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The Service Club of Chicago

THE SERVICE CLUB OF CHICAGO is a group dedicated to raising funds for other charitable organizations in the chicagoland area.

$516k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2024
33
Organizations funded FY2020
100%
First-time grantees FY2020
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Median grant, FY2024
$11,657
Largest grant, FY2024
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 60
FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$2.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 100% of the organizations The Service Club of Chicago funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $390k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY2024still arriving40$516k53%
FY202033$390k100%
FY201943$392k98%
FY201860$487k100%
FY201724$283kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$366kHuman Services$342kYouth Development$287kArts & Culture$269kEducation$225kHousing & Shelter$187kCrime & Legal$74kReligion$70kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$60,99830%
Restoring the Path$42,49023%
Hope Ignites Chicago$41,32030%
Holy Trinity High School$39,9603n/a
Young Mens Educational Network$31,7501n/a
Avenues to Independence$29,25720%
Circle Urban Ministries$29,23521%
The People's Music School$28,82831%
Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago$25,37531%
Helping Hand Center$25,00010%
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All grantees of The Service Club of Chicago by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$60,99830%
Restoring the Path$42,49023%
Hope Ignites Chicago$41,32030%
Holy Trinity High School$39,9603n/a
Young Mens Educational Network$31,7501n/a
Avenues to Independence$29,25720%
Circle Urban Ministries$29,23521%
The People's Music School$28,82831%
Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago$25,37531%
Helping Hand Center$25,00010%
Garden Center Services$25,00010%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$24,99310%
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School$24,3702n/a
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired$23,98110%
Free Write Arts & Literacy Nfp$23,7672n/a
Well of Mercy Inc$22,68419%
Southwest Chicago Homeless Services$22,68418%
Lawrence Hall$22,47020%
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois$22,20230%
Primo Center for Women & Children$22,04911%
Union League Boys and Girls Clubs$21,71920%
Maryville Academy$21,35810%
A Just Harvest$21,20414%
One Family Illinois$21,19310%
Our Place of New Trier Township$20,7341n/a
Enlace Chicago$20,00010%
Matthew House Inc$20,00012%
Gary Comer Youth Center Inc$19,99210%
St Patrick High School$19,9752n/a
The Chicago High School for the Arts$18,56210%
Uniting Voices$18,46510%
Apparel Industry Board Inc$17,593347%
A Red Orchid Theatre$17,53022%
Helping Hands Community Outreach Center$17,0882n/a
Little City Foundation$17,00020%
Council for Jewish Elderly$16,42730%
Center for Independence through Conductive Education Inc$15,96111%
Chicago Youth Programs Inc$15,79211%
Marklund Childrens Home$15,64020%
A Safe Haven Foundation$15,50210%
Institute of Art Therapy Inc$15,16915%
Gateway to Learning$15,01911%
Sharing Connections Inc$14,94120%
Franciscan Outreach$14,94020%
Paws Chicago$14,88510%
Dreams for Kids Inc$14,698233%
Old Irving Park Community Clinic$14,55731%
Tapestry 360 Health$14,04010%
Willow House$13,4771n/a
Legal Prep Charter Academies$13,26710%
About Face Theatre Collective Inc$13,10821%
Lincoln Park Community Services$12,9871n/a
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$12,9602n/a
Chicago Hope Academy$12,89510%
Brave Space Alliance$12,84311%
Umma$12,81113%
St Joseph Services Inc$12,79411%
Victory Gardens Theater$12,76810%
International Childrens Media Center$12,63116%
Imerman Angels$12,52411%
Bernie's Book Bank$12,50010%
Deborah's Place$12,45010%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum$12,35020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$12,34110%
Family Matters Inc$12,00011%
Art In Motion$11,77610%
St Mary Romanian Orthodox Church$11,7631n/a
Willow House$11,7611n/a
Southside Center of Hope$11,73212%
Allegrezza$11,6521n/a
La Rabida Children's Hospital$11,61710%
Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center NFP$11,56411%
Care for Real$11,21710%
Lincoln Park Conservancy$11,12420%
El Valor Corporation$11,0461n/a
The Ark$10,99010%
The Ballet Chicago Company$10,31221%
Options for Youth$10,28711%
Equestrian Connection NFP$10,22910%
Chicago Parks Foundation$10,01310%
Second Sense$10,00012%
The Junior League of Chicago Inc$10,00011%
University of Chicago Medical Center$10,00010%
Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation$10,00010%
Shedd Aquarium Society$10,00010%
The Jackson Chance Foundation$10,00011%
The Art Institute of Chicago$9,99920%
Facets Film Forum$9,95511%
Our Lady of Angels Regional Catholic School$9,8721n/a
Concordia Place$9,78720%
Sharing Notes$9,71528%
Friends of Historic Second Church$9,68822%
Saint Agatha Dream Builders Association Nfp$9,58411%
Wings Program Inc$9,57220%
The Connection Homeless Shelter Inc$9,55013%
Maplewood Housing for Visually Impaired D/B/A Friedman Place$9,52520%
Beverly Arts Center of Chicago$9,47511%
Illinois Action for Children$9,24110%
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center$8,9211n/a
Chicago House & Social Service Agency$8,58410%
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation Nfp$8,50010%
Jane Addams Resource Corporation$8,49320%
House of the Good Shepherd$8,32011%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$8,21910%
Illinois Masonic Medical Center$8,0931n/a
Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep$8,0701n/a
Lifeline Productions Inc$7,99311%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$7,96810%
The Holiday Heroes Foundation Inc$7,74522%
Lookingglass Theatre Company$7,66120%
Northwestern University Settlement Association$7,63210%
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish$7,5511n/a
Community Support Services Inc$7,35010%
Timeline Theatre Company$7,23310%
The Gift Theatre Company$7,07512%
Reading in Motion$6,90010%
Pride Films and Plays$6,7301n/a
Have Dreams$6,70910%
Horizons for Youth$6,63220%
Canine Therapy Corps Inc$6,61411%
Inspiration Corporation$6,50210%
Girls in the Game Nfp$6,40410%
The Chicago Ballet$6,2351n/a
Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare S$6,15610%
Search Inc$6,14020%
Alexian Brothers Bonaventure House$6,10020%
Elim Christian Services$6,00010%
Almost Home Kids$5,99610%
Recovery on Water Inc$5,95322%
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly$5,90010%
Forward Momentum Chicago$5,85211%
The Night Ministry$5,84410%
The Silver Lining Foundation Inc$5,84012%
Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression$5,82911%
Pass With Flying Colors Inc$5,72912%
By The Hand Club For Kids$5,66310%
Glenkirk$5,63910%
Art Encounter$5,5991n/a
St Agatha Catholic Church$5,3991n/a
Maywood Fine Arts Association$5,29510%
The Boulevard of Chicago Inc$5,25310%
Archi-Treasures Association$5,01512%
La Casa Norte$5,00010%
