· Private foundation
The Winthrop 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUND FUTURE FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS | $5,000 |
| CRIVITZ AREA FOOD PANTRY | $3,000 |
| M&M AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL | $2,500 |
| INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| MULLEN HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| GUILD OF THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM | $2,000 |
| EVANSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| MS SOCIETY COLORADOWYOMING | $2,000 |
| KENILWORTH UNION CHURCH | $1,500 |
| CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES | $1,000 |
| CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $1,000 |
| HISTORIC PRESERVATION FNDN FORTNIGHTLY | $1,000 |
| ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $3k) 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DBDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC7× · 2019–2025 · $37k · revenue +28%
- CACRIVITZ AREA FOOD PANTRY7× · 2019–2025 · $21k · revenue +10%
INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC7× · 2019–2025 · $18k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- GSGOOD SHEPHERD FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +172%
- TGTHE GOOD SHEPHERDone grant, 2021 · $3k
- GSGOOD SHEPHARD FOUNDATIONSone grant, 2022 · $3k
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.
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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The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Waterstep focuses on providing safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions to communities in need around the world. its mission is rooted in the belief that safe water is a basic human right and a critical foundation for health,…
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…
To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.
Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.
The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.
The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…
The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with…
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 37 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds SOUND FUTURE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CRIVITZ AREA FOOD PANTRY ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds M & M AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GOOD360 ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
- Who funds Evanston Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Storycatchers ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE FORTNIGHTLY ↗
- Who funds BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC ↗
- Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
- Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES ↗
- Who funds Chicago Foundation for Education ↗
- Who funds PROJECT WET FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Alliance for Water Efficiency ↗
- Who funds Denver Ballet Guild ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Winthrop Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Winthrop Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- American Antiquarian Society: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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