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Together Chicago Inc

Together chicago exists to be a catalyst for lasting change by reducing gun violence and increasing thriving communities in our city.

$508k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$300kRecreation & Sports$210kEmployment$115kReligion$91kHuman Services$54kEducation$46kArts & Culture$25kCrime & Legal$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $255k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$6.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRIP OUTREACH FOR YOUTH$90,000
UR CHICAGO ALLIANCE$90,000
YOUNG MEN'S EDUCATION NETWORK$75,000
NEW LIFE CENTERS$40,000
SUNSHINE GOSPEL MINISTRIES$25,000
CAMPUS OUTREACH SERVE INC$25,000
BY THE HAND CLUB FOR KIDS$25,000
ASIAN AMERICAN COALITION OF CHICAGO$25,000
LEGACY DISCIPLE$20,000
CHAMPS MALE MENTORING$15,000
BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES$15,000
I AM ABEL$15,000
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP$15,000
HOLY FAMILY$15,000
TOGETHER SOUTH FLORIDA$9,380
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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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $54k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%I AM ABEL: $15k → 14%REBORN MINISTRIES: $39k → 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.
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 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
Chicago Fellowship

Spiritual networking

Religion
2
Arise Chicago

Arise chicago builds partnerships between faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes.

Employment
3
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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4
Chicago Embassy Church

To help people find purpose and live on their mission with Jesus.

Religion
5
UrbanPromise Charlotte

Provide Charlotte's low-income children and youth with the academic, spiritual, and social development necessary to become Christian leaders determined to restore their communities.

Youth Development
6
Chicago Christian Counseling Center

To promote healing and wholeness through professional counseling, consultation and education from a Christian perspective

Health
7
Little Lights Urban Ministries Inc

Little Lights Urban Ministries empowers underserved youth and families in Washington, DC with the love of Christ. We seek to develop their God-given potential spiritually, socially and intellectually through academics, life skills, the…

Youth Development
8
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
9
Chicago Religious Leadership Network On Latin America

Crln builds partnerships among social movements and organized communities within and between the u.s. and latin america. we are united by our liberating faiths and inspired by the power of people to find allies to work for sustainable…

Religion
10
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
11
Covenant House Chicago
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12
Olivet University

Providing guality Christian education to the network generation

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grip Outreach for Youth; the most unlike its peers is Legacy Disciple. 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

18 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. 18 of the 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Intentional Sports: $178,269 · Recreation & SportsIntentional SportsYoung Mens Educational Network: $121,200 · EducationYoung Mens Educatio…HOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $15,000 · EducationHOLY FAMILY MINISTR…CHAMPS MALE MENTORING PROGRAM - CHIRISE: $15,000 · EducationCHAMPS MALE MENTORI…GRIP OUTREACH FOR YOUTH: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentGRIP OUTREACH FO…New Life Centers of Chicagoland: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentNew Life Centers…DUNES UNLIMITED LLC: $31,731 · OtherDUNES UNLIMITED LLCBy The Hand Club For Kids: $25,000 · OtherBy The Hand Club For…SUNSHINE GOSPEL MINISTRIES: $25,000 · OtherSUNSHINE GOSPEL MINI…ASIAN AMERICAN COALITION OF CHICAGO NFP: $25,000 · OtherASIAN AMERICAN COALI…BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · OtherBREAKTHROUGH URBAN M…ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $7,500 · OtherADMINISTER JUSTICE: $20,000 · OtherADMINISTER JUSTICEHOMESUNITED MINISTRIES INC F/K/A THE HOMELESS PROJECT INC: $9,380 · OtherHOMESUNITED MINISTRI…UR Chicago Alliance: $115,000 · EmploymentUR Chicago All…CHICAGO PARTNERSHIP FOR CHURCH PLANTING: $31,000 · ReligionCHICAGO PAR…CAMPUS OUTREACH SERVE INC: $25,000 · ReligionCAMPUS OUTR…LEGACY DISCIPLE: $20,000 · ReligionLEGACY DISC…InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $15,000 · ReligionInterVarsit…REBORN MINISTRIES: $38,500 · Human ServicesI AM ABEL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human Services
Recreation & Sports$178,269Education$151,200Youth Development$130,000Other$158,611Employment$115,000Religion$91,000Human Services$53,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIntentional Sports: $178,269 over 1y, 53% of budgetYoung Mens Educational Network: $121,200 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetUR Chicago Alliance: $115,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetGRIP OUTREACH FOR YOUTH: $90,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetREBORN MINISTRIES: $38,500 over 1y, 18% of budgetADMINISTER JUSTICE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetI AM ABEL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% 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.

The Chicago Community…United Way of Metropo…Greater Chicago Food …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
The Chicago Community TrustIL19.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Greater Chicago Food Depository · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving 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 Together Chicago Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Together Chicago Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s 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 · 0–10%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Together Chicago Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Together Chicago Inc 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 21 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 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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