· Private foundation
Ventana Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $59k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JOFFREY BALLET | $50,000 |
| JOHN G SHEDD AQUARIUM | $50,000 |
| ONE GOAL | $25,000 |
| MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH | $18,500 |
| ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO | $15,000 |
| ROCK PRAIRIE MONTESSORI SCHOOL | $7,314 |
| FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO | $5,000 |
| SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS | $5,000 |
| TUCSON CONQUISTADOES FDN | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
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 (FY17–21, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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 +64% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CRCRISTO REY NETWORK6× · 2017–2022 · $550k · revenue +211%
- SASHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY7× · 2017–2024 · $478k · revenue +67%
- OONEGOAL7× · 2017–2024 · $254k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- AHAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Incone grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue -8%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF PENSYLVANIAone grant, 2017 · $24k
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -11%
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.
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Lookingglass theatre company is a national leader in the creation and presentation of innovative, cutting-edge theatrical work. lookingglass interweaves movement, circus arts and narrative in original and captivating ways. guided by an…
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.
The Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events, the Museum connects people to Chicago's history…
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
How this is measured
27 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. 27 of the 55 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 CRISTO REY NETWORK ↗
- Who funds SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ONEGOAL ↗
- Who funds THE JOFFREY BALLET ↗
- Who funds KOHL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC ↗
- Who funds TRAVERSE CITY FILM FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds YOUTH ON THEIR OWN ↗
- Who funds FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds START EARLY ↗
- Who funds SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS TUCSON ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Tucson Conquistadores Foundation ↗
- Who funds ROCK PRAIRIE MONTESSORI INC ↗
- Who funds The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) ↗
- Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TUCSON ↗
- Who funds Elea Institute ↗
- Who funds TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC ↗
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 · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ventana Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ventana Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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