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The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable 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.

$449k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$285k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.8MHealth$1.2MReligion$324kEducation$89kRecreation & Sports$48kYouth Development$48kArts & Culture$46kInternational$44kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
  • $250k+1 grant · $285k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$285,000
ST CATHERINE OF SIENA ST LUCY$58,500
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUNDATION$10,000
ST PETER AND ST PAUL$10,000
INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN$10,000
MUDGIRLS STUDIO$7,000
MACCABI USA$6,000
MINDS MATTER CHICAGO$5,500
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$5,043
CITY YEAR$5,000
BY THE HAND$5,000
PICKLES GROUP$5,000
ARMENIAN RELIEF MISSION$5,000
ELM MINISTRIES$5,000
JOSEPH PETER BARTZIS FOUNDATION$3,000
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 (FY18–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RISE: $2k → 14%Rise: $1k → 14%RISE: $1k → 14%Rise: $1k → 14%RISE: $1k → 14%RISE: $1k → 14%RISE: $1k → 14%Misericordia Home: $3k → 14%Misericordia Home: $2k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
GA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 42 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
22

Total granted

$3.6M
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+87%

Still filing today

57%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
HealthYouth DevelopmentEducationInternationalEmploymentReligionOther
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

  • CITY YEAR INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $30k · revenue +8%
  • BT
    By The Hand Club For Kids
    6× · 2019–2025 · $29k · revenue +37%
  • AR
    ARMENIAN RELIEF MISSION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $29k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • ET
    ENCOUNTERING THE LOGOS MINISTRYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +101%
  • SC
    Soul City Incorporated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Pediatric Faculty Foundation Inc

We value excellence and innovation in clinical and basic research, coordinated and comprehensive patient care, ongoing physician education, and evidence-based child advocacy. our goal is to provide leadership in endeavors that promote the…

Health
2
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Group

The elmhurst memorial healthcare group follows the mission of endeavor health (f/k/a ns-ee holdings). the mission of endeavor health is to "help everyone in our communities be their best." central to this mission is a commitment to…

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3
The Family Institute

Our mission is to strengthen and heal families and individuals from all walks of life through clinical service, education and research.

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4
The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago

Moody Bible Institute is a higher education and media ministry that exists to equip people with the truth of God's word to be maturing followers of Christ who are making disciples around the world. Moody is best known for its education…

Education
5
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
6
Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc

Provide pediatric and subspecialty surgical, research, and educational services.

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7
Children's Hospital of Chicago Medical Center

We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for the northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a leader in: -pediatric health care delivery…

Health
8
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

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9
The Chicago Scholars Foundation

Chicago scholars is transforming the leadership landscape of our city by resolving the fundamental barriers to success for academically driven, first generation college students from under-resourced communities.

Education
10
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

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…

Health
11
Lycee Francais de Chicago Inc

The Lycee Francais de Chicago, driven by our core values of respect, responsibility and the joy of learning, empowers students to grow into active global citizens.

Education
12
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Helphopelive Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mud Girls Studios a Nj non profit Corporation. 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

34 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. 34 of the 69 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
21/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,875,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONST CATHERINE OF SIENA ST LUCY: $222,400 · OtherST CATHERINE OF SIENA ST LUCY+47 more: $378,793 · Other+47 moreLOU MALNATI - CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $16,000 · HealthEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $15,000 · HealthTHE JOSEPH PETER BARTZIS FOUNDATION: $11,550 · HealthRORY DAVID DEUTSCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthHELPHOPELIVE INC: $5,500 · HealthPARENTS AS TEACHERS NATIONAL CENTER INC: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $450 · HealthARMENIAN RELIEF MISSION: $28,500 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN: $15,000 · InternationalMACCABI USA INC: $31,000 · Recreation & SportsMud Girls Studios a NJ non profit Corporation: $28,000 · EmploymentMDRC: $2,500 · EmploymentPickles Group Inc: $22,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINDS MATTER OF CHICAGO INC: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $2,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY: $7,000 · EducationPARENTEACH INSTITUTE: $5,000 · EducationLake Forest College: $2,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $875 · Education
Other$3,476,193Health$61,000International$43,500Recreation & Sports$31,000Employment$30,500Youth Development$30,500Education$14,875

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMACCABI USA INC: $31,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $30,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBy The Hand Club For Kids: $28,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetARMENIAN RELIEF MISSION: $28,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetMud Girls Studios a NJ non profit Corporation: $28,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetPickles Group Inc: $22,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHOPE IGNITES CHICAGO: $17,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLOU MALNATI - CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $16,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JOSEPH PETER BARTZIS FOUNDATION: $11,550 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetRORY DAVID DEUTSCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetRISE: $8,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN FRONTIER FELLOWSHIP: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetENTRUST: $6,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF CHICAGO INC: $5,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPARENTEACH INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO MAHOGANY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPARENTS AS TEACHERS NATIONAL CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMDRC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest College: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElyssas Mission NFP: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCBA Media and Civic Education Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLawrence Hall: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Children's Charities: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT FRANCE INC: $250 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 MACCABI USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds By The Hand Club For Kids ↗
  • Who funds ARMENIAN RELIEF MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Mud Girls Studios a NJ non profit Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Pickles Group Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds LOU MALNATI - CANCER RESEARCH FUND ↗
  • Who funds Endeavor Health Clinical Operations ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSEPH PETER BARTZIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RORY DAVID DEUTSCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RISE ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN FRONTIER FELLOWSHIP ↗
  • Who funds ENTRUST ↗
  • Who funds ENCOUNTERING THE LOGOS MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds HELPHOPELIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds MINDS MATTER OF CHICAGO INC ↗
  • Who funds PARENTEACH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA HOME ↗

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.

AbbVie FoundationThe Chicago Community…Marc and Jeanne Malna…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Baird Foundation IncNatl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Renaissance Charitabl…
AbbVie FoundationIL16.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Marc and Jeanne Malnati Family Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 69 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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