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The Sidley Austin Foundation

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.

$4.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
293
Grants FY2025still arriving
25
States reached
$517k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Crime & Legal$12MEducation$3.0MPhilanthropy$2.1MHealth$1.9MCivil Rights$1.6MArts & Culture$1.6MHuman Services$879kInternational$850kOther$0
02FY2025 · 293 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k203 grants · $568k
  • $10k–50k75 grants · $1.5M
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $911k
$5,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PUBLIC COUNSEL$517,408
LEGAL AID SOCIETY$393,750
LEGAL AID CHICAGO$150,000
KABOOM INC$101,500
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$100,000
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$100,000
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC$100,000
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA$90,000
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC$75,000
BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING INC$75,000
COMMERCIAL CLUB CIVIC COMMITTEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$60,000
KIND INC$50,000
METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES$50,000
HNBA VIA - VISION IN ACTION - FUND$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MIRIAMS KITCHEN: $18k → 14%MIRIAMS KITCHEN: $15k → 14%MIRIAMS KITCHEN: $15k → 14%MIRIAMS KITCHEN: $15k → 14%MIRIAMS KITCHEN: $8k → 14%THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $10k → 14%THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $10k → 14%START SMALL THINK BIG INC: $8k → 17%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%COORDINATED ADVICE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $25k → 14%COORDINATED ADVICE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $25k → 14%COORDINATED ADVICE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $15k → 14%COORDINATED ADVICE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $25k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $15k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $10k → 14%THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $15k → 14%START SMALL THINK BIG INC: $10k → 17%PATHWAYS TO HOUSING DC: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 14%ENCORE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $13k → 17%ENCORE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 17%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $50k → 17%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $25k → 17%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $25k → 17%AYUDA: $10k → 14%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $25k → 17%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $25k → 17%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $10k → 14%FAMILY FOCUS LEGACY: $10k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $10k → 14%MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION-LATIN WOMEN IN ACTION INC: $13k → 14%FAMILY FOCUS INC: $25k → 14%PATHWAYS TO HOUSING DC: $10k → 14%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $25k → 17%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $75k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $75k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $40k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $37k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $13k → 17%COORDINATED ADVICE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $25k → 14%COORDINATED ADVICE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $25k → 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

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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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 383 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

383 repeat relationships: 191 still active in FY2025, 192 since wound down; 54 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

383
434

Total granted

$25M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+14%

Still filing today

94%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $278k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationCrime & LegalHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • TL
    THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +44%
  • LA
    LEGAL AID CHICAGO
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +79%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $910k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -30%
  • LO
    Lyric Opera of Chicago
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -1%
  • NM
    Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue +16%
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
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

To attract, recruit, advance, and retain attorneys of color in the twin cities through education and collaboration with member organizations.

Community Improvement
2
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
3
Association of Legal Administrators

Ala is the catalyst for growth by providing: diverse educational experiences, engaged peer communities, strategic solutions, dynamic resources, and trusted networks.

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4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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6
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
American Arbitration Association Inc

The american arbitration association ("aaa") is dedicated to effective, efficient and economical methods of dispute resolution through education, technology and solutions-oriented service.

Crime & Legal
9
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Her Justice Inc; the most unlike its peers is Recoverychick. 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

