Housing Developm…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Jewish Community Organizati…Community Arts CentersUnited Way AffiliatesDomestic Violence ServicesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%6%<5yr14%14%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%7%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%45%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.9% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.9%1/116
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,449

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

109 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. 109 of the 122 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/109
Grantees still filing
62/109
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM — $239,400 · OtherUNION FOR REFORM JUDAISMBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $126,250 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAWAMBA CHARITIES INC — $80,000 · OtherWAMBA CHARITIES INCIndividual grant recipient — $28,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH MUSEUM — $52,500 · OtherTHE JEWISH MUSEUMWOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER OF MARYLAND INC — $50,000 · OtherWOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER OF MARYLAND INCChicago Torture Justice Center — $27,000 · Other+55 more — $198,977 · Other+55 moreUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC — $132,641 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARY…PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY — $50,000 · EducationPHILADELPHIA UNIVE…The Ancona School — $50,000 · EducationThe Ancona SchoolFROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT — $24,500 · EducationFROSTBURG STATE UN…THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — $10,000 · Education+14 more — $18,000 · Education+14 moreWOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER OF WEST VIRGINIA INC — $110,000 · Civil RightsWOMEN'S HE…Invisible Institute — $35,500 · Civil RightsInvisible …ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS — $10,000 · Civil RightsILLINOIS C…+6 more — $6,500 · Civil RightsFAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC — $90,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY CR…FRIENDS AWARE INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS A…HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB — $10,790 · Human ServicesHYDE PARK…BEYOND LEGAL AID — $10,000 · Human ServicesBEYOND LE…+13 more — $13,500 · Human Services+13 moreFRIENDS OF JANES PLACE — $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentNew Life Centers of Chicagoland — $10,000 · Youth Development+4 more — $6,250 · Youth DevelopmentCOUNTY UNITED WAY INC — $96,250 · PhilanthropyTHE MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION — $3,500 · Philanthropy+1 more — $2,000 · PhilanthropyEcosystems of Care — $82,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $8,500 · Food & NutritionWestern Maryland Food Bank — $3,500 · Food & Nutrition+2 more — $2,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$802,127Education$285,141Civil Rights$162,000Human Services$149,290Youth Development$121,250Philanthropy$101,750Food & Nutrition$96,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC — $132,641 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER OF WEST VIRGINIA INC — $110,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCOUNTY UNITED WAY INC — $96,250 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetFAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER INC — $90,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF JANES PLACE — $85,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetEcosystems of Care — $82,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM — $52,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY — $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER OF MARYLAND INC — $50,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetThe Ancona School — $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetInvisible Institute — $35,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetChicago Torture Justice Center — $27,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetEVERGREEN HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATIO — $26,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCHICAGO ABORTION FUND — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS AWARE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT — $24,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCUMBERLAND SUMMER THEATRE INC — $16,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetALLEGANY COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLEGANY ARTS COUNCIL — $12,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB — $10,790 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND LEGAL AID — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONWARD NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWestern MD Health Sys Foundation — $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION — $3,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE — $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC — $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Maryland Food Bank — $3,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP) — $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Side Community Art Center — $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNAMI National — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGANY COLLEGE OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMPT FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY TRUST FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInspiration Corporation — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAIR FIGHT INITIATIVE INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EXPERIMENTAL STATION — $1,460 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREFORM FOR ILLINOIS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

John D and Catherine …Field Foundation of I…Robert R McCormick Fo…The Chicago Community…United Way of Metropo…Polk Bros Foundation …Circle of Service Fou…Crossroads Fund IncThe Joyce FoundationConant Family Foundat…Reva and David Logan …Imc Chicago Charitabl…
John D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationIL42.7× affinity24 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 · Field Foundation of Illinois · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Crossroads Fund Inc · The Joyce Foundation · Conant Family Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation

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 The Doug and Betsey Schwab and Family Foundation Inc 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 · 80%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Allegany Arts Council — 37% of income from government
  • Family Crisis Resource Center Inc — 36% of income from government
  • Allegany County Human Resources Development Commission Inc — 28% of income from government
  • Evergreen Heritage Center Foundatio — 6% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
29report 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 122 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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