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Thomas a Demetrio 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.

$99k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$61k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Crime & Legal$190kHuman Services$188kEducation$93kArts & Culture$32kPublic Safety & Disaster$31kHealth$28kReligion$9kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $61k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$48k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAWYERS LEND-A-HAND TO YOUTH$61,000
THE PANHELLENIC SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$10,000
CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION$10,000
CENTER FOR DISABILITY AND ELDER LAW INC$10,000
ILLINOIS JUDGES FOUNDATION$5,000
CONCUSSION AND CTE FOUNDATION$2,500
SKOKIE COUNTRY CLUB EDUCATION FOUNDATION$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–25, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%FAMILY FOCUS: $500 → 14%LAWYERS LEND-A-HAND TO YOUTH: $61k → 14%LAWYERS LEND-A-HAND TO YOUTH: $30k → 14%LAWYERS LEND-A-HAND TO YOUTH: $15k → 14%LAWYERS LEND-A-HAND TO YOUTH: $10k → 14%GORTON COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IN
CA
LA
AL
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$504k · 20 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +67% since the first grant, against -4% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
22

Total granted

$504k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
-4%

Still filing today

65%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPublic BenefitOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LL
    Lawyer Lend-A-Hand to Youth
    4× · 2021–2025 · $116k · revenue +186%
  • CF
    Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc
    6× · 2017–2025 · $92k · revenue +217%
  • TC
    THE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $61k · revenue +262%

Funded once

  • INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +4%
  • TT
    THE TRIAL LAWYER HALL OF FAME INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -24%
  • MH
    MERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
    one grant, 2019 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc

The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…

Health
2
Aia Chicago Foundation

Aia chicago foundation invests in chicago's next generation of architectural change-makers by awarding scholarships, grants, and recognition.

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3
Chicago Humanities Festival

To promote public appreciation, understanding and support of the humanities through festivals and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
4
University of Illinois Foundation

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…

Education
5
Legal Aid Chicago

At legal aid chicago, we work together to provide high quality civil legal aid to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups.through advocacy, education, collaboration, and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental…

Crime & Legal
6
Cedille Chicago Nfp

Cedille Chicago, NFP is devoted to the activity of producing and marketing recordings of classical music by Chicago-area musicians and composers.

Arts & Culture
7
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy

The mission of the Foundation is to dramatically improve the lives of people living with peripheral neuropathy. It is focused on discovering more effective treatment options and finding a cure for peripheral neuropathy. The Foundation…

Health
8
Chicago Dental Society Foundation

Improve oral health by providing funds for dental education and access to care programs

Philanthropy
9
Public Interest Law Initiative

PILI engages, inspires and empowers those advancing equal access to justice.

Crime & Legal
10
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

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11
The Family Institute

Our mission is to strengthen and heal families and individuals from all walks of life through clinical service, education and research.

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12
Legacy Law School Corporation

Supports the study and practice of law by supporting university of illinois chicago law school.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago and the most unlike its peers is Endure Charities Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%4%<5yr14%12%5–10yr18%12%10–20yr17%23%20–35yr14%35%35–55yr16%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr18%2%10–20yr17%34%20–35yr14%44%35–55yr16%19%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/30
the rest of the field
16%
5,392/34,620

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc — $91,500 · OtherCenter for Disability & Elder Law IncLEND A HAND — $32,500 · OtherLEND A HANDTHE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS — $25,000 · OtherTHE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOISILLINOIS JUDGES FOUNDATION — $17,500 · OtherILLINOIS JUDGES FOUNDATIONAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago — $10,000 · OtherMERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS — $10,000 · Other+16 more — $40,300 · Other+16 moreTHE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION — $60,800 · EducationTHE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATIONBig Shoulders Fund — $51,000 · EducationBig Shoulders FundPanhellenic Scholarship Foundation — $30,000 · EducationPanhellenic Scholarship Foundat…Hellenic Bar Association Foundation — $10,000 · EducationHellenic Bar Association Founda…+4 more — $10,000 · Education+4 moreLawyer Lend-A-Hand to Youth — $116,000 · Human ServicesLawyer Lend-A-Hand to YouthMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION — $27,500 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION+2 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TRIAL LAWYER HALL OF FAME INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $6,100 · Arts & CultureNational Hellenic Museum — $1,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $500 · Arts & CultureFACIAL PAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 · HealthShield 23 Foundation Inc — $500 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC — $250 · HealthUNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION INC — $500 · Public Benefit
Other$226,800Education$161,800Human Services$144,500Arts & Culture$43,100Health$3,250Public Benefit$500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLawyer Lend-A-Hand to Youth — $116,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetCenter for Disability & Elder Law Inc — $91,500 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetTHE CHICAGO BAR FOUNDATION — $60,800 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund — $51,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPanhellenic Scholarship Foundation — $30,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION — $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS — $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TRIAL LAWYER HALL OF FAME INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHellenic Bar Association Foundation — $10,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $6,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology — $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConstitutional Rights Foundation Chicago — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMcDermott Center — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFACIAL PAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSpirit of 67 Foundation — $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDRENS BRITTLE BONE FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNational Hellenic Museum — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame — $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetShield 23 Foundation Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY FOCUS LEGACY — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGorton Community Center — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENDURE CHARITIES INC — $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Defense Center — $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chicago Community…Baird Foundation IncAbbVie FoundationSunshine Charitable F…The Sidley Austin Fou…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Network for Good
The Chicago Community TrustIL16.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Sunshine Charitable Foundation · The Sidley Austin Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Thomas a Demetrio Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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