804 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 804 of the 888 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
113
Early backer (in before they grew)
794/804
Grantees still filing
543/804
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $2,213,300 · Crime & LegalTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETYLEGAL AID CHICAGO: $1,372,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID CHICAGOEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $606,500 · Crime & LegalEQUAL JUSTICE WORKSPUBLIC COUNSEL: $569,908 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC COUNSELLEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION: $355,000 · Crime & LegalChicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc: $315,000 · Crime & Legal+26 more: $2,444,657 · Crime & Legal+26 moreLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: $899,497 · OtherLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF C…NATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM INC: $401,446 · OtherCOMMERCIAL CLUB CIVIC COMMITTEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $336,000 · OtherLAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NEW YORK: $320,000 · OtherKABOOM INC: $385,000 · Other+85 more: $6,087,645 · Other+85 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $516,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES …YOUTH RENEWAL FUND: $372,500 · EducationYOUTH RENEWAL…SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $305,500 · EducationSPONSORS FOR …THE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION: $220,000 · EducationTHE CHICAGO B…University of Miami: $205,000 · EducationUniversity of…HER JUSTICE INC: $193,000 · EducationHER JUSTICE I…HNBA VIA-VISION IN ACTION-FUND: $170,000 · EducationHNBA VIA-VISI…CIVIC CONSULTING ALLIANCE: $115,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · Education+20 more: $757,432 · Education+20 moreUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $910,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $350,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UN…NEW YORK CARES INC: $205,000 · PhilanthropyNEW YORK …WASHINGTON LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND URBAN AFFAIRS INC: $93,100 · PhilanthropyNew York City Partnership Foundation Inc: $86,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY: $75,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $72,590 · PhilanthropyCHICAGO UNITED: $72,500 · Philanthropy+6 more: $246,200 · Philanthropy+6 moreMetropolitan Family Services: $357,000 · Human ServicesTHE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $239,500 · Human ServicesBROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $175,049 · Human ServicesCOORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $125,000 · Human ServicesMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $80,700 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $70,500 · Human ServicesPATHWAYS TO HOUSING DC: $60,000 · Human ServicesENCORE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $48,316 · Human Services+4 more: $129,400 · Human ServicesMELANOMA RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $234,750 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $137,450 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,100 · HealthNorthwestern Memorial HealthCare: $75,000 · HealthSharsheret Inc: $64,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · HealthWHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC INC: $58,200 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $56,000 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $50,700 · HealthEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $50,000 · Health+4 more: $112,000 · HealthNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $401,800 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $110,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $110,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $108,800 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $81,500 · Civil RightsACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $55,500 · Civil RightsIMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $45,000 · Civil RightsTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $42,200 · Civil Rights+1 more: $32,500 · Civil Rights
Crime & Legal$7,876,365Other$8,429,588Education$2,954,432Philanthropy$2,110,390Human Services$1,285,465Health$998,200Civil Rights$987,300

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $2,213,300 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL AID CHICAGO: $1,372,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $910,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: $899,497 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $606,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPUBLIC COUNSEL: $569,908 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $516,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $401,800 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM INC: $401,446 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetKABOOM INC: $385,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTH RENEWAL FUND: $372,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $357,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION: $355,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $350,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NEW YORK: $320,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetChicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc: $315,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $305,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNorthwestern University: $256,460 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC: $251,900 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $239,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $234,750 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION: $220,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetCHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION: $214,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $209,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CARES INC: $205,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $205,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $205,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR FOUNDATION: $202,550 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON LEGAL CLINIC FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $202,400 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetHER JUSTICE INC: $193,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetWORLD BUSINESS CHICAGO: $185,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FUND INC: $185,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPublic Interest Law Initiative: $184,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $183,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $175,049 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $175,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetHNBA VIA-VISION IN ACTION-FUND: $170,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE: $160,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $137,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid at Work: $131,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $125,625 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCOORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $125,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCIVIC CONSULTING ALLIANCE: $115,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID: $115,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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 THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC COUNSEL ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds KABOOM INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH RENEWAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Family Services ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds LAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds MELANOMA RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Rand Corporation ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WASHINGTON LEGAL CLINIC FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds HER JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD BUSINESS CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Public Interest Law Initiative ↗
  • Who funds BREAD FOR THE CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc ↗
  • Who funds HNBA VIA-VISION IN ACTION-FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE ↗

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.

Katten Muchin Rosenma…Perkins Coie Foundati…Equal Justice WorksWeil Gotshal & Manges…The Morrison & Foerst…The Gibson Dunn & Cru…Quinn Emanuel Foundat…United Way Miami IncThe Wilson Sonsini Go…Littler Mendelson Fou…Mc Dermott Will and E…Polk Bros Foundation …
Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation IncIL99.7× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation Inc · Perkins Coie Foundation · Equal Justice Works · Weil Gotshal & Manges Foundation Inc · The Morrison & Foerster Foundation · The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation · Quinn Emanuel Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax Manager · Mc Dermott Will and Emery Charitable Foundation · Polk Bros 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 Sidley Austin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sidley Austin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Disability Rights Maryland Inc dba Maryland Disability Law Center Inc: 49% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Volunteer Lawyers for Justice in: 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
71report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 888 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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The regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home