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The Iwan Foundation at a glance

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The Iwan Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$177k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$297kInternational$9kHuman Services$5kFood & Nutrition$5kAnimals$4kCommunity Improvement$2kReligion$2kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$109,801
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Illinois Foundation$109,801
University of Illinois Foundation$67,301
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 (FY20–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Safe Children Coalition: $1k → 9%Safe Children Coalition: $1k → 9%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
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$323k · 13 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
11

Total granted

$323k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+98%
+318%

Still filing today

62%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalFood & NutritionAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • University of Illinois Foundation
    7× · 2017–2023 · $258k · revenue +127%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +98%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • KC
    KIPP Chicago
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • TREVOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +318%
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
3
Unicef Usa Impact Fund for Children Inc

The unicef usa impact fund for children exists to develop and implement financial solutions to ensure every child is healthy, educated, protected, and respected. we believe truly scalable, long-term impact will only be accomplished when we…

Philanthropy
4
Childfund Alliance

Childfund alliance is a global network of 11 child-focused development and humanitarian organizations working in more than 70 countries. we help nearly 30 million children and their families to overcome poverty and the underlying…

International
5
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
6
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
7
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
8
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

—
9
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
10
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
11
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
12
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Children's Advocacy Center; the most unlike its peers is Underdog Rescue of Florida Inc. 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 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
12/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Illinois Foundation: $258,099 · EducationUniversity of Illinois FoundationUniversity of Illinois: $38,821 · OtherUniversity of Illino…Unicef United States Fund: $4,038 · OtherUnicef United States…Individual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherKIPP Chicago: $2,000 · OtherSeashore Community Church: $2,000 · OtherWounded Warriors: $2,000 · Other+9 more: $8,054 · Other+9 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,092 · InternationalGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $3,000 · Food & NutritionALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionPAWS CHICAGO: $3,000 · AnimalsUNDERDOG RESCUE OF FLORIDA INC: $1,000 · AnimalsSAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Civil Rights
Education$258,099Other$59,913International$5,092Food & Nutrition$5,000Animals$4,000Human Services$2,000Civil Rights$1,000

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 budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $258,099 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,092 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNDERDOG RESCUE OF FLORIDA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $796 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP: $500 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.

  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNDERDOG RESCUE OF FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Iwan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Iwan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Safe Children Coalition Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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.

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 24 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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