· Private foundation
The Local South 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, FY2023 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $133k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FUNDACION SOL EN CASA | $20,000 |
| FUNDACION ZERO WASTE BOLIVIA | $12,500 |
| EXPERIMENTAL STATION | $10,000 |
| SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC | $10,000 |
| HYDE PARK ART CENTER | $10,000 |
| SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY NFP | $10,000 |
| BIRD ENDOWMENT | $10,000 |
| LEGAL AID CHICAGO | $10,000 |
| PAROLE ILLINOIS INC | $10,000 |
| GROW GREATER ENGLEWOOD INC | $10,000 |
| THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS | $10,000 |
| INVISIBLE INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| AMAZON MUSEUM | $2,100 |
| AMAZON MUSEUM | $2,100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 73% of grant dollars ($104k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 27% that went abroad ($40k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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
Beyond the US: 27% of all-years giving ($40k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
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.
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…
A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.
Borderless magazine nfp is a chicago-based nonprofit news outlet that is reimagining local immigration journalism for a more just and equitable future. we provide free, local and state news coverage to english and spanish speakers.
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.
Block club chicago is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to delivering reliable, nonpartisan and essential coverage of chicago's diverse neighborhoods.
Cultivates new and emerging Chicago artists, and aims to benefit artists by exploring art and learning. Through exhibitions, artist residencies, classes/workshops and community building, we are dedicated to cultivating new voices, ideas,…
Reader institute for community journalism, inc. (ricji) is organized and operated to educate, advance, and inform public discourse through local, independent journalism in the greater chicago metropolitan area. ricji operates and publishes…
Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.
Secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all
Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 13 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 Invisible Institute ↗
- Who funds GROW GREATER ENGLEWOOD INC ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds LEGAL AID CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds THE EXPERIMENTAL STATION ↗
- Who funds BIRD ENDOWMENT ↗
- Who funds SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY NFP ↗
- Who funds HYDE PARK ART CENTER ↗
- Who funds PAROLE ILLINOIS ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Field Foundation of Illinois · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Local South Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Local South Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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