· Private foundation
The Kline Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k4 grants · $89k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $153k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Southminister Presbyterian Church L | $153,354 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospita | $45,000 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | $24,000 |
| Bridge Communities | $10,000 |
| Covenant House Illinois | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GSGiant Steps Illinois Inc2× · 2022–2023 · $90k · revenue +15%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC5× · 2020–2024 · $64k · revenue +78%- BCBRIDGE COMMUNITIES INC4× · 2021–2024 · $25k · revenue +99%
Funded once
- COConnection of Friendsone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -98%
- WTWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INCone grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +16%
- SOSpecial Olympicsone grant, 2020 · $4k
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.
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.
Transitions was founded in 1955 as the adams county mental health center and for many years was known as the community counseling center. in 1995 the agency changed its name to transitions of western illinois. for 65 years transitions has…
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
Ann & robert h. lurie children's hospital of chicago is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a…
Association house's mission is to advance each person's full participation in the life of their families, communities, and society. since 1899, we have served a vibrant, multicultural community. we used a trauma informed, culturally…
Advancing lives of connection, contribution and meaning for persons with developmental disabilities and the individuals that support them.
Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.
In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…
The hope learning academy serves children with intellectual/developmental disabilities and neurological disorders and their families by providing homes in which to grow, schools in which to learn, clinics in which to become healthier,…
Our mission is "delivering care that changes people's lives"
Provide clinical and educational service and support to individuals with autism and related disorders.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Giant Steps Illinois Inc ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds BRIDGE COMMUNITIES INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds Connection of Friends ↗
- Who funds WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kline Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kline Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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