Gilda's Club Chicago$4,86810%
Raven Theatre Company$4,7531n/a
Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc$4,65610%
Intonation Music Workshop$4,56611%
Depaul College Prep$4,5471n/a
Best Buddies International Inc$4,47110%
New Moms Inc$4,07020%
Margarets Village$3,9961n/a
Upbeat Music and Arts Center$3,97112%
Awakenings Art$3,95522%
Fresh Start Caring for Kids Foundation$3,79611%
Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired$3,79510%
Tuesdays Child$3,73210%
Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project Nfp$3,5961n/a
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company$3,49810%
The Bottom Line Inc$3,46510%
Kids In Danger$3,40912%
Classical Kids Music Education Nfp$3,32311%
Chicago Training Center$3,01012%
Cancer Wellness Center$2,90610%
Donka Incorporated$2,84411%
Kaufherr Resource Center$2,83412%
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras$2,77010%
Sarah's Circle$2,76210%
The Center for Enriched Living Inc$2,74010%
Oak Park & River Forest Day Nursery$2,5771n/a
Lucky Plush Productions$2,01410%
Polish American Association$1,94410%
Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago Inc D/B/A Giordano Dance Chicago$1,79210%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$1,69810%
Congo Square Theatre Company$1,64210%
Center on Halsted$1,40810%
Chicago Gay Mens Chorus$1,38410%
The Warming House Youth Center$1,05911%
Lupus Society of Illinois$60010%
IMD Guest House Foundation$26010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Service Club of Chicago supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 151 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChicago Children's Advocacy Center: $60,998 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetRestoring the Path: $42,490 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHope Ignites Chicago: $41,320 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAvenues to Independence: $29,257 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCircle Urban Ministries: $29,235 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe People's Music School: $28,828 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPorchlight Music Theatre Chicago: $25,375 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHelping Hand Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGarden Center Services: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLincoln Park Zoological Society: $24,993 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: $23,981 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWell of Mercy Inc: $22,684 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetSouthwest Chicago Homeless Services: $22,684 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetLawrence Hall: $22,470 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLutheran Social Services of Illinois: $22,202 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPrimo Center for Women & Children: $22,049 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnion League Boys and Girls Clubs: $21,719 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMaryville Academy: $21,358 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA Just Harvest: $21,204 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetOne Family Illinois: $21,193 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnlace Chicago: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMatthew House Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGary Comer Youth Center Inc: $19,992 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Chicago High School for the Arts: $18,562 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniting Voices: $18,465 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetApparel Industry Board Inc: $17,593 over 3y, 47% of budgetA Red Orchid Theatre: $17,530 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetLittle City Foundation: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCouncil for Jewish Elderly: $16,427 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Independence through Conductive Education Inc: $15,961 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChicago Youth Programs Inc: $15,792 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMarklund Childrens Home: $15,640 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA Safe Haven Foundation: $15,502 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute of Art Therapy Inc: $15,169 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetGateway to Learning: $15,019 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSharing Connections Inc: $14,941 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFranciscan Outreach: $14,940 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPaws Chicago: $14,885 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDreams for Kids Inc: $14,698 over 2y, 33% of budgetOld Irving Park Community Clinic: $14,557 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTapestry 360 Health: $14,040 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Prep Charter Academies: $13,267 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAbout Face Theatre Collective Inc: $13,108 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetChicago Hope Academy: $12,895 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBrave Space Alliance: $12,843 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUmma: $12,811 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSt Joseph Services Inc: $12,794 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVictory Gardens Theater: $12,768 over 1y, 0.4% 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 151.

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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.

Polk Bros Foundation IncIL74.3× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Helen V Brach Foundation · WP & HB White Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · The a Montgomery Ward Foundation · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Lloyd a Fry 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 Service Club of Chicago

How much does The Service Club of Chicago give?
The Service Club of Chicago reported 40 grants totaling $516,491 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 60 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does The Service Club of Chicago fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (18%), Human Services (17%), Youth Development (14%).
Who are The Service Club of Chicago's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chicago Children's Advocacy Center ($61k), Restoring the Path ($42k), Hope Ignites Chicago ($41k).
Does The Service Club of Chicago fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Service Club of Chicago?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, The Chicago Community Trust.
Where is The Service Club of Chicago based?
The Service Club of Chicago 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 180 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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