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The Van Grinsven Family Foundation at a glance

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The Van Grinsven Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$132kFood & Nutrition$52kHealth$50kHuman Services$47kCivil Rights$40kCrime & Legal$27kArts & Culture$15kHousing & Shelter$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $42k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$492k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INSTITUTE FOR NONVIOLENCE CHICAGO$12,000
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$10,000
NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER$10,000
LURIE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$10,000
CHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMY$9,500
ARRUPE COLLEGE$5,000
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY$5,000
HEARTS AND HOMES FOR REFUGEES$5,000
LEWY BODY DEMENTIA ASSOCIATION$5,000
ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER$5,000
JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE USA$2,500
HOPE WORKS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–24, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HEARTS AND HOMES FOR REFUGEES: $5k → 9%HEARTS AND HOMES FOR REFUGEES: $5k → 9%LIGHTHOUSE DC: $4k → 14%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CHICAGO: $5k → 14%HEARTS & HOMES FOR REFUGEES: $3k → 9%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $8k → 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

WA
IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
CT
DC
HI
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.
$312k · 16 repeat orgs$87k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
20

Total granted

$312k
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+23%

Still filing today

63%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionCrime & LegalEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • IF
    Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +91%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    3× · 2020–2025 · $37k · revenue +17%
  • FO
    FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA
    4× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -4%
  • IC
    Inspiration Corporationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +66%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CHICAGO
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +4%
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.

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Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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2
Meals On Wheels Chicago

Our mission is to ensure that Chicago seniors and people with disabilities benefit from nutritious meal programs that improve their quality of life and maximize independence.

Food & Nutrition
3
Feeding Illinois

Feeding illinois is a coalition of eight feeding america food banks that provide food to over 2,400 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters that feed nearly 1.4 million residents across the entire state of illinois.

Food & Nutrition
4
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
5
House of the Good Shepherd

House of Good Shepherd serves with love and compassion women and children affected by domestic violence by offering a safe place with opportunities for emotional, educational and spiritual growth, giving hope and continued support for a…

Human Services
6
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
7
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Washongton Dc Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
8
Association House of Chicago

Association house's mission is to advance each person's full participation in the life of their families, communities, and society. since 1899, we have served a vibrant, multicultural community. we used a trauma informed, culturally…

Human Services
9
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness (CCH) builds community power and advances racial equity through organizing, advocacy, legal assistance, and education to prevent and end homelessness because housing is a human right.

Housing & Shelter
10
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
11
Washington Dc Meals on Wheels Inc

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Shoulders Fund; the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels. 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

22 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. 22 of the 39 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMY: $66,597 · OtherCHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMYARRUPE COLLEGE: $22,500 · OtherARRUPE COLLEGEDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $20,570 · OtherDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDNATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER: $15,000 · OtherNATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTERANNE & ROBERT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $11,500 · OtherANNE & ROBERT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONLURIE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherHEARTS AND HOMES FOR REFUGEES: $10,000 · OtherMISERICORDIA: $7,500 · Other+13 more: $33,200 · Other+13 moreGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $36,800 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAG…CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $12,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA F…MEALS ON WHEELS: $3,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEEL…Institute for Nonviolence Chicago: $39,500 · Crime & LegalInstitute for …SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOOK PRO…FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $25,000 · HealthFAMILIES OF …Lewy Body Dementia Association Inc: $10,000 · HealthLewy Body De…Ronald McDonald House Global: $4,000 · HealthRonald McDon…THE JACKSON CHANCE FOUNDATION: $3,600 · HealthTHE JACKSON …HEARTS AND HOMES FOR REFUGEES: $12,500 · Human ServicesHEARTS AN…Inspiration Corporation: $8,000 · Human ServicesInspirati…FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CHICAGO: $5,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS O…Teambrownsville Inc: $4,000 · Human ServicesTeambrown…LIGHTHOUSE DC: $3,500 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUS…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationBig Shoulders Fund: $4,000 · Education
Other$196,867Food & Nutrition$51,800Crime & Legal$49,500Health$42,600Human Services$34,000Arts & Culture$15,000Education$9,000

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 budgetInstitute for Nonviolence Chicago: $39,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $36,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $20,570 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTS AND HOMES FOR REFUGEES: $12,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLewy Body Dementia Association Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInspiration Corporation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CHICAGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JACKSON CHANCE FOUNDATION: $3,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE DC: $3,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHOPEWORKS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVocel Viewing our Children as Emerging Leaders: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALPOLE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $400 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Van Grinsven Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Van Grinsven Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report 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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How do I get to The Van Grinsven Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Van Grinsven Family 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 39 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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