· Private foundation
Urban School Foundation
Its FY2022 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, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +94% since the first grant, against +88% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down.
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 FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AUAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE5× · 2018–2022 · $21k · revenue +74%
- CPCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC3× · 2017–2021 · $8k · revenue +38%
PRO PUBLICA INC4× · 2018–2021 · $7k · revenue +141%
Funded once
- NRNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCILone grant, 2019 · $3k
- NRNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENCE COUNCILone grant, 2021 · $3k
- FOFriends of Schurzone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue -64%
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.
Chicago sun-times serves the public interest by strengthening the well-being of our local communities and our democracy through independent local journalism.
Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…
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.
Public knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. we work to shape policy on behalf of the public interest.
The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…
Public agenda strengthens american democracy by connecting research to action enabling people and institutions to pursue changes that make a difference. we amplify the voices of americans and help communities discover and build on common…
Public narrative teaches journalists and non-profit organizations to tell better stories in order to fulfill our missions to support a free and informed press, and to ensure that non-profit and neighborhood voices are heard, and are part…
Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…
To educate journalists and the public, and foster public debate, about improving political journalism to reflect public needs and hold the powerful accountable.
To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.
CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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 AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC CITIZEN INC ↗
- Who funds Friends of Schurz ↗
- Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER WEST TOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ↗
- Who funds BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
- Who funds IMERMAN ANGELS ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Urban School Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Urban School Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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