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The Todd & Stephanie Schnick Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Todd & Stephanie Schnick Foundation

$28k
Granted FY2022
8
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Health$27kPhilanthropy$24kAnimals$17kYouth Development$16kFood & Nutrition$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kArts & Culture$3kCommunity Improvement$3kOther$0
02FY2022 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k6 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Foundation To Be Named Later$10,000
AARP$10,000
Morris Animal Foundation$2,500
Hilarity for Charity HFC$2,500
Junior League of Chicago Inc$2,000
World Central Kitchen$250
Shade Family Foundation$200
Union League Boys Girls Club$100
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Foundation To Be Named Later: $10k → 16%Always Dream Foundation: $500 → 9%Red Rover: $570 → 12%Los Angeles Philharmonic Associatio: $500 → 14%Donors Choose: $100 → 17%29 Acres: $500 → 8%Center for Disaster Philanthropy: $800 → 14%Giving Kitchen: $500 → 13%Morris Animal Foundation: $3k → 12%Lincoln Park Zoology: $3k → 14%Six Degrees Org: $11k → 6%Foundation To Be Named Later: $1k → 16%Women's Alzheimer Unit: $5k → 14%ASPCA: $1k → 17%World Central Kitchen: $3k → 14%Lincoln Park Zoology: $500 → 14%Six Degrees Org: $620 → 6%Women's Alzheimer Unit: $125 → 14%Breast Cancer Research Foundation: $500 → 17%World Central Kitchen: $500 → 14%Shedd Aquarium: $3k → 14%Hilarity for Charity HFC: $5k → 14%World Central Kitchen: $250 → 14%Shedd Aquarium: $2k → 14%Hilarity for Charity HFC: $3k → 14%Shade Family Foundation: $200 → 14%Art Institute of Chicago: $3k → 14%Just Keep Livin Foundation: $250 → 14%Art Institute of Chicago: $150 → 14%Junior League of Chicago Inc: $2k → 14%Team Rubicon: $1k → 14%Junior League of Chicago Inc: $500 → 14%Lakeview Pantry: $5k → 14%Pilot Light: $3k → 14%Pilot Light: $500 → 14%Union League Boys Girls Club: $8k → 14%Chicago Animal Care and Control: $6k → 14%Union League Boys Girls Club: $100 → 14%Chicago Public Library: $200 → 14%Feeding America: $1k → 14%Canine Rescue: $100 → 14%Greater Chicago Food Depository: $3k → 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

IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
VA
DC
GA
TX
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$88k · 12 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
18

Total granted

$88k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+35%

Still filing today

50%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
PhilanthropyAnimalsHealthEducationFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • SA
    SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $5k · revenue +111%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $3k · revenue +21%
  • PL
    PILOT LIGHT
    2× · 2020–2021 · $3k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • CA
    Chicago Animal Care and Control
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
  • NH
    NOURISHING HOPE
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +9%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -14%
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
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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2
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
3
Animal Agriculture Alliance

The animal agriculture alliance is a nonprofit organization that helps bridge the communication gap between farm and fork. we connect food industry stakeholders, engage food chain influencers and promote consumer choice by helping key…

Food & Nutrition
4
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
5
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation

Through philanthropy, empower current and future food and nutrition practitioners to optimize global health.

Health
6
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
7
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
8
International Food Information Council

To effectively communicate science based information on food safety, nutrition, and health for the public good.

Arts & Culture
9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
11
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
12
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nourishing Hope; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

19 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. 19 of the 32 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AARP: $26,800 · OtherAARPFoundation To Be Named Later: $11,000 · OtherFoundation To Be Named LaterUnion League Boys Girls Club: $7,600 · OtherUnion League Boys Girls ClubHilarity for Charity HFC: $7,500 · OtherHilarity for Charity HFCChicago Animal Care and Control: $5,600 · OtherChicago Animal Care and ControlIndividual grant recipient: $5,215 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNOURISHING HOPE: $5,000 · OtherNOURISHING HOPELincoln Park Zoology: $3,000 · Other+11 more: $8,250 · Other+11 moreSIXDEGREESORG: $11,260 · PhilanthropySIXDEGREESOR…THE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC: $500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropySHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $4,500 · AnimalsMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 · AnimalsGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $2,500 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $1,128 · Food & NutritionPILOT LIGHT: $3,000 · Health29 ACRES INC: $500 · HealthWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,250 · InternationalTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $2,650 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $100 · Education
Other$79,965Philanthropy$12,010Animals$8,000Food & Nutrition$3,628Health$3,500International$3,250Education$2,750

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 budgetSIXDEGREESORG: $11,260 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPILOT LIGHT: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $2,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF CHICAGO INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,128 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $570 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget29 ACRES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $100 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.

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.

American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Todd & Stephanie Schnick Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Todd & Stephanie Schnick Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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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    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Todd & Stephanie Schnick Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Todd & Stephanie Schnick Foundation 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 32 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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