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The Pelino Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
2
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$9,530
Largest grant, FY2025
$9,530
Organizations funded a year
2 to 40
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$2.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Pelino Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$10k100%
FY20242$150k50%
FY20233$300k0%
FY20225$238k40%
FY202140$358k57%
FY202032$300k81%
FY201925$296kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$634kHuman Services$506kHealth$136kHousing & Shelter$95kYouth Development$95kArts & Culture$55kCrime & Legal$30kEmployment$28kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Juvenile Protective Association$215,00033%
Gads Hill Center$200,00021%
Erikson Institute$200,00020%
Sit Stay Read Inc$50,00017%
Alain Locke Charter School$50,00020%
Youth Outreach Services Inc$45,00030%
Christopher House$40,00030%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$30,00020%
La Casa Norte$25,00020%
People's Resource Center$25,00030%
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All grantees of The Pelino Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Juvenile Protective Association$215,00033%
Gads Hill Center$200,00021%
Erikson Institute$200,00020%
Sit Stay Read Inc$50,00017%
Alain Locke Charter School$50,00020%
Youth Outreach Services Inc$45,00030%
Christopher House$40,00030%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$30,00020%
La Casa Norte$25,00020%
People's Resource Center$25,00030%
Books and Breakfast$22,50032%
Reading in Motion$22,00021%
City Year Inc$20,00020%
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$20,00020%
Reading Power Inc$20,00022%
Bridge Communities Inc$20,00020%
Turning Point Inc$20,00020%
Snow City Arts Foundation$20,00021%
Tutoring Chicago$16,00021%
Nami Metro-Suburban Inc$15,0001n/a
Saint Anthony Hospital$15,00010%
Gateway to the Great Outdoors$15,00018%
Crisis Center for South Suburbia$15,00010%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$10,00020%
826chi Inc$10,00011%
Howard Area Community Center$10,00010%
Communities in Schools of Chicago$10,00010%
Metropolitan Family Services DuPage$10,00010%
Newroot Learning Institute F/K/A Umoja Student Development Corp$10,00010%
High Jump$10,00010%
Hephzibah Children's Association$10,00010%
Horizons for Youth$10,00011%
Chicago Literacy Alliance$10,00010%
IMD Guest House Foundation$10,00011%
Yemba Inc$10,00014%
Teen Parent Connection Inc$10,00011%
Imagination Theater Inc$10,0001n/a
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center$10,00011%
The Center for Enriched Living Inc$10,00020%
The Beacon Place NFP$10,00011%
Home of the Sparrow Inc$10,0001n/a
The Harbour Inc$10,00010%
Urban Initiatives Inc$10,00010%
Northlight Theatre Inc$10,00020%
Moraine Valley Community College Foundation$9,53011%
Leap Learning Systems$8,00012%
Old Irving Park Community Clinic$7,50011%
Adler University$7,50010%
Bandwith Music Ltd$5,00015%
Highland Park Community Nursery School$5,00010%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$5,00010%
The Humanitarian Service Project$5,0001n/a
Music of the Baroque$5,00010%
Glen Ellyn Childrens Resource Center$5,00011%
Trinity Services Inc$5,00010%
Urban Growers Collective Inc$4,00010%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet$3,00010%
Together We Cope$3,00010%
Literacy Works$3,00011%
Morning Star Mission Ministries Inc$3,00010%
Lemons of Love Inc$3,00010%

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($233k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pelino Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJuvenile Protective Association: $215,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetGads Hill Center: $200,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetErikson Institute: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSit Stay Read Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetAlain Locke Charter School: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYouth Outreach Services Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChristopher House: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLa Casa Norte: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPeople's Resource Center: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBooks and Breakfast: $22,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetReading in Motion: $22,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCity Year Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Children's Advocacy Center: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetReading Power Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBridge Communities Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTurning Point Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSnow City Arts Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTutoring Chicago: $16,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSaint Anthony Hospital: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGateway to the Great Outdoors: $15,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetCrisis Center for South Suburbia: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget826chi Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHoward Area Community Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services DuPage: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNewroot Learning Institute F/K/A Umoja Student Development Corp: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHigh Jump: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHephzibah Children's Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHorizons for Youth: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChicago Literacy Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIMD Guest House Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYemba Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTeen Parent Connection Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetZacharias Sexual Abuse Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Center for Enriched Living Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Beacon Place NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Harbour Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUrban Initiatives Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNorthlight Theatre Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMoraine Valley Community College Foundation: $9,530 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLeap Learning Systems: $8,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetOld Irving Park Community Clinic: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAdler University: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBandwith Music Ltd: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetHighland Park Community Nursery School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 57.

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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.

George M Eisenberg Fo…The Chicago Community…United Way of Metropo…Andrew and Alice Fisc…Helen V Brach Foundat…AbbVie FoundationPolk Bros Foundation …Northwestern Memorial…The a Montgomery Ward…Visiting Nurse Associ…Circle of Service Fou…Blowitz-Ridgeway Foun…
George M Eisenberg Foundation for CharitiesIL40.5× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust · Helen V Brach Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · The a Montgomery Ward Foundation · Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Blowitz-Ridgeway 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.

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About The Pelino Charitable Foundation

How much does The Pelino Charitable Foundation give?
The Pelino Charitable Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $9,530 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 40 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does The Pelino Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Human Services (31%), Health (8%).
Who are The Pelino Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Juvenile Protective Association ($215k), Gads Hill Center ($200k), Erikson Institute ($200k).
Does The Pelino Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Pelino Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Pelino Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities, The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc.
Where is The Pelino Charitable Foundation based?
The Pelino Charitable Foundation is based in IL.

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 78 